Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I

The airplane departed RAF Stanton Harcourt at 1055LT on an operation to La Pallice, west of La Rochelle. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Joseph Francis Patrick John McKenna, pilot,
F/Sgt Valentine Arthur Davis, wireless operator,
Sgt Roger Francis Stuart Ford-Hutchinson,
F/Sgt Roy William Joseph Hill, air gunner,

Sgt John Mitchell Pilbeam, wireless operator,
Sgt Leonard Thomas Rice,
Sgt George Summers.

The airplane departed RAF Stanton Harcourt at 1055LT on an operation to La Pallice, west of La Rochelle. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea. All seven crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
S/L William Richard Williams, pilot,
Sgt Leonard James Butler,
P/O John George Ireton,
Sgt Samuel Jones,
Sgt Norman Kershaw,
Sgt Alexander Henry John Turner,
Sgt George Robert Wedderburn.

The airplane departed RAF Stanton Harcourt at 1036LT on an operation to La Pallice, west of La Rochelle. It was hit by the German Flak then shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea north of the Isle of Ré. All six crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Ernest William Constable,
Sgt John Noel Gibson,
Sgt Allan Gillbanks,
F/Sgt Stanley Desmond Greaves,
Sgt Albert Henery,
Sgt Gordon Herbert Frank Ogden,
Sgt Wilfrid Campbell Walters.

The airplane departed RAF Stanton Harcourt at 1040LT to attack the Scharnhorst anchored at La Pallice. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Angles. Five crew members were killed and two others were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Greville Gascoyne Esnouf, pilot, †
F/Sgt Clarence Arthur Godwin, pilot, †
Sgt Conrad Howard Newstead, flight engineer, †
Sgt Reginald Thomas Rudlin, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Sidney Harry James Shirley, air gunner, †
Sgt Eric Oswald Thomas Balcomb,
F/Lt Arthur George Eperon.

The airplane was engaged in a local training exercise at RAF Middleton St George. It crashed on approach while avoiding a Hurricane which flew across the path of the bomber. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Leonard Richard Blackwell, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Napier Hudgell, pilot,
Sgt John William Rolfe Boggis, observer,
Sgt Alfred James Grenyer, flight engineer,
Sgt Albert John Howes, wireless operator.

While completing a local training flight at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, the airplane suffered an undercarriage failure upon landing and crashed. There were no casualties.
Crew:
S/L J. B. Tait +4.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2233LT on July 8 on an operation to Merseburg. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in the city of Mook. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW. Four people (Dutch civilians) on the ground were also killed.
Crew:
Sgt Noel Eric Henry Coleman, †
F/Sgt Albert Edward Hammond, wireless operator, †
Sgt Thomas Arthur Parkes, †
F/Sgt George Donald Barry,
Sgt Lionel William Bovington,
Sgt Henry Septimus Bradbeer,
Sgt Archie Robert Kiddey.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2301LT on July 7 on an operation to Frankfurt. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Oudbergen. All seven crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Hubert Brown,
Sgt Kenneth Hartland,
Sgt William Troy Hogan,
Sgt Ronald Ford Jackson,
F/O Peter Langmead,
Sgt Kenneth Cattran,
Sgt G. Roberts.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1010LT on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Welt. Six crew members were killed and a seventh became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Thomas Douglas Inglis Robison, pilot, †
Sgt Laurence Hancock, pilot, †
Sgt Percy Ingham, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt Alexander James Davie, wireless operator, †
Sgt Robert Dunn, air gunner, †
Sgt Richard Norman Hares, air gunner, †
Sgt E. J. Harding.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2309LT on June 23 on an operation to Kiel. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Eilendorf, one km south of Buxtehude. Five crew members were killed and a sixth became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Walter Kell Stobbs, pilot, †
Sgt Jack Leonard Cullum, observer, †
Sgt Alan Turner, flight engineer, †
Sgt Robert Simpson Adair, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt George Henry Barnard, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Stuart Lipton.