Short S.29 Stirling

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2102LT on an operation to Mannheim. It crashed near Trier due to a combination of enemy action and adverse weather conditions. Six crew members were killed and a seventh became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Kenneth Oswald Blunden, pilot, †
P/O John David Wright, pilot, †
Sgt John Duncan Edworthy, observer, †
Sgt William Everitt Allan, wireless operator, †
P/O Edgar Frederick Drew, air gunner, †
Sgt George Nicholson, †
Sgt Denis Alan Lloyd.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2056 on August 14 on an operation to Magdeburg. While returning to base the following morning, it overshot and crashed. All eight crew members were rescued.
Crew:
W/Cdr H. R. Graham,
Sgt R. W. Taylor,
F/S J. R. Walker,
Sgt J. L. Martin,
F/S H. Watson,
Sgt M. T. Coon,
Sgt G. E. Mitchell,
F/L S. G. Stock.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2214LT on August 14 on an operation to Magdeburg. While returning to base the following morning, it diverted to RAF Graveley where it ran into an unmarked obstruction and came to rest. There were no casualties but the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
P/O W. N. Crebbin,
Sgt W. R. Butterfield,
Sgt R. Ferguson,
Sgt R. W. Cotton,
Sgt J. McCarley,
Sgt T. J. Ryder,
F/S J. Lowe.

The airplane departed RAF Alconbury in the evening of August 14 on an operation to Hanover. After takeoff, the port inner engine lost power and the pilot was unable to maintain a safe altitude. The airplane crashed just north of Ramsey St Mary's. A wireless operator was killed and six other crew members were rescued.
Crew:
S/L J. Foulsham, pilot,
Sgt William Alford Conn, wireless operator, †
Sgt A. H. Hayes,
Sgt R. N. Chancelor,
Sgt E. J. Griffiths,
Sgt P. G. Osman,
Sgt D. F. Ferguson.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington in the evening of August 14 on an operation to Hanover. While returning to base the following night, it crashed while trying to land in poor visibility. There were no casualties.
Crew:
F/O D. T. Witt,
Sgt S. G. Matkin,
Sgt D. White,
Sgt J. R. Alverson,
F/S M. G. Gardiner,
Sgt L. A. Penn,
P/O A. H. Piper.

The airplane departed RAF Alconbury in the evening of August 14 on an operation to Magdeburg. While returning to base the following night, the crew was forced to ditch the airplane in the North Sea. All seven occupants were rescued by a Dutch trawler and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Doran Aitken,
Sgt James Brown,
Sgt Jack Bevan Lloyd Bunce,
Sgt Gordon Howard Burland,
Sgt Ernest Cyril Haynes,
Sgt John Morgan Johnson,
Sgt Robert Rynn Stewart.

The airplane departed RAF Alconbury at 2210LT on an operation to Magdeburg. It crashed almost immediately after developing a swing which could not be controlled. There were no casualties.
Crew.
P/O E. J. Guild,
Sgt E. P. De Ville,
Sgt T. H. B. Jones,
Sgt W. C. Mackenzie,
Sgt A. Needham,
Sgt A. D. Wallace,
Sgt F. C. Snead.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton in the evening of August 12 on an operation to Berlin. Passing over Lower Saxony, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Bruchhausen-Vilsen. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Edward Barrett, wireless operator, †
Sgt Harry George Dickson, wireless operator, †
Sgt George Knowsley Henson, observer, †
Sgt Robert Bowie Strachan, flight engineer, †
Sgt Guy Trevor Taylor, pilot, †
Sgt John Dennis Jeffrey,
Sgt Victor Neil Taylor.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton in the evening of August 12 on an operation to Berlin. It was badly damaged by enemy action and the crew diverted to RAF Honington for an emergency landing. With unserviceable hydraulics and a propeller shot away, the airplane crashed upon landing and was damaged beyond repair. All seven crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
P/O J. E. M. Conran,
P/O S.P. Edgehill,
Sgt Spicer,
P/O H. V. D. Bonney,
F/Sgt Munns,
Sgt Ward,
Sgt McMahon.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton in the evening of August 7 on an operation to Essen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110, entered a dive and crashed onto a farm in Overasselt. All seven crew members as well as three occupants in the farm were killed.
Crew:
S/L John Vivian, pilot,
F/O Frank James Needham, pilot,
Sgt George Wilbert Jeffrey, observer,
Sgt John Turner Corbett, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Robert Alexander Ross, wireless operator,
Sgt Kenneth Leslie Rowley, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Henry Broyd, air gunner.
Those killed in the farm were:
Mr. Jan Welles,
Mrs. Marie Welles,
Mr. Jan Welles Jr.