Balderton

The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 2207LT on August 12 on an operation to Mainz. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Lt James Stewart Coulter,
F/Sgt Wallace Mallory Gartside,
F/Sgt William George Gittings,
F/O Robert Cyril Hodgson.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton on an operation to Duisburg. It was attacked at 0230LT by a German fighter while nine minutes short of time on target. In spite of the severe damage caused to his Hampden, the pilot reached his objective and after a difficult return flight, on one engine, crash landed on sand dunes at RAF Lakenheath. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and all four crew members were rescued, among them one was injured.
Crew:
Sgt R. G. Bell,
Sgt J. K. Bell,
Sgt J. S. Murray,
Sgt A. Norman.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton 2339LT on July 31 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Zevendonk, south of Turnhout. Three crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Orval Milford Nelson, pilot,
Fl/Sgt Clarence Franklin Lloyd, wireless operator, †
Sgt Harold Price, wireless operator, †
Sgt Herbert Cheval Archer Warr. †

While being tested in readiness for the Saarbrücken operation, the airplane went out of control and crashed in a field located 3 km southeast of RAF Balderton. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Lyall Basil Burman Price, pilot,
Sgt Idris Hughes, wireless operator,
Cdt Geoffrey Hughes,
Cdt Keith Rollason Couzin Wood.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 2341LT on July 21 on an operation to Duisburg. In unknown circumstances, it crashed into the sea east of Den Helder. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Robert Wishart, pilot,
Sgt Robert Spencer Doherty, observer,
F/Sgt John Beverly Pleasence, wireless operator,
P/O Thomas Reginald Ashton, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 0840LT on an operation to the Moling Area 3A. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was intercepted by a German fighter. Both airplane collided and crashed into the sea some 50 km northwest of Vlieland Island. All four crew members as well as both pilots of the German fighter were killed.
Crew:
P/O Edward William Swatton, pilot,
Sgt Roland Henry Burley,
Sgt Edward Haville,
P/O Harold Pearce.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 2240LT on June 18 on a mine laying operation off Lorient. The following night, it crashed for unknown reasons in Servel, nearby Lannion Airport. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Stanley Joseph Beranek, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Edward Charles Squires, observer,
Sgt Edward Victor Conwell, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald Haddock, air gunner.

The crew was engaged in a night flying test in readiness for operations to Emden. Shortly after a night takeoff from RAF Balderton, it entered a left turn when it crashed in a field located northeast of the airfield. All three crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O R. P. Wishart,
Sgt H. E. Elliott,
P/O H. J. Randall.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 2326LT on June 2 on an operation to Essen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer off Medemblik. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth Henry Taylor, pilot,
F/O Peter Leslie Edwards, observer,
Sgt Orville Wilbert McKenzie, wireless operator,
Sgt Ewart Gladstone Ronson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 2258LT on June 1st on an operation to Essen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer off Elburg. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Frederick Dixon Charlton, pilot,
P/O Cryil Ian Andrew Sandland, observer,
F/Sgt Frederick John Ernest Womar, wireless operator,
Sgt Alfred Marland, air gunner.