Balderton

The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 1927LT on a mine laying operation. While cruising along the Dutch coast at night, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William MacMillan Fraser, pilot,
W/O Alger Jenkins, navigator,
Sgt Arthur Frederick Trawford, wireless operator,
Sgt Herman Albert Benjamin Bird, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 1921LT on a mine laying operation. While cruising along the Dutch coast at night, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt William Beaumont Brown, pilot,
F/Sgt Charles Douglas Dunn, navigator,
Sgt Robert Frederick Howell, wireless operator,
Sgt Clifford Brown, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 1919LT on a mine laying operation. Flying along the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Gordon Findlay Beaver, pilot,
F/Sgt George Percy McLean,
Sgt Samuel Frederick Bentley,
Sgt Robert Noel Beale.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 1750LT on an operation to Bremen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have been shot down by a Me.110 and to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Harold William Clarke, pilot,
Sgt Peter Bernard Chapple, navigator,
Sgt Reginald Grenville Eves, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Brown, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 1715LT on January 15 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. At night and in low visibility due to clouds, the airplane impacted the slope of a hilly terrain in Dalefoot, near West Burton. Three crew members were killed and the pilot was injured.
Crew:
S/L W. J. Burnett, pilot,
F/Sgt James Arthur Bunting, observer, †
Sgt John Robinson Appleby, wireless operator, †
Sgt Maurice Jones, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 1637LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. Approaching the Wangerooge Island, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Thomas Findlay Priest, pilot,
F/Sgt Donald Louden Henderson, observer,
Sgt Gordon Arthur Glanville, wireless operator,
Sgt Leslie Alexander Churcher, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 1855LT on an operation to Hüls. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Winterswijk. Three crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Stuart Bruce Keith Brackenbury, pilot,
Sgt Desmond William Thane, observer, †
Sgt Peter Frederick Issac, wireless operator, †
Sgt Douglas Theodore Williams, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 0032LT on an operation to Cherbourg. While returning to base, it crashed for unknown reasons at New Farm, Longdown Enclosure, near Lyndhurst. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Eric William Sterling, pilot,
Sgt John Charles Tomlin, observer,
Sgt Cyril Charles Gibson, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Wilfred Roy Williams, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 0030LT on an operation to Cherbourg. Believed to have crashed somewhere in The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Brinley Howells,
Sgt William Oates,
F/Sgt Ralph Lloyd Thompson,
Sgt John Leslie Vaughan.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 1715LT on a mine laying operation off Kiel. Passing over Denmark, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Sanderum, in the southwest suburb of Odense. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Francis Hull, pilot,
F/Sgt Duncan Luin Todd, observer,
Sgt Samuel Jamieson, wireless operator,
Sgt Lynn Harding, wireless operator.