Bassingbourn AFB

The crew was engaged in a local night training flight when shortly after takeoff from RAF Bassingbourn, the aircraft encountered difficulties to gain height. It hit successively two rows of trees. On the second impact, the airplane broke in two. The front part crashed in a huge explosion while the rear part detached and crashed 100 yards away from the burning wreckage. The three crew members who were seating in the rear compartment were slightly injured while the five crew members who were seating in the forward compartment were killed.

Following a bombing mission over Berlin, the aircraft was returning to the RAF Bassingbourn when it was hit by enemy fire while leaving the German airspace. On approach to the Swedish coast, the captain ordered his crew to bail out as it was impossible to continue the flight. Six crew members were able to bail out before the aircraft crashed into the Baltic Sea off Örnahusen. The last three crew members were killed.

The bomber aircraft left RAF Bassingbourn in the morning bound for Cottbus as its target. En route, it was attacked by enemy fire. Engines number one and three were out of service, and the fourth engine failed shortly later. While approaching the Bornholm Island, the pilot decided to divert to Sweden and instructed all crew to bail out. Unfortunately, his parachute opened in the cabin so he was forced to attempt an emergency landing in an open field located in Vollsjö, south Sweden. The aircraft belly landed and came to rest. All ten occupants were uninjured while the aircraft christened 'Lackin Shackin' was damaged beyond repair.
Crew (91st BG):
1st Lt F. C. Amman, pilot,
2nd Lt F. L. Butler, copilot,
1st Lt H. A. Levin, navigator,
2nd Lt P. H. McNulty, bombardier,
T/Sgt J. J. Lacorazza, top turret gunner,
T/Sgt F. D. Bynon Jr, radio operator and air gunner,
S/Sgt I. F. Kennedy, ball turret gunner,
S/Sgt H. Hornick, right & left waist gunner,
S/Sgt F. Martin, tail gunner
1st Lt P. E. Heacox, observer.

The aircraft left RAF Bassingbourn on a bombing mission to Kassel, Germany. While overflying The Netherlands, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter (Focke-Wulf Fw.190A-6) and crashed in a field. Eight crew members were killed while both pilots survived.
Crew:
2nd Lt Keene C. McCammon, pilot,
2nd Lt John P. Bruce, copilot,
T/Sgt Douglas V. Blackwood,
T/Sgt Americo Cianfichi,
1st Lt Robert U. Duggan,
S/Sgt George R. Krueger,
2nd Lt Daniel V. Ohman,
S/Sgt Mike A. Perrotta,
S/Sgt Hermon D. Poling,
S/Sgt Harold R. Sparks .

The airplane was engaged in a night training exercise out from RAF Bassingbourn. On final approach, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Barrington, about 6 km northeast of the airbase, bursting into flames. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt Cyril George Andrews, pilot, †
Sgt Ronald Frederick Guttridge, pilot, †
Sgt Richard Henry Hazell, pilot, †
Sgt Ronald George Peter Capham, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Bassingbourn in the evening of August 6 to drop leaflets over France. The last radio contact was after the airplane passed over Rotterdam then it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Greup. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Charlesworth,
Sgt T. Humphrey,
Sgt Ronald Charles Mackenzie,
Sgt Stanley Pryor,
Sgt Leonard Edward Sparks,
Sgt James Athol Walker.

The airplane was returning to base when, on approach, it collided with a JU.88 registered R4+BL and carrying a crew of three. Both airplanes went out of control and crashed in Ashwell. All 11 crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Walter Anthony Hannah, pilot,
Sgt Reginald Ernest Hibbert, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick Slade Houston, pilot,
Sgt Claude Mortimer Spratt Lewis, observer,
Sgt Percival Theodore Manning, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Andrew McAllister,
F/Sgt Joseph Stewart, wireless operator,
Sgt Bruce Cathcart Thompson.

The airplane departed RAF Bassingbourn on an operation to Germany when it was intercepted and hit by a German fighter. It crash landed in a field located in Wendy, near Royston. All six crew members evacuated safely.

The crew was engaged in a training exercise out from RAF Bassingbourn. In the evening, while flying over the city of Bristol, the airplane collided with a barrage balloon cable and crashed in the St Andrews Park, bursting into flames. Three crew members were injured and three others were killed.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth Guy Evans, pilot, †
Sgt Charles John Clarke, wireless operator, †
Sgt Thomas Leonard Lever, wireless operator, †
Sgt L. H. Houghton,
Sgt J. S. Jones,
Sgt R. Wish.