Binbrook AFB

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 1920LT on an operation to the industrial district of La Pallice in La Rochelle. Approaching the target area, it crashed into the sea and was lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Norman Barker, pilot,
P/O Philip Valters Hewitt, observer,
P/O Stanley Howlet, observer,
F/Sgt William Henry McAlwane, wireless operator,
Sgt Joseph Coyne, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 0053LT on an operation to Duisburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed near the target area. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Mather Dunlop, pilot,
P/O Robin Alexander Ainslie, navigator,
P/O William George Elby, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Allan Squires Millis, wireless operator,
Sgt Montague Ernest Wheatcroft, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 0025LT on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the Dutch coast, the crew encountered engine problems and decided to return to base. Despite getting rid of the bomb load, height could not be maintained and the airplane crashed at 0230LT into the North Sea some 32 km off Cromer. Four crew members were killed and the pilot was rescued.
Crew:
Sgt T. C. Smith, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Bland, †
F/Sgt Russel Wilbert Lewis Mills, †
P/O Arthur Sidney Needham, †
Sgt Frank Smith. †

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2252LT on September 2 on an operation to Karlsruhe. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Léglantiers. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Innes Montgomery Logan, observer, †
F/Sgt Francis Edward Monckton, †
F/Sgt Colin Albert Alt,
Sgt William Burman Holland,
W/O J. J. Foley.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook in the evening of August 27 on an operation to Kassel. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 45 km northwest of The Hague. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Charles James Broomhead,
P/O Harry Fallas,
Sgt Glyndwr Hughes,
P/O Alexander Norman,
F/Sgt Stanley Allen Wilson.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook in the evening of August 27 on an operation to Kassel. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Peoldijk. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Douglas Spencer McNeil, pilot, †
Sgt Albert Mills, observer, †
Sgt Frederick George Edward Pierson, observer, †
Sgt Charles Robert Podmore, †
Sgt Ezra Gershater.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook on an operation to Kassel. Approaching Gelsenkirchen, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Gladbeck, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Douglas Henry MacNaughton, pilot,
Sgt Robert Hugh Ashwell, observer,
Sgt Alfred Norton, wireless operator,
Sgt Francis Rodney Cummins,
Sgt James Edward Dalton.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook in the evening of August 27 on an operation to Kassel. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O David John Jones, pilot,
P/O Rowland Thomas Jones, pilot,
Sgt Peter Hugh Shulver, observer,
Sgt Goronwy Wynne Davies, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Harry George Robinson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2035LT on August 18 on an operation to Flensburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Douglas William Rowe, pilot,
F/Sgt Robert Leslie Sinclair Ritchie, observer,
Sgt Leslie Douglas Graves,
Sgt John Anthony Sharp, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Black, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 0043LT on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Rosmalen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Gilbert Carrington Keats, pilot,
P/O Harold Shaw, observer,
Sgt Peter MacDougall Spence, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas Ernest Williams, air gunner,
Sgt Bernard John Miller, air gunner.