Coningsby AFB

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 0105LT on a gardening operation. It was last heard at 0845LT calling for help and is believed to have crash in the North Sea some 48 miles east of Wick. No trace was found.
Crew:
F/Lt Thomas Brodie Herd,
Sgt Sidney James Holroyd Jones, wireless operator,
F/O Bruce Gordon McIver,
Sgt Horace Sell.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 0025LT to lay mines in the Olso Fjord. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Arthur Ingram,
F/O Charles Buckingham Randall, air gunner,
F/Lt John Henderson,
Sgt James William Steven.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 0140LT to lay mines in the Olso Fjord. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Desmond Charles Firth, pilot, †
Sgt Walter King, observer, †
Sgt Samuel Archer,
Sgt C. Walton.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2150LT on an operation to Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea off the Lincolnshire coast. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt George Edwin Bradley,
Sgt David Charles Cranston,
Sgt Francis Roland Lamin,
Sgt Thomas Leslie Panting.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1810LT on October 26 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, it exploded and crashed onto the Whitby to Scarborough road. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O David Roy Bowden, pilot,
Sgt Edward Boucher Smith, pilot,
Sgt Oliver Halward, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Darrel Barry Stables, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1755LT on an operation to Hamburg and later crashed in Selsingen, between Bremen and Hamburg. Three crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
P/O John Michael Wood, pilot,
F/Sgt Douglas John Carmichael, observer, †
Sgt Robert Alfred Gladen, wireless operator, †
Sgt Eric Haste, wireless operator. †

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1830LT on October 20 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it crashed on approach and was destroyed. All four crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt Cooke,
Sgt Fry,
Sgt Goodwin,
Sgt Gowan.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1814LT on October 20 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it crashed at Haltham, about 8 km north of the airbase. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Desmond George Bradley, pilot,
Sgt Alexander Teryl McMillan, observer,
Sgt Robert Arthur Stansfield, wireless operator,
Sgt E. L. Coles, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1822LT on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it force landed in a marshland in Friskney following a fuel exhaustion. All seven occupants escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt G. H. Hartley,
Sgt Appleyard,
Sgt J. Canham,
Sgt Dean,
Sgt Baker,
Sgt Mayland,
Sgt Gross.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1830LT to bomb a railway near Bremen. While returning to base the following night, the crew reported technical issues with the wireless equipment. The airplane was lost without trace and is believed to have crash somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew (97th Squadron):
P/O William Gershon Noble, pilot,
F/Sgt Lester Louis Harrison, pilot,
Sgt Arthur Francis George Redwood, observer,
Sgt Nigel Frederick Hunt, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Charles Ceasar Kolar, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/O Lionel Abel John Mills, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Muirhead Colin Worthington, air gunner.