Coningsby AFB

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2315LT on June 29 on an operation to Bremen. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in the district of Osternburg in OIdenburg. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Murray Richard Frederick Baker, pilot,
Sgt John Henry Bevans, pilot,
Sgt Morgan Ford, wireless operator,
Sgt George Edward Smith, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2336LT on June 26 on an operation to Kiel. While approaching the German coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea west of Westerhever. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (97th Squadron):
F/O Francis Edwin Eustace, pilot,
Sgt Cecil Keith Mckenzie, copilot,
F/S John Joseph Clinch, navigator,
F/S James Elkington, bomb aimer,
P/O Alan Albert Morgan, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Peter Victor McLaren, mid upper gunner,
Sgt Charles Paull Penberthy, rear gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2300LT on June 15 on an operation to Cologne. It was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O David Gray Dickie,
Sgt Albert Leslie Glaves,
Sgt Edward Ralph Hall,
Sgt Peter Somers.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2240LT on May 26 on a mine laying operation off Brest. While returning to base the following night, it crashed while tryin to land at RAF Wellesbourne Mountford. The pilot was killed and three other crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Laurance Arthur Forty, pilot, †
Sgt G. Wood,
Sgt R. Thompson,
Sgt M. G. Lines.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2200LT on an operation to Berlin. One hour into the flight, the crew reported the right engine had failed. This was the last transmission. Two dead bodies were found but no trace of the airplane nor the rest of the crew. It appears that the airplane crashed into the sea some 30 km off Borkum Island.
Crew (97th Squadron):
F/Lt Gerald Oscar Ladler Bird,
P/O William Adam Brown,
Sgt Wallace Patrick Hannigan, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Kenneth John Hutt, observer,
Sgt Peter Norman Nutt,
Sgt Reginald George Pyatt.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby in the evening of May 10 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base and after passing the Dutch coast, the crew encountered technical problems with the engines and ditched the airplane some 23 km off Bergen aan Zee. The airplane sank and was lost while all six crew members took place in a dinghy and were rescued four days later by the crew of a Dutch trawler and became PoW.
Crew (97th Squadron):
Sgt Robert Anderson,
P/O Robert Steen Ayton,
F/Sgt James Bryce,
Sgt Walter Jack Chantler,
Sgt Denis John Harvey,
Sgt Ernest William Ronald Sykes.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 0015LT on an operation to Cologne. Approaching the target, it crashed, maybe after being shot down by enemy fire. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Jack Cutmore, pilot,
P/O Ronald Maurice Alexander Lakin, pilot,
Sgt William Ezra Burrell, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Hubert Everard Preston, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2000LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. While passing over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed in Kessel. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt W. F. Osborne, pilot,
Sgt John Fred Reginald Boyall, observer, †
Sgt Donald Skene, wireless operator, †
Sgt S. A. T. Davies, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2000LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. While passing over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed in Ittervoort. Three crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt R. J. West, pilot,
Sgt John Spencer, pilot, †
Sgt Eric James Butler, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Thompson Wright, wireless operator. †

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1900LT on an operation to Brest. Over Britany, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Saint-Renan. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Patrick Julyan Polglase, pilot,
P/O Walter Brown, navigator,
F/Sgt George Allanson, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward J. Holman, wireless operator.