Cottesmore AFB

The crew was performing a training sortie when the aircraft went out of control, nosed down, lost several pieces and partially disintegrated in the air before crashing in a field located 6 miles east of RAF Cottesmore. All three crew members were killed.

While on a supply mission to Germany, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in a field, killing all six occupants.
Crew:
Col Harvey Arthur Berger,
S/Sgt Joseph G. Maltais.

While cruising at an altitude of 6,700 feet, both engines misfired and the left engine failed shortly later. The captain decided to attempt an emergency landing in a pasture at Chatsworth Park, near Bakewell. While all six occupants were slightly injured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair due to severe damages to the airframe.
Crew (14th OTU):
F/O Leo Braham Patkin, pilot,
P/O Robert Lindsay Bienvenu, navigator,
P/O John Leslie Tolmie, air bomber,
P/O William Neil Fisher,
Sgt William Donald Blackwell, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt James Balmer, air gunner.

The crew was engaged in a training mission in RAF Cottesmore. In flight, an engine caught fire and crew attempted to make an emergency landing in an open field near the Airfield. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair while the crew fate remains unknown. Crew from the 4th OTU.

The airplane departed RAF Cottesmore at 2310LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. Over the target area, it was badly shot about by the German Flak and the crew was able to return to England on one engine. On approach to Horsham, Norwich, the airplane' speed was too high so the pilot decided to go around. At a height of 500 feet, the remaining engine failed. The airplane stalled, collided with houses and crashed in Hellesdon, in the western suburbs of Norwich. Two crew were killed and two others were seriously injured.
Crew:
F/Lt Wilfred Lawrie Cameron, pilot,
Sgt John Edward Sheridan, observer,
F/Sgt M. F. Porter, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt E. H. East, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Cottesmore at 2306LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, the crew encountered poor weather and low visibility. After emerging from clouds, the pilot saw another airplane, (a Halifax registered W1013 with six crew on board) but this was too late. Both aircraft collided and crashed near March. Three crew members on board the Hampden were killed while a fourth crew as injured. On board the Halifax, two crew were killed and four others were injured.
Crew:
P/O Donald Buchan Falconer, pilot,
W/O Cecil Holmes, observer, †
P/O John Henry Knowling, wireless operator and air gunner, †
P/O Harvey Strong Little, wireless operator and air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Cottesmore at 2257LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Diepenveen. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Thomas Edward Philip Ramsay, pilot,
P/O William Howarth Gorton, observer, †
Sgt Frederick Harold Falk, wireless operator, †
P/O Victor Ernest Woolnough, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Dalton at 2222LT on May 19 to drop leaflets over Vichy. While returning to base the following night, the crew diverted to RAF Cottesmore where the airplane crashed upon landing. All six crew members were rescued.
Crew:
F/Sgt Charles Rae Barr, pilot,
Sgt John William Brown, flight engineer,
F/Sgt David Conter, observer,
Sgt Ronald Charles Perriam, wireless operator,
Sgt John George Smith Rocks, air gunner,
Sgt Eric Humphrey Williams, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Cottesmore on a night high level bombing exercise with a crew of four on board. In the early morning, it entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed less than a mile north of Pinchbeck. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Joseph Mitchell Marok, pilot,
P/O Walter Hugh Lynch, observer,
P/O Sydney Stanley White, observer,
Sgt Edward O’Connell, wireless operator and air gunner.

The crew departed RAF Cottesmore on a training exercise when the airplane crashed for unknown reasons four miles south of RAF Saltby. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Osborne Kirkton Fisher, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Frederick Thornton, observer.