Detling

The crew departed RAF Detling at 1450LT on a maritime patrol flight over the North Sea. While flying along the Belgian coast, off Ostende, the twin engine aircraft was attacked by the pilots of three German Me.109. Several bullets hit the wings and the ailerons and the crew decided to return to UK. While approaching the British coast, an engine failed, forcing the pilot to ditch the aircraft off Kent at 1830LT. All four occupants were quickly rescued by the crew of a British destroyer while the aircraft sank and was lost.
Crew (48th Squadron):
F/O G. H. Wherry,
P/O G. C. Alington,
Cpl A. D. C. Harding,
LAC L. S. Dilnutt.

While returning to its base at RAF Detling following a combat operation called 'Shamrock Patrol', the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German Me.109. The pilot ditched the airplane into the sea some 12 km east of Ramsgate. All four crew members were rescued while the aircraft sank and was lost.
Crew:
P/O A. Leeson,
Sgt J. Hoskins,
Cpl R. Rogers,
LAC P. G. Honnor.

The twin engine aircraft departed RAF Detling at 1535LT. While approaching the French coast after passing over the German destroyer T61, the aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea north of Dunkirk. All four crewmen were killed and only one body was washed ashore on 30 July 1940.
Crew (500th Squadron).
P/O Irvine S. Wheelwright,
Sgt Herbert W. Johnson,
LAC Frank H. Giles,
F/S Russell G. T. Soper.

The airplane was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed into the sea some 10 km north of Dunkirk. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Anthony Foster Booth,
Sgt Douglas James Elliott,
Sgt Eric Robert Scott.

The aircraft departed RAF Detling at 1131LT to attack enemy troop columns in the St Omer area. It crashed in unknown circumstances into The Channel off Calais. All thee crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt George Arthur Patrick Manwaring, pilot,
Sgt Ian MacPhail, observer,
Sgt David Beatty Murphy, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Detling at 1131LT on a patrol mission over Calais. It was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed into the sea about 10 km north of Dunkirk. All three crew members took place in a dinghy and were later recovered.
Crew:
P/O J. R. Cronan, pilot,
Sgt A. O. Lancaster, observer,
LAC Peebles, wireless operator and air gunner.

The twin engine airplane was shot down by enemy fire and was ditched into the North Sea some 24 km off Texel Island. All four crew members were rescued.
Crew:
P/O Alfred John Grisenthwaite,
P/O McLundie,
LAC Bowers,
AC1 H. C. R. Hopwood.

The crew departed RAF Detling at 1710LT to attack nine German boats. While approaching the Dutch coast, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by Flak and crashed into the North Sea, some 35 km southwest of Texel. No trace of the aircraft nor the four crew members was found.
Crew (48th Squadron):
F/L Stephen Dodds, pilot,
P/O Bryan Seymour Booth,
LAC Arthur Herbert Gumbleton,
LAC Norman E. Jacobs.

The crew departed RAF Detling on a maritime patrol flight over The Channel. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing in low clouds, the twin engine airplane impacted trees and crashed. All four crew members were injured. The wireless operator died few hours later from injuries sustained.
Crew:
P/O B. H. Arkell, pilot,
LAC J. Walton,
LAC Henry John Le Gassick, wireless operator, †
Sgt Braybrooks.

The crew was engaged in a coastal patrol mission our from RAF Detling. While flying along the Kent coast in poor weather conditions, one of the engine failed. The crew elected to return to RAF Detling but control was lost. One of the crew member was able to bail out and survived while three other crew members were killed after the aircraft crashed in a pasture located near Benenden.
Crew:
F/O Dennis Guy Mabey, pilot, †
P/O Andrew MacDonald Paterson, copilot, †
Cpl John Francis Drew, wireless operator, †
LAC Frederick Messent, gunner.