Dishforth AFB

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2210LT on an operation to Frankfurt. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Liège. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Michael William Tilley, pilot, †
Sgt Owen Lawrence Mitchell Williams, pilot, †
Sgt Kenneth Albert Dean, observer, †
Sgt Dennis William Ernest Creedy, wireless operator, †
Sgt Leslie Wilfred Joseph Hart.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2214LT on July 19 on an operation to Hanover. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Addrup, Lower Saxony. The pilot was killed while four other occupants were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Alan Roderick Thomas, pilot, †
P/O Peter Arthur Leuw,
P/O Alastair William Mackay,
Sgt Joseph Alfred Walker,
Sgt Frederick McMullen.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2310LT on July 4 on an operation to Brest. Over the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Stang-Alar. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Robert Ernest Kerr, pilot,
Sgt Glyn George Duckers, observer,
Sgt Kenneth Albert King, wireless operator,
Sgt Edwin Wood, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2304LT on June 22 on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. While returning to base the following morning, the airplane ditched in the North Sea some 50 km east of Hornsea. A crew was killed while four others were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt James Henry Grubb, †
P/O G. L. Mattey,
Sgt S. W. Reimer,
Sgt A. J. Jakeman,
Sgt A. Troughton.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2303LT on June 19 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It crash landed near Duisburg and all five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Albert John Brewster,
Sgt Alfred Stanley William,
Sgt Peter J. M. Thomas,
Sgt J. B. Whitworth,
Sgt Leslie Frederick Mann.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2243LT on June 16 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed west of Houthalen. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas James Baston, pilot, †
P/O Cecil Ernest Crichton, †
Sgt James Leonard Evans, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Douglas John Jefferis, air gunner, †
P/O Kenneth Noel Holland.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2306LT on June 11 on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over the Netherlands, it was coned by searchlights then shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Borkel. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Paul Edward Snyder, pilot,
F/Sgt Herbert Hannay, pilot,
Sgt James Edward Gittins, observer,
Sgt John Bradshaw, wireless operator,
Sgt Cyril Gerrard Humble, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2200LT on June 8 on an operation to Dortmund. While returning to base the following morning, the crew lost his orientation and failed to fix his position when the airplane impacted a hill located in Bank Foot, near Ingleby Greenhow. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (51st Squadron):
F/Sgt Gordon Stubbs, pilot,
P/O James Raymond Pertwee, pilot,
Sgt William Charles Goy Roper, observer,
Sgt Charles Frederick Ranson, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt James Cousins, rear gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2159LT on May 9 on an operation to Ludwigshafen. While passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Boshoven, northwest of Weert. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Henry Gallaugher Browne, pilot,
P/O Peter Myers, pilot,
Sgt Bernard Kipling, observer,
F/Sgt Arthur Jackson, wireless operator,
Sgt George Arthur Selby, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2135LT on April 24 on an operation to Kiel. It was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Murray Gibson,
P/O Gordon Herbert Kidd,
Sgt Alfred Henry Norris,
F/Sgt Keith Edward Taylor,
F/Sgt John Purdie Wilson.