Dishforth AFB

The crew was returning to base following an operation to Merseburg. On final approach to RAF Dishforth, the crew encountered strong cross winds and lost control of the aircraft that went out of control and crashed short of runway. The copilot was killed while all four other occupants were injured.
Crew (51st Squadron):
P/O Norman Edward Sharp, pilot,
Sgt John Raymond Brown, copilot, †
Sgt Douglas Henry Crocker, observer,
Sgt A. Britain, wireless operator,
P/O S. Storey, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1906LT on October 1st for an attack on synthetic oil installations in the Holten district. At 0130LT, while returning to its base, the airplane went out of control and crashed in an open field located in Hummelo. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Neville Halsey Andrew, pilot,
P/O Harry Wright Morgan, pilot,
Sgt George Enos Matson, observer,
Sgt Philip Hall Richmond, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Roscoe, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth to bomb oil storage facilities in the area of Vlissingen. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed into the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Clarence Sydney Robson,
Sgt Luke James Furze,
Sgt John Cresswell Greig,
Sgt Ronald Macaulay Heyworth,
Sgt James Kelly.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1945LT on September 9 on an operation to Berlin. After being damaged by the German Flak, it was ditched in the North Sea about 120 miles east of of the Firth of Fourth. A crew drowned and all four other occupants were rescued from their dinghy by a naval launch.
Crew:
Sgt William Gordon McAlister, †
P/O Millson,
Sgt H. C. G. Brook,
Sgt E. A. Young,
P/O D. Careless.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1950LT on September 4 to bomb the Charlottenburg Power Station in Berlin. It ditched around midnight off the Texel Island. Four crew members were rescued and became PoW while a fifth occupant drowned.
Crew:
Sgt Maurice Herbert Jones, †
Sgt Victor Bernard Housego,
Sgt Marmaduke Johnson,
Sgt High Maylin,
P/O James Mortimer Taylor.

The crew was engaged in a local training exercice out from RAF Dishforth. For unknown reasons, the airplane failed to become airborne and ran through the perimeter fence, losing its tail and coming to rest in a field bordering the Great North Road. All four crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt J. E. Tilston,
Sgt H. Gregson,
Sgt J. P. Wilson,
Sgt N. Atkin.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth to bomb an electricity power station on operation 'Zohornewitz'. After a successful mission, the crew was returning to his base when he sent a distress call at 0142LT. At 0237LT, the airplane crashed into the Markermeer off Horn.
Crew:
P/O Peter Gascoyne Brodie,
Sgt Ronald Entwistle,
P/O Theodore Faire Storrier Johnson,
Sgt Walter Arthur Kelham,
Sgt G. P. White.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2010LT on August 16 to bomb an oil plant located in Böhlen. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Peine. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt John Stanley Scott, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Allen Beale, pilot,
Sgt Peter Duncan Salmon, radio operator,
Sgt Roy Desmond Edward Clarke, observer,
Sgt Harry Haggett, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth to bomb an oil storage depot located in Bec d'Ambès, about 22 km north of Bordeaux. While returning to its base and flying at an altitude of 1,500 feet, the airplane collided with the cables of a barrage balloon and crashed in Langley. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Stanley Powell Swensen, pilot,
Sgt Anthony Kyle Dawson, pilot,
Sgt John Barrie O'Brien,
Sgt Laurence Paul Stubberfield, wireless operator,
Sgt Richard Albert William Tait, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth to bomb a synthetic oil plant in the region of Gelsenkirchen. It crashed in unknown circumstances at night near Wilhelmshaven. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Albert Edward Bowes,
Sgt Frank John Cecil Brown,
Sgt John Albert Kearey,
Sgt William Henry Mercer,
Sgt Ernest Harry Platts.