Leeming AFB

The airplane departed RAF Leeming on an operation to Emden. While returning to base in the late evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O James Spalding,
Sgt Edmond Patrick,
P/O Michael Owen Ogier,
Sgt Joseph William Dale,
Sgt James Monkman Parker.

After a transit flight from RAF Leeming, the airplane landed at RAF Lossiemouth and suffered a brake failure on a very wet runway. The airplane went out of control, veered off runway and collided with a hangar. It was damaged beyond repair and both crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
F/Sgt L. Whyte,
P/O E. R. Senior.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. After passing over the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Driezum. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Leslie Hugh William Parkin, pilot, †
Sgt Douglas John Sandlin, pilot, †
F/Sgt Robert Charles Hancock, observer,
Sgt Wilfred Whittam, wireless operator, †
Sgt Edmund Sidney Ayton, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Leeming on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. Approaching the German coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Langeoog. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Hubert Waddy Blackmore,
F/Lt Donald Atherton Irving,
Sgt John Lewis Stanley Price,
Sgt Peter William Lindsey Strachan,
Sgt Donald Unsworth.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. Over Germany, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Holtgast. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur Robert Harrington, pilot,
P/O Morris Donald Darwin McCarthy, pilot,
F/Sgt Bert Gordon Hibell, observer,
F/Sgt John Meredith Farley Shilan, wireless operator,
Sgt Roland Wilfred Lancaster, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1823LT on an operation to Kiel. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Alexander Bissett,
Sgt Clifford Francis Darwin,
Sgt William Arthur Ivor Glanville,
Sgt John Harold Jeffries,
Sgt Edward Hopkin Simmons,
Sgt John Joseph Westland,
F/Sgt Ernest Victor Hallam Wieland.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1800LT on February 15 on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. Following an uneventful mission, the crew was returning to base when the airplane ran out of fuel. In poor weather conditions, the crew bailed out and abandoned the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed near Keld. All seven crew members were uninjured.
Crew (10th Squadron):
F/Sgt Eos Clwydfryn Lloyd, pilot,
P/O Laurence David Hillier, pilot
Sgt James Woods Thain, flight engineer,
Sgt F. P. Mapes, navigator,
F/Sgt William Norman Guertin, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Mathias, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt R. L. Gifford, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming in the evening of February 15 on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. While returning to base, the airplane suffered an engine failure. Unable to maintain height, it crashed near Sherbourne, about three miles southwest of Warwick. Four crew members were killed and a fifth parachuted to safety.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Paterson Connell, pilot, †
P/O Edwin Morris Hooper, observer, †
F/Sgt John Winslow Alexander Giffin, wireless operator, †
Sgt Peter Harding Roan, wireless operator, †
P/O J. Spalding.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming in the evening of February 15 on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. While returning to base the following night, the pilot attempted an emergency landing at RAF Colerne where the airplane crashed on approach in unclear circumstances. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt George Albert Anson, pilot,
F/Sgt George Ronald Millar, pilot,
Sgt Reginald Andrew Kemp, observer,
Sgt Colin David Evander Campbell, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter Powell, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1812LT on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base in the late evening, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Northallerton. Six crew members were killed and a seventh was seriously injured.
Crew:
Sgt M. S. Schneider, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Cowan, pilot, †
Sgt Herbert Kenneth Taylor, flight engineer, †
P/O Michael Von Dadelszen, observer, †
Sgt James Calvert Bradley, wireless operator, †
P/O Vincent Leslie Brice, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Donald Savage, air gunner. †