Leeming AFB

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2209LT on August 16 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110. It is reported that at least four crew members bailed out, but Stg Sewell's parachute failed to deploy. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Eric Harry Lager, pilot, †
Sgt Vernon Young Hodgson Sewell, wireless operator, †
Sgt Jack Edward Fulkerson,
Sgt Jacques Meyers,
Sgt Simon Shapiro.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2203LT on August 16 on an operation to Cologne. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Winterswijk. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Harold Phillip Calvert,
W/O A. E. King,
F/Sgt Alexander Bruce Anthony Robertson,
W/O Basil Sidney Craske.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2202LT on August 16 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Martenslinde. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Sidney Arthur Loveday, pilot,
P/O Henry Hetley Pearson, pilot,
P/O Donald William Hirst Walker, observer,
Sgt John Ian Welsh, wireless operator,
Sgt Stuart Frank Beeching Bott, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2154LT on August 8 on an operation to Kiel. Approaching Sylt Island, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Hörnum. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Edward Bayley, pilot,
P/O Maurice Littlewood, pilot,
P/O John Emrys Evans, observer,
Sgt Norman Moores, wireless operator,
Sgt Ralph Thomas Timms, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2228LT on July 25 on an operation to Hanover. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Koersel. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Wilfred Puttick, pilot,
P/O William Mcnaughton Spiers, pilot,
P/O Harry Joseph Daniels, navigator,
Sgt Douglas Bernard Beverley, wireless operator,
Sgt Cyril Webster Fitzmaurice D. E. Lawson, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2221LT on July 25 on an operation to Hanover. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 10 km west of Den Helder. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Peter Wellwood Fortune Landale, pilot,
P/O George Pringle, pilot,
Sgt George Wells, observer,
Sgt Alfred William Earp, wireless operator,
F/Sgt George Christie, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2229LT on July 8 on an operation to Hamm. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in the North Sea some 60 km off Vlieland Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Cyril John Bevan,
Sgt Rodney Victor Butcher,
F/Sgt George Bertram Lewis,
P/O Frank Wilson.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2242LT on July 7 on an operation to Osnabrück. While returning to base the following morning and approaching the British coast, it crashed into the sea off Flamborough. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Harris Black,
Sgt Hubert Richard Heighton,
F/Sgt Owen Roderick Lucas,
F/Sgt Robert Henry Thompson.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming in the evening of July 5 on an operation to Münster. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Schuinesloot. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Duncan Morrison, pilot,
P/O Robert Goulding, pilot,
F/Sgt Robert Inglis Hugh Aird, wireless operator,
Sgt Roy Harold Jordan, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2347LT on June 30 on an operation to Duisburg. Approaching Essen from the north, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Dorsten. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O John Barrett, pilot, †
Sgt William James Pickering Rice, observer, †
Sgt John William Davidson,
P/O William Menzies Weekes Fowler,
Sgt Herbert Henry Joslin.