Leeming AFB

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1951LT on March 27 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was abandoned at 0215LT north of Pickworth, Lincolnshire, and later crashed near RAF Cottesmore. All five crew members were rescued, among them one was injured.
Crew:
S/L H. A. R. Holford,
Sgt J. T. Taylor,
Sgt J. F. Bassett,
Sgt R. R. Hanson,
Sgt A. J. Jones.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2021LT on March 18 on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base the following night, flying at an altitude of 6,000 feet, the left engine failed and caught fire. The flames spread to the fuselage and the crew were ordered to bail out. Four occupants were found uninjured while the pilot was overcome by smoke and his body was found in the wreckage.
Crew:
Sgt Neville Watson, pilot,
P/O W. Spiers,
Sgt D. C. L. Mole,
Sgt A. J. Owen,
Sgt J. Bole.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1930LT on March 1st on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, just after it passed the Dutch coast, it crashed into the sea off Haamstede. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alfred Charles Hoare,
Sgt Philip Henry Woodbridge,
P/O Alan Addison Florigny,
Sgt Charles John Woods,
Sgt Alfred Coates.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1832LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Henry Beaucourt Skyrme,
Sgt John Eustache Rowlett,
Sgt George Charles Sandland,
Sgt Eric Downing Polkinghorne,
Sgt Leonard Peter Brookman.

Shortly after takeoff from RAF Leeming, while in initial climb, the bomber stalled and crashed on a farm located near the airfield, bursting into flames. The captain was killed while all four other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.
Crew (10th Squadron):
P/O Peter Beckford Gough, pilot
P/O Ross Leslie Flewelling, pilot, †
Sgt John Thomas Evans, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Leslie Somerville, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Peter Hogan, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming to bomb an aircraft components factory in Berlin. While returning to base the following night, at an altitude of 5,000 feet, the right engine failed and the crew abandoned the aircraft that entered a dive and crashed near RAF Honington. All five crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
P/O Bridson,
Sgt Griffin,
Sgt Burton,
Sgt Marshall,
Sgt Lucas.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2146LT on November 13 on an operation to Merseburg. A last w/t contact was established at 0155LT then the bomber disappeared without trace.
Crew (10th Squadron):
W/C Kenneth Francis Ferguson,
Sgt Charles Stanley Rogers,
Sgt Walter Fraser,
Sgt Alexander Watson,
Sgt Kenneth Frederick Weston.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2312LT on November 12 on an operation to Lorient. Still outbound, it crashed in unknown circumstances near Rhymney, bursting into flames. A crew member was killed and four others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Dickens Goldsmith, †
F/O P. W. F. Landell,
P/O F. R. Goddard,
Sgt E. G. Christie,
Sgt E. P. Lewis.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1838LT on November 5 on an operation over Milan. While returning to base the next morning, the crew sent a distress call at 0610LT then the aircraft crashed into the sea. It is believed that it crashed about 10 miles east of the North Foreland but despite extensive search, no trace of the airplane or its crew was ever found.
Crew:
P/O Anthony Leonard Jones,
Sgt Edgar George Harding,
Sgt Phillip Trevor Harding Smith,
Sgt Watkin Llewellyn Thomas Walker,
Sgt James Beasley Watt.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1658LT on October 29 on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. While returning to base the following night, the airplane flew into a hill located in Knarsdale Common, some 3 miles north of Slaggyford. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and all five crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew (10th Squadron):
P/O William Edgar Peers, pilot,
Sgt E. H. Ottaway, pilot,
Sgt George F. Dove, wireless operator,
Sgt H. R. George, observer,
Sgt Minor, air gunner.