Linton-on-Ouse AFB

Eight minutes after a night takeoff from RAF Linton-on-Ouse, while climbing, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a JU.88. Out of control, it dove into the ground and crashed in Myton-on-Swale, seven km northwest of the airbase. Three crew were killed and two others were seriously injured. Nine days later, on November 2, one of the survivor died from injuries sustained.
Crew (102nd Squadron):
F/O Anthony Glyndwr Davies, pilot,
P/O Thomas Russell Murfitt, pilot, †
Sgt Ian Cowie Scoular, observer, †
Sgt Angus S. Wilson, wireless operator and air gunner, †
P/O Terence Edward Lee, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1900LT on October 20 to bomb a Škoda factory located in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia. At 0615LT, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter. Despite the situation, the captain was able to evacuate the combat area and to return to England. While returning to base at night, the airplane was too low when it impacte the slope of a hill and crashed, bursting into flames. Three crew members were killed and two others were seriously injured. Two days later, one of the survivors died from injuries suistained.
Crew (58th Squadron):
F/O Ernest Henry Brown, pilot, †
Sgt Leonard Frank Percy Adlam, pilot, †
Sgt Marcel Cuthbert Caryll-Tilkin, air gunner, †
Sgt Cyril Sidney Garrick Green, observer, †
Sgt R. E. Langfield, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1800LT on October 20 to attack a Škoda factory located in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia. While returning to base the following morning, it ditched in the River Humber off Brough. All five crew members were rescued three hours later.
Crew:
Sgt H. E. Greene,
F/O B. Brooke,
Sgt G. S. Halley,
Sgt J. Henderson,
Sgt R. F. J. Duncan.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1840LT on October 20 to bomb a Škoda factory located in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia. While returning to base, it ran out of fuel and ditched off Blakeny Point, Norfolk. All five crew members were rescued by the lifeboat Foresters Centenary.
Crew:
P/O A. Wilding,
F/O J. A. Champness,
Sgt London,
Sgt Hogg,
P/O H. F. Welte.

Following a bombing mission over Milan, Italy, the crew was returning to base when he lost his orientation due to poor weather conditions. After the airplane ran out of fuel, the captain decided to ditch the aircraft in the Mersey, off Liverpool. All five occupants were rescued and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crew (51st Squadron):
Sgt Anthony Denis Wright, pilot,
P/O Stanley Gordon Hookway, pilot,
Sgt Taylor, observer,
Sgt McKenzie, wireless operator,
Sgt Kelby, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1817LT on October 18 on an operation to Lünen, Germany. While returning to base at night, the airplane ran out of fuel. The crew decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. Out of control, the bomber dove into the ground and crashed in a pasture located in Bullatree Farm, near Maltby. All five crew members were uninjured.
Crew (102nd Squadron):
P/O Kenneth Thomas Hannah, pilot,
Sgt A. L. Chapman,
Sgt John Alfred Clemett,
Sgt G. F. Almond,
Sgt G. Robson.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1825LT on October 7 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Following a successful attack, the crew returned to his base but reported problems with the left engine. On final approach to RAF Bircham Newton, the airplane crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Ronald Arnold Hadley, pilot,
Sgt Charles Austin Wright, pilot,
P/O Richard Arthur Phillips, observer,
Sgt George Edgar Hall, wireless operator,
Sgt James Munro Ramsay.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2110LT on October 2 on an operation to Frankfurt an der Oder. It is believe that it was shot down by enemy fire while approaching the target. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Paul Spencer Dally, pilot,
F/O William Charles Espley, pilot,
Sgt Ian Alexander Zamek, observer,
Sgt Alfred Jack Cheesman, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Alan Ernest Chetter, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse on a raid over Berlin. Shortly after liftoff, while climbing, it stalled and crashed 800 metres past the runway end, bursting into flames. Three crew members were killed and two others were seriously injured.
Crew (58th Squadron):
Sgt Herbert Cornish, pilot, †
F/O Arnold Irwin Watterson, pilot, †
Sgt Leslie Hambleton Taylor, observer, †
Sgt R. Fowlie, wireless operator,
Sgt John William Chamberlain, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse in the evening of September 23 on an operation to Berlin. Over the target area, it was hit by the German Flak and was later ditched in the North Sea, at 0550LT, some 80 miles from the East coast. Two crew members were rescued and three others were killed. Few hours later, one of the survivor died from injuries sustained.
Crew:
P/O Andrew Woodrow Dunn, †
Sgt Dudley Brooking Allen, †
Sgt Derek Albert Gibbons, †
Sgt Bernard Leonard Savill, †
Sgt G. H. Riley.