Mildenhall AFB

The crew left RAF Mildenhall at 2200LT on July 28 on a bombing mission to Stuttgart. While cruising by night over east of France, the bomber was shot dowb by the Lt Walter Swoboda and crashed in a uninhabited area, some 50 km west of Strasbourg. Five crew members were killed while two others were rescued.
Crew (622nd Squadron):
F/O Harold Sherman Peabody, †
F/O G. J. Wishart,
F/O James Harrington Doe, †
F/O R. L. Fiddick,
Sgt Arthur Payton, wireless operator and air gunner, †
F/Sgt Richard Godfrey Proulx, air gunner, †
Sgt Percy William Buckley, air gunner. †

The crew left RAF Mildenhall in the evening of June 12 on a bombing mission to Gelsenkirchen. While overflying The Netherlands, the aircraft was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in a field located in Tienray. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Carl Thompson, pilot,
Roderick McMillan, navigator,
Ronald Lemky, flight engineer,
Sgt Jack Trend, radio operator,
Sgt Tom Stubbs, air gunner,
Sgt Duke Pelham, air gunner,
Sgt Dick Mobbs, air gunner.

The crew left RAF Mildenhall at 2300LT on June 12 on a bombing mission to Gelsenkirchen. While overflying The Netherlands, the bomber was shot down by the pilot of a German night fighter and crashed in a field located in Oirschot, northwest of Eindhoven. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (622th Squadron):
P/O William Frederick Henry Rattle, pilot,
Sgt Richard John William Moore, navigator,
Sgt Francis Michael Leaney, flight engineer,
F/S Richard Paul Percival Holden,
F/O Walter Richard Tanner, air bomber,
Sgt Martin Dea, mid gunner,
Sgt Reginald Bramley, rear gunner.

While flying over the region of Aachen, the four engine bomber went out of control and crashed in unknown circumstances. All seven occupants were killed.
Crew (15th Squadron):
P/O Thomas Gordan Marsh,
Sgt William Henry Dean,
Sgt Ernest Arthur Bland,
Sgt Maurice Charles Spice,
Sgt Victor Kingsbury Lewis,
Sgt Alfred Rowe Newell,
Sgt Burton Orval Brophey.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2000LT on March 28 on an operation to Lübeck. It was intercepted and shot down by a Me.110 and crash landed on a sandy area located north of Wilhelmshaven, bursting into flames. Two crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth Edward Hobson, pilot, †
F/Sgt Joseph Clarence Albert Marcotte, pilot,
F/Sgt Arnold Leo Flesch, observer, †
Sgt K. H. Paul, wireless operator,
F/Sgt S. J. Bailey, wireless operator,
P/O W. E. Broderick, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2000LT on March 10 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it overshot the runway and crashed into trees. A crew member was rescued while seven others were killed.
Crew:
S/L Lloyd Watt Coleman, pilot, †
F/O Charles Leslie Pilkington, pilot, †
Sgt Donald Arthur Graham, observer, †
Sgt Reginald Arthur Shea, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt Louis Kowalski, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Millichip, wireless operator, †
Sgt Harold Skelton, air gunner, †
Sgt Harris, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2000LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed near Nütterden. Seven crew members were killed and an eighth became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Lloyd Wilson Bailey, pilot, †
Sgt Richard Wilson Hunt, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Edward Jordan, flight engineer, †
Sgt Gvvyn Russell Williams, observer, †
Sgt Terence Joseph Sherriff, wireless operator, †
Sgt Shuthi Napoleon, wireless operator, †
Sgt Gwyn Barrington Daines, air gunner, †
Sgt D. H. Munro, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 1930LT on an operation to Essen. While returning to base in the late evening, it landed downwind then veered off runway and crashed into an air raid shelter.
Crew:
Sgt J. H. Foy,
Sgt F. D. Barbour,
Sgt Faulkiner,
Sgt F. M. Van Guen,
Sgt J. H. F. Munday,
P/O B. L. Kenyon.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2337LT on February 25 on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base the following night, the airplane went off course. Due to lack of fuel, the crew diverted to RAF Mildenhall but the engine failed on approach. It crash landed in a field and came to rest against a stone wall, about 200 yards from the airbase. Seven crew members escaped uninjured while the front gunner was killed.
Crew:
S/L Matthew Drummond Henderson Wilson, pilot,
Sgt Robert Lorraine Melville, copilot,
Sgt Ely, flight engineer,
F/O Clifford G. Reeve, navigator,
Sgt Daniel Lammie, bomb aimer,
Sgt Johnnie Noel Spalding, air gunner,
Sgt William Edmund Chambers, air gunner,
Lt Louis Bingham Murray, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall on 'Operation Fuller'. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Henry Gordon Anderson,
F/Sgt Max Alfred Reid,
F/Sgt John Joseph Roche,
F/Sgt Thomas Joseph Thomas,
F/Sgt Joseph Fernand Paul Vezina,
F/Sgt Neil Williamson.