North Luffenham AFB

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on a mine laying operation. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Karl Hugo Eklund, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey Hamilton Anderson, observer,
Sgt James Robert Dobson, wireless operator,
Sgt Peter Anthony Thomas, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on 'Operation Fuller'. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the German Flak. The pilot was able to return to England and diverted to RAF Horsham St Faith (Norwich) where the airplane crashed upon landing. A crew was killed and four others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Ernest Ivo Nightingale, pilot, †
Sgt Edward Sparks, navigator,
Sgt L. Ward, wireless operator,
Sgt R. S. Cole, air gunner,
Sgt L. G. Hewlett, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on 'Operation Fuller'. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt John Haycroft Henniker Banness,
Sgt John Canavan,
W/Cdr Geoffrey Frederick Simond,
Sgt William Victor Walters,
F/O Herbert Wathey.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on a mine laying operation off the Dutch coast. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ronald Norman Thompson, pilot,
Sgt Roy Furnivall Thompson,
Sgt Robert Rowell, radio operator,
Sgt Lambert Philip Bow, air gunner,
Sgt Cyril Cubitt Duce, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on a mine laying operation off the Dutch coast. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt William John Wesley Kingston, pilot,
Sgt Robert Cecil William De Courcy, observer,
Sgt Alfred Gibson, radio operator,
Sgt Andrew Fulton, air gunner,
Sgt Joseph Arthur Tobin, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on an operation to Brest. It crashed for unknown reason while approaching the target area, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/O Arthur Norman Mowlam, pilot,
Sgt George James Linegar, observer,
Sgt William Black, wireless operator,
Sgt Clarence James Stringer, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on an operation to Brest and it crashed in unknown circumstances in Créances. A crew was killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Lawrence Edward Le Queux, pilot, †
Sgt John Knight Barron Laing,
Sgt Roland George Saunders,
Sgt Colin McVicar Smart.

The pilot was engaged in a local training exercise at RAF North Luffenham. The airplane crashed almost immediately after takeoff, killing the pilot.
Crew:
Sgt John Harrison Carr, pilot.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham at 1737LT on an operation to Brest. After takeoff, while climbing to an altitude of 1,500 feet, it entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Victor Charles Dadson, pilot,
Sgt Douglas Marsden, observer,
Sgt Harold Davies, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert Barclay Wright, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on January 14 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, it ran out fuel. The crew diverted to RAF Langham but the airplane crashed on approach near the airfield. All four crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
F/L W. J. W. Kingston,
Sgt R. C. W. de Courcy,
Sgt J. A. Tobin,
Sgt A. Gibson.