North Luffenham AFB

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham in the evening of September 11 on an operation to Rostock. While returning to base the following morning, it crash landed at 0600LT in near Isolation Camp, Empingham. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Neville Hamilton Pager, pilot, †
Sgt John Leonard Frederick Longmore, observer, †
Sgt Bailey,
Sgt Bowskill.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham in the evening of September 7 on an operation to Berlin. Over the target area, it was hit by the German Flak and a fuel leak ensued. Two crew members bailed out, one became PoW and the second was killed. While returning to base and flying over the Netherlands, the airplane ran out of fuel and the pilot made an emergency landing in a field located in Buikslotermeer, in the suburb of Amsterdam. Both crew members became PoW as well.
Crew:
Sgt Ivor Roderick Fraser, †
P/O Peter Stevens,
Sgt Harry Thompson,
Sgt Alan Wakefield Payne.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham at 2052LT on a mine laying operation. Three minutes after takeoff, it suffered a double engine failure and crashed in Empingham, north of the airbase. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Reginald John Roake, pilot,
Sgt Bernard Hemmings, observer,
Sgt Eric Horton, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Eric Taft, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham at 2030LT on September 2 on an operation to Berlin. While approaching the target area at low altitude, the airplane was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (61st Squadron):
W/Cdr George Engebret Valentine, pilot,
F/Lt Alan Bruce Harrison, pilot,
Cpt John Francis Tufnell Barrett,
Sgt Ernest Edward Dowse, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt James Ernest Nicholson, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Walter Duncan Hamer, air gunner,
F/O Lawrence Duckworth, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on an operation to Cologne. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near the city. Three crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Michael Thomas Henry Adams, pilot,
F/Sgt Alfred Joseph Box, observer, †
Sgt Gordon John Poole Hartlett, wireless operator, †
Sgt Gordon Eric Morgan, wireless operator. †

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham at 2152LT on August 29 on an operation to Frankfurt. It failed to return to base and was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Jack Archer,
Sgt Arthur George Clarke,
Sgt Herbert Richmond,
Sgt James Spencer.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham in the evening of August 25 on an operation to Mannheim. Over Belgium, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Pepingen. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Donald Arthur Whiting, pilot, †
Sgt Gordon Charles Smith, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Christie, air gunner, †
P/O Antony Edwin Hayward.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham at 2216LT on August 8 on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base the following morning and approaching the British coast, it was mistakenly shot down by friendly fire while passing over an Allied convoy. Damaged, the airplane crash landed near Fosdyke on the north bank of the the Welland, close to where the river enters The Wash. All four crew members were rescued.
Crew:
P/O Metcalfe,
P/O McCulloch,
Sgt Ashurst,
Sgt McKeown.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham at 2225LT on August 8 on an operation to Kiel. Over the North Sea, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Victor Edward Baker,
Sgt Terence Craven,
Sgt Geoffrey Stewart Lodington,
F/Sgt Eric Nigel Riddell Robertson.

The airplane departed RAF Luffenham at 2218LT on August 8 on an operation to Kiel. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Revensdorf. A crew was killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Alfred Cecil Nuttall, †
Sgt Leslie Richard Biddlecombe,
P/O John William Whymark Graham,
F/Sgt W. D. Hughes.