Oakington

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2049LT on August 19 on an operation to Kiel. It failed to return to base and was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Jack Bainbridge,
Sgt William Royston Fisher,
Sgt Daniel McIntyre,
Sgt James Alfred Nichols,
Sgt Joseph George Richardson,
Sgt Roy Willis.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2056 on August 14 on an operation to Magdeburg. While returning to base the following morning, it overshot and crashed. All eight crew members were rescued.
Crew:
W/Cdr H. R. Graham,
Sgt R. W. Taylor,
F/S J. R. Walker,
Sgt J. L. Martin,
F/S H. Watson,
Sgt M. T. Coon,
Sgt G. E. Mitchell,
F/L S. G. Stock.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2214LT on August 14 on an operation to Magdeburg. While returning to base the following morning, it diverted to RAF Graveley where it ran into an unmarked obstruction and came to rest. There were no casualties but the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
P/O W. N. Crebbin,
Sgt W. R. Butterfield,
Sgt R. Ferguson,
Sgt R. W. Cotton,
Sgt J. McCarley,
Sgt T. J. Ryder,
F/S J. Lowe.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington in the evening of August 14 on an operation to Hanover. While returning to base the following night, it crashed while trying to land in poor visibility. There were no casualties.
Crew:
F/O D. T. Witt,
Sgt S. G. Matkin,
Sgt D. White,
Sgt J. R. Alverson,
F/S M. G. Gardiner,
Sgt L. A. Penn,
P/O A. H. Piper.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2248LT on August 2 on an operation to Hamburg. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer some two km northwest of Stavoren. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Richard Davey,
Sgt Lawrence Hill,
Sgt Gordon Alan Smith,
Sgt Wilson Watson,
Sgt William Horace Walker, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Christopher Quinlan, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2250LT on July 25 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following morning, it was shot down by the German Flak and crash landed in Ouddorp. All seven crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt David Cashman Allen,
Sgt Beresford Alister Archibald Joseph Fowler,
P/O Geoffrey Mason Fuller,
F/Lt Michael Colin Gordon Sherwood,
Sgt Robert Ivan Stone,
Sgt Thomas Farley Williams,
Sgt William Peter Wood.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1136LT on an operation to Brest. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Frederick Henry Craig, †
Sgt Donald Love, †
Sgt William Henry Price, †
Sgt Albert Edward Sainsbury, †
Sgt Ernest John Hesmondhalgh,
Sgt Frank Martin Smith.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2300LT on July 14 on an operation to Hanover. Damaged by the German Flak, the airplane returned to base the following morning but ran out fuel. It was abandoned by the crew and crashed into Gold Street in Northampton. The pilot was killed after he slipped out of his parachute. All six other crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt Bernard Keith Madgwick, pilot,
Sgt C. H. Tourville,
Sgt W. H. Robinson,
Sgt M. Roach,
Sgt A. Chambers,
Sgt J. M. Donlan,
Sgt H. Macrae.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2300LT on July 14 on an operation to Hanover. While returning to base the following night, the airplane ran out of fuel and lost two engines. All seven crew members bailed out while the airplane dove into the ground and crashed in Newton Flotman. Two crew were injured.
Crew:
F/O D.T. Witt,
Sgt L. D. A. Bolton,
P/O D. K. Deyell,
Sgt A. E. Burrows,
P/O J. L. A. Mills,
Sgt J. T. Prentice,
Sgt L. E. J. Davenport.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1030LT to attack a power station located in Chocques. Approaching Boulogne-sur-Mer, the airplane was shot down by the German Flak and crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Cecil Victor Fraser, pilot,
P/O Lawrence Beresford O'Reilly, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Hildred Rogers, observer,
Sgt Sidney Bridges, wireless operator,
Sgt Windsor Wilcox, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald Jack Clifton,
Sgt Kenneth Russell Wood.