Pershore AFB (Throckmorton)

The aircraft left RAF Pershore at 0330LT on a flight to Karachi with a planned stop in Cagliari and Castel Benito. While flying over Germany, the crew encountered marginal weather conditions (dark low clouds, heavy rain, thunder and lightning) when the aircraft was attacked by several German fighters. The Dakota went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a pasture. All 20 occupants were killed, among them several RAAF staff bound for Karachi.
Crew:
F/L R. Korer, pilot,
P/O L. A. Veary, navigator,
Sgt G. Beckoff, wireless operator and air gunner.
Passengers:
Cpl J. E. Allen,
LAC L. I. Beach,
LAC O. E. D. Bergen,
LAC R. T. Burden,
Cpl W. H. Campbell,
LAC J. A. R. M. Chevrier,
LAC J. R. M. Couturier,
Cpl J. Cumming,
LAC F. R. L. Gates,
LAC Good,
Sgt W. F. Hughes,
Cpl H. J. Hunter,
LAC F. L. Kristensen,
LAC W. J. S. Lundy,
LAC D. J. MacDonald,
AC1 J. D. McVie,
Cpl L. H. Moreau,
LAC F. W. Sargeant,
LAC J. C. Sutherland,
LAC H. S. Watson.

The crew was performing a local training flight at RAF Pershore. The airplane belly landed, slid for few dozen metres and came to rest, bursting into flames. All four crew members evacuated safely, only the tail gunner was slightly injured.
Crew:
Sgt Raymond Rogers Foltz, pilot,
Sgt Leo McClellan Lymburner, navigator,
Sgt Roy Norman Victor Burke, wireless operator,
Sgt J. P. Duval, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Pershore 2233LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Azelo. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Keith Crossing, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Arthur Chapman, observer,
Sgt Thomas Henry Inch, observer,
Sgt John Reginald Jones, wireless operator,
Sgt Joseph Swales, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Pershore at 2245LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. It was shot by a German fighter and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt David Frank Lord, pilot,
Sgt Terence Wong Joy, observer,
Sgt Richard Thomas Sudbury, observer,
Sgt Colin George Cockayne, wireless operator,
Sgt John Rooney, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Pershore at 1655LT on a cross country training exercise. While cruising at an altitude of 3,000 feet, the pilot lost control of the airplane that entered a dive and crashed in an open field. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (23rd OTU):
F/Sgt Charles George MacDonald, pilot,
P/O Cyril Dinham Chant, navigator,
P/O Arthur Walter Smith, wireless operator and air gunner,
P/O Lloyd George Morrison, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Francis William Sims.

The airplane departed RAF Pershore at 2305LT on June 1st on an operation to Essen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the River Maas in Kerkdriel. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O William James Mawdesley, pilot,
F/Sgt Frank John Barnes Scrimes, observer,
Sgt Kenneth Norman Killby Uden, wireless operator,
P/O Gerald Weyman Murray, air gunner,
F/Sgt Thomas Lloyd Joseph Norrie, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Pershore at 2255LT on June 1st on an operation to Essen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Horst. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt William John Ewart, pilot,
P/O Reginald Alfred Minchin, observer,
P/O George Gascoyne, wireless operator,
F/Sgt David Robert Stuart, wireless operator,
P/O Reginald Scriven, air gunner.

Following a cross country flight, the crew was returning to his base at RAF Pershore when he encountered poor weather conditions over Wales with CB's and severe turbulence. The airplane went out of control and crashed in hilly terrain near Troed-y-Rhiw. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Jack Mathew Kennedy, pilot,
Sgt William McLafter Lomax, navigator,
Sgt William Smith, observer,
Sgt Neville Griffin,
Sgt William Haylett Lacey, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick Thomas Ellingham, air gunner,
Sgt Desmond Walter Dowling, air gunner.