Pocklington AFB

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2222LT on September 19 on an operation to Stettin. It is believed that it crashed while approaching the target area. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
W/O Douglas Jobson Clayden,
Sgt Thomas Foreman Dougall,
Sgt Charles Wilbert Forman,
W/O John Lord,
Sgt J. Emsley,
P/O William Barnes Towler.

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington on a local test flight. While cruising at an altitude of approximately 5,000 feet, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent, suffered a structural failure and crashed two miles north-northeast of the airbase. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Norman Watson Thompson, pilot,
Sgt Ronald George Chandos, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Peter Turton, observer,
Sgt Charles Harold Fletcher, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter Irvine Strother, wireless operator,
Sgt James Matthew Maxon, air gunner,
Sgt Gabriel Phillips,
AC1 Harry Armitage.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1825LT on September 15 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, it diverted to RAF Pocklington where it crashed on approach. There were no injuries among the crew.
Crew:
P/O G. W. Ward,
P/O Loftus,
Sgt Walley,
Sgt Flowerday.

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2032LT on September 7 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed 2 km northeast of Nienborg. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Joseph Stanley Courtnall,
P/O William Kenneth Mackey,
Sgt Percival Stephenson MacNutt,
Sgt Ronald Perkin,
Sgt John Stewart Saunders,
Sgt Smith.

The crew was completing a local training exercise at RAF Pocklington. While circling in the vicinity of the airbase, the left engine caught fire. The airplane crashed in a field near the airfield and was destroyed by a post crash fire. All three crew members escaped with minor injuries.
Crew:
Sgt Turner,
Sgt H. S. McNeil,
Sgt A. N. McLennan.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2113LT on August 29 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, it suffered an engine failure. Abandoned by the crew, it crashed near RAF Pocklington. Two crew members were killed and four others were rescued.
Crew:
S/L Richard Bickford, pilot, †
Sgt George William Duckmanton, †
P/O Jones,
Cpl Randall,
F/S J. Flannigan,
Sgt Reilly.

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2350LT on August 28 on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Glüder. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Ernest Miller Watts, pilot, †
Sgt Douglas Miller Hughes, observer, †
Sgt John William Thomas Davies, wireless operator, †
Sgt Roy James Hollobone, wireless operator, †
Sgt Donald Sutherland MacLeod,
Sgt Ivan Boyd Quinn.

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2203LT on August 14 on an operation to Hanover. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt John Frederick Blair Dawson,
P/O George Howard Fleming,
Sgt Arthur Bennet Lesley,
Sgt John Patrick Molloy,
Sgt Edwin Stansfield,
Sgt Joshua Ernest Stott.

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2235LT on August 2 on an operation to Hamburg. It was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
P/O Reginald Cox,
P/O John Read Horn,
P/O Andrew Owen Learmonth,
Sgt Henry Bruce McKenzie,
Sgt John Moorby Reed,
F/Sgt Ronald Mason Thomas.

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 1134LT on an operation to Brest. While returning to base, it was engaged in an aerial combat and has to be ditched some 300 yards off Torpoint. Three crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt J. J. Hughes,
Sgt G. K. Higgins,
Sgt J. W. Craig,
Sgt H. McNeil,
Sgt R. Leonard,
Sgt Bain.