Stradishall AFB

For unknown reason, the airplane landed hard, causing the undercarriage to be torn off. The airplane then slid for several yards and came to rest. There were no casualties.

After touchdown, the crew started to brake but the aircraft failed to stop, overran, lost its undercarriage and skidded for 100 yards before coming to rest in a ditch. All five crew members from the 51st Squadron were slightly injured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The crew left RAF Stradishall at 2300LT on July 2 on an investigation mission and was overflying The Netherlands by night when he was attacked by the pilot of a German fighter. The aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field located near Dirkshorn. Five crew members were killed while two others were taken POW.
Crew (109th Squadron):
P/O P. R. V. Sullivan, pilot, †
W/O W. R. Allison, †
F/Sgt W. Adamson, †
Sgt R. J. Liversuch, †
F/Sgt W. J. Garnett,
Sgt W. J. Morrison,
Sgt J. A. Eyres. †

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 2327LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, the outer starboard engine lost power and the airplane crashed on final approach. All seven crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
P/O Charles Brian Ordish, pilot,
Sgt Thornton, flight engineer,
P/O Clifford John Whittingham, navigator,
Sgt Russell Thomas Joshua Collett, wireless operator,
Sgt Peter Frederick Inman, wireless operator,
Sgt W. M. Thompson, air gunner,
Sgt G. W. Findlay, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on an operation to Cologne. Approaching Gelsenkirchen, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Harry Dent, pilot,
F/Sgt Clarence Henry Muir, pilot,
Sgt Richard Sweet Cruise, flight engineer,
P/O Sydney Stephen Dimond, observer,
Sgt Geoffrey Charles Bunning, wireless operator,
Sgt John Henry Munday, wireless operator,
P/O William Davies, air gunner,
Sgt Patrick Gerald McGrath, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 2312LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in 's-Gravendeel. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Ross Campbell Johnston, pilot,
Sgt James Donn-Patterson, observer,
Sgt George Frederick Bolton, wireless operator,
Sgt Michael Lotherington Glenton-Wright, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Arthur Broodbank, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 2300LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. Approaching the target area from the northwest, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Jackerath, 37 km northwest of Cologne. Three crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas Balfour Day Eddy,
F/Sgt John W. Austin,
Sgt Tracy Goreham Harding Hatfield,
Sgt Roy Alexander Currie, wireless operator, †
Sgt David Miller, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Henry Herbert Witts, air gunner. †

The crew was engaged in a local training sortie out from RAF Stradishall. During the takeoff roll, the airplane swung and came to rest with a collapsed undercarriage. There were no injuries among the crew.
Crew:
P/O C. M. Gasper,
Sgt M. Savage.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on an operation to Kiel. Over the target area, it crashed for unknown reasons into the Bay of Kiel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Sydney Walter George Avent, pilot,
Sgt Allan John Hyde, pilot,
Sgt Harold Frank Vernon Wheway, navigator,
Sgt Gordon Kenneth Moyle Newman, wireless operator,
Sgt Gwilym Thomas Owen, air gunner,
Sgt Fernley Thomas Williams, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall in the evening of April 15 on an operation to Dortmund. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Deurne, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Lawrence Malcolm Leech, pilot,
P/O Harry Arthur Shortt, pilot,
Sgt Jack Ward, observer,
Sgt Percy Heppenstall, wireless operator,
Sgt Geoffrey Malcolm Charles Turner, wireless operator,
Sgt Vernon Ernest Egan, air gunner.