Topcliffe AFB

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2032LT on April 17 on an operation to Berlin. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed north of the capital city. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Leonard Barrows,
Sgt John Ingram Charlton,
Sgt George Alan Hartley,
F/O Edward Gerald Libbey,
Sgt James John McCurdy.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2027LT on April 17 on an operation to Berlin. It was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Donovan Gibson, pilot,
F/O Leslie Edward Pearson, pilot,
Sgt Cyril Edward Gansler, observer,
Sgt Harold Douglas Bowles, wireless operator,
Sgt Leonard William Flint, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2037LT on April 17 on an operation to Berlin. It was hit by the German Flak over Hamburg and later crashed in the North Sea some 60 miles off Blyth. All five crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt Cradduck,
Sgt Turner,
P/O Birch,
Sgt Morgan,
Sgt J. W. Middleton.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2026LT on April 17 on an operation to Berlin. Approaching the target at night, the airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in the vicinity of Berlin-Schönefeld Airport. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Philip Johnson Church, pilot,
Sgt Edgar Ian Pocock, pilot,
Sgt John Stafford Bools, observer,
Sgt Alfred Francis Tweed, wireless operator,
P/O William Lawton Boon, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2135LT on an operation to Boulogne. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Bourthes, about 27 km southeast of Boulogne. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Brian Austin Childs, pilot,
Sgt James Arthur Norris, pilot,
P/O Robert John Wyndham Williams, observer,
F/Sgt Alfred Pearsall Clifford-Reade, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Thomas Selley, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2041LT on an operation to Berlin. While approaching the target area, the crew reported that both engines failed. They abandoned the aircraft and bailed out. All became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt D. N. Lee,
Sgt Eric William Budd,
Sgt Terence Stanley Hull,
P/O James Sedric Bruce Tyrie,
Sgt David Grange Young.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2027LT on April 7 on an operation to Kiel. Last contact heard at 0152LT. The airplane probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea. No trace was found. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Francis Charles Cole,
F/Sgt Walter Edward Craven,
F/Sgt John Derbyshire,
Sgt Harold Raymond Martin,
Sgt Robert Cyril Smith.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1901LT on March 3 on an operation to Brest. While returning to base the following night, the crew was instructed to divert to RAF Tangmere. While circling on approach, the airplane crashed in a wooded area located in Eartham, northeast of the airfield. Three crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
P/O Geoffrey Moir Bussy, pilot, †
Sgt Harold Joseph Dowling, pilot, †
Sgt Willlam George Rawkins, observer, †
Sgt E. C. Pryor,
Sgt A. R. Keseon.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1904LT on an operation to Brest. While returning in the evening, it iced up and crashed at 2240LT while making a second circuit to RAF Waddington. On approach at a height of 300 feet, the bomber stalled and crashed, bursting into flames. Four crew members were killed and a fifth was seriously injured.
Crew:
Sgt William Edgar Godfrey, pilot, †
Sgt Kenneth George William Kyle, pilot, †
Sgt Phillip Charles Livesey Wicks, observer, †
F/Sgt Alan Leigh Kennedy, wireless operator, †
Sgt C. Calvert.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1937LT on an operation to Hamburg. The crew called for assistance at 2353LT then the airplane was lost without trace. Maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt David William Arkwright,
Sgt Norman Frank Johnson,
Sgt Donald Arthur Smithies,
Sgt Samuel Wiesley Snoddon,
Sgt Daniel Pryce Williams.