Waddington AFB

The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening of September 2 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Wittenberg. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Lesley Alexander Robertson, pilot,
Sgt Harry Nutt Unwin, observer,
Sgt Thomas Percy Alexander Riddell, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Henry Benjamin Turner, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2045LT on an operation to Berlin. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Edward Alan Wilfred Thompson, pilot,
P/O Herbert James Cook, observer,
Sgt Eric Dyer, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter McBeth, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2040LT on August 31 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, it crashed for unknown reasons into the sea some 25 miles east of Harwich. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Stafford Arthur Harvey,
Sgt Richard Kellett Hayes,
F/Sgt John Ernest Phillips,
Sgt Harold Alvan Taylor.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Cologne. While approaching the target area, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in a field in Oberkrüchten. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew (207th Squadron):
P/O Thomas Roberts Gilderthorp, pilot,
P/O Peter Guy Campbell Wood, pilot, †
Sgt Leonard Charles Parker,
Sgt Ben Akrigg, wireless operator, †
Sgt Reginald Wilfred Gray, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Morrant Cadney, air gunner. †

The crew was completing a local training exercise at RAF Waddington when the airplane collided with a RAF Spitfire and crashed near the airbase. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Patrick Richard Owen, pilot,
AC2 Frank Burdett Prest, observer,
F/Sgt David George Forbes, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Horsham St Faith on a transit flight to RAF Waddington. It went down on a Q site near the airfield. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Spencer Mallen, pilot, †
Sgt E. A. Windsor, †
Sgt B. W. Johnson,
Sgt W. H. Saville.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2315LT on August 16 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It failed to return to base and was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt John Gordon Armstrong,
Sgt Sydney Cyril Edwards, wireless operator,
Sgt John Flint,
Sgt Charles Richard Morley.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening of August 16 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Just after passing the border between the Netherlands and Germany, it was shot down by a German fighter. The captain reduced his altitude in an attempt to make an emergency landing. The aircraft eventually crash landed in a field and was wrecked. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew (207th Squadron):
Sgt Ernest Gordon Ball,
Sgt John Richard Currie,
Sgt William Hart,
P/O Hugh Gerald Keartland,
Sgt Alexander Ross,
Sgt Alexander Wappett.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening of August 12 on an operation to Berlin. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in a field located in Grossbeeren, some 15 km south of Berlin. Five crew members were killed and a sixth was injured and became PoW.
Crew (207th Squadron):
F/Sgt Thomas Beattie, observer, †
F/Sgt George Robert Birt, wireless operator, †
Sgt Donald Hugh McPhail, †
P/O John Jephson Nottidge, pilot, †
S/L George Richard Taylor, pilot, †
F/Sgt W. Wetherill.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 0015LT on an operation to Berlin. Passing over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by a DO.215 and crashed in a field located in Slochteren, some 16 km east of Groningen. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (207th Squadron):
F/O William Michael Ronald Smith, pilot,
F/Sgt Anthony Robert Cotterell, pilot,
P/O Edward Arthur Reeman, observer,
Sgt James Allen, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Arthur Halfpenny, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert Edward Coakes, air gunner.