Waddington AFB

The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Düsseldorf. While flying over the Netherlands, it was coned by searchlight and shot down by the pilot of a German fighter. The crew abandoned the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed near Bakel. A crew was killed as his parachute failed to open before impact. Five other occupants became PoW.
Crew (207th Squadron):
F/L John Aloysius Siebert, pilot, †
Sgt P. C. Robson, pilot,
Sgt George Thomas John Fomison, observer,
Sgt James Arthur Taylor, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William John Jewell McDougall, bomb aimer,
Sgt Peter Gurnell, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 0200LT on an operation to Lorient. En route, the crew encountered technical problems and attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft collided with trees and crashed in Wymondham. Four crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew (207th Squadron):
Sgt Frank Briant Harwood, pilot, †
Sgt Norman Birch, pilot, †
Sgt R. T. Holland, observer,
Sgt William Cuthbertson Aitken, wireless operator, †
Sgt Bennett Hogg, wireless operator, †
Sgt J. E. Hallam, air gunner.

While accelerating for take off at RAF Waddington, the aircraft was attacked by the pilot of a German JU.88 fighter and exploded. The bomber crashed near the runway end, bursting into flames. It was destroyed by a post crash fire and five of the six occupants were killed.
Crew (207th Squadron):
F/O Hugh Vernon Matthews, pilot, †
Sgt Joseph Marsden, pilot, †
Sgt Henry Cecil Redgrave, †
Sgt Roy Desmond Welch, wireless operator, †
Sgt W. A. W. Cox,
Sgt Harry Walker Hemingway, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1900LT on an operation to Cologne. While flying over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110. All four crew members bailed out and the airplane crashed in Helden and was destroyed. All occupants became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Henry Rayner Stockings, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Wilfred Dunkling, navigator,
P/O Edwin Geoffrey Major Bond, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Noel James Hanslip, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington on a mine laying mission in the Gironde. En route, it was shot down by the German Flak and crash landed in Rougé. All four crew members were uninjured but became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Nicolas Henry Joseph Tindall, pilot,
Sgt Eric Martin, observer,
Sgt Peter Reginald Tebbutt, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt James McEwan, air gunner.

The bomber departed RAF Waddington in the evening of November 28 on an operation to Le Havre. While returning to base at night, it ran out of fuel. The pilot made an emergency landing on the beach in Sutton on Sea. All four crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt Hubbard,
Sgt Drakesford,
Sgt Boswell,
Sgt Williams.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Lutzkendorf. While returning to base, the crew encountered very bad weather conditions when the airplane crashed in Southrepps. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
Sgt Jack Leonard Frederick Ottoway, pilot, †
P/O Archie Ronald Kerr, navigator, †
Sgt Stanley Frederick Elliott, wireless operator, †
Sgt S Hird.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening of November 16 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning the following morning, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and diverted to RAF Bircham Newton. The airplane overshot on landing and crashed. Two crew members were injured and two others were unhurt.
Crew:
P/O E. G. M. Bond,
Sgt A. J. K. Moon,
P/O H. R. Stockings,
Sgt C. A. Watts.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Berlin. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
F/O Reginald Derek Perkins, pilot,
Sgt John Gordon William Maybury, observer,
Sgt Joseph Donald Green, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Thomas William Hawxby, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Hamburg. Shortly after a night takeoff, while climbing to a height of 800 feet, the airplane entered a dive and crashed one mile east of the airfield. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth Leslie Millar, pilot, †
Sgt Douglas Pewsey, wireless operator, †
AC1 Bernard Francis Hare, †
P/O A. J. Cuthbert.