Royal Air Force - RAF

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1910LT on an operation to Stuttgart. Outbound at 20,000 feet, an engine on the port side cut. The bombs were jettisoned circa 2305LT near the target, but height could not be maintained and while on course for base at 8,500 feet, the Halifax was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Rozières. All seven crew members survived, three became PoW and four evaded.
Crew:
F/O Arnot Andrew Stewart, pilot,
Sgt J. A. Hammond, flight engineer,
F/Sgt David Duncan Patrick Leitch, navigator,
F/O George Herbert Lamus, bomb aimer,
Sgt Laurence Stanley Marsden, wireless operator,
Sgt R. D. Davidson, air gunner,
Sgt C. T. Hamilton, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1903LT on an operation to Stuttgart. Flying northeast of Heidelberg, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Altneudorf. A crew was killed and six others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt George Theodore Chretien, pilot,
Sgt Arthur Cyril Collin, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Thomas Edward Carlon, navigator,
P/O John Scott Probert, bomb aimer,
Sgt Harold George Reynolds, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Ernest Danes, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Moore, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Lissett at 1928LT on an operation to Stuttgart. Over France, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Marson-sur-Barboure. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Harold Edmund Witham, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Frederick Smith, flight engineer,
Sgt Thomas Charles Laws, observer,
Sgt John Harris, navigator,
P/O Philip Grenville Lyon, wireless operator,
Sgt Leslie Edward Ashdown, air gunner,
Sgt Benjamin Harvey Bishop, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1902LT on an operation to Stuttgart. In the evening, while flying over France, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in La Malmaison. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Harold Gordon Shockley, pilot,
P/O Bernard Henry Labarge, copilot,
Sgt Charles Orrin Henderson, flight engineer,
P/O Francis Holland, navigator,
P/O William Watson Kirkpatrick, navigator,
Sgt Matthew Walker Mackenzie, wireless operator,
F/O Wendell Mclean Palmer, air gunner,
P/O James Henderson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1929LT on an operation to Stuttgart. Over France, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Minaucourt, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L Michael Edward Thwaites, pilot,
F/Sgt Charles Stewart, flight engineer,
F/Lt Frederick Denzil James Thompson, navigator,
P/O Leonard Ronald Stockwell Luton, bomb aimer,
F/O Arthur Harold Bywater, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Robert Matthew Unwin, air gunner,
F/Sgt Alexander Clift, air gunner.

Following an engine failure in flight, the airplane crash landed in a field located north of RAF Leconfield. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and all crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt R. A. Illingworth, pilot +4.

The crew departed RAF Swinderby at 1150LT on a training exercise. While completing a 3-engine practice at an altitude of 2,000 feet, the pilot elected to unfeather the port outer propeller when he lost control of the airplane that crashed in a pasture located east of RAF Cranwell, bursting into flames. Five crew members were injured, one escaped unhurt and the wireless operator was killed.
Crew:
Sgt W. J. King,
Sgt K. L. Howard,
Sgt C. E. Towill,
P/O Bowden,
Sgt R. Stevens, †
Sgt N. Jackson,
Sgt S. J. Proctor.

The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 2011LT on an operation to Stuttgart. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Böblingen, some 17 km southwest of Stuttgart. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Graeme Smyth Mant, pilot, †
Sgt John Joseph Rider, flight engineer,
P/O John Lietke, navigator,
F/Lt Vyvyan Gordon Tregarthen Davis, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Graham Henry Millett, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Arthur Ernest Spencer, air gunner,
Sgt Gordon Roy Castle, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington to lay mines in the Willows area. Over Denmark, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Strib. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Brian Thomas Campbell Smith, pilot,
Sgt Gordon Ronald Black, flight engineer,
F/O Robert Henry Carr, navigator,
Sgt Charles Henry David Cook, bomb aimer,
Sgt Geoffrey Spencer Love, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Charles Victor Brown, air gunner,
Sgt Alfred Healey, air gunner.

The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances just south of RAF Melbourne, bursting into flames. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Geoffrey Francis Peck, pilot,
Sgt Archie Allen Muirhead, flight engineer,
Sgt William Browning, navigator,
Sgt Basil Graham Hart, navigator,
Sgt Alfred Norman Boreham, wireless operator,
Sgt Denis Cyril Retter, air gunner.