Royal Air Force - RAF

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 2335LT on February 25 on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base the following night, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. The Wellington overshot the beacons at RAF Honington and RAF Stradishall then crash landed in an open field located in Fulbourn. All six crew members escaped uninjured while the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
S/L Cyril Miles, pilot,
Sgt Anthony Alexander Ferguson, copilot,
P/O John Merlin Brown, navigator,
Sgt D. McIlroy,
Sgt J. C. Mason,
Sgt Watts.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2330LT on February 25 on an operation to Kiel. About 0300LT, the crew reported serious problems with the right engine that propeller should be feathered. Eventually, the airplane was abandoned and crashed in Holluf, in the suburb of Odense. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Ralph Bagshaw Abraham, pilot,
Sgt George Reginald Duckham,
Sgt Eric Norman Foinette,
W/O Everett Emerson Littlefield,
Sgt Charles Frank Payne,
W/O David Richard Wardill.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2309LT on February 25 on an operation to Kiel. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Jan Jablonski, pilot,
P/O Andrzej Koziel, pilot,
F/O Franciszek Fugiel, observer,
Sgt Karol Jozef Drozdzil, wireless operator,
Sgt Edmund Dolata, air gunner,
Sgt Wincenty Bujak, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook in the evening of February 25 on an operation to Kiel. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed in the target area.
Crew:
P/O Edward Akeroyd Bairstow, pilot,
Sgt George Edward Fox, pilot,
P/O Eric Tunnington, observer,
Sgt Rupert Vivian Pereira Ennor, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick John Wakefield, wireless operator,
Sgt George Selwyn Long-Innes, air gunner.

The crew was engaged in a local training exercise at RAF Abingdon. In unknown circumstances, the airplane crashed in a field located one mile south of the airbase. A crew suffered a broken leg.
Crew:
P/O Lewis,
F/Sgt Redford.

The crew departed RAF Debden at 0300LT on a night navigation exercise. About 40 minutes into the flight, the airplane went out of control and crashed in hilly terrain near Barkway. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Bernard Charles Smith, pilot,
Sgt Francis Charles O'Connor, observer,
F/Sgt Arthur Kreut, wireless operator,
LAC John William Moore, air gunner.

The crew was performing a local training exercise at RAF East Wretham. During the takeoff roll, the left engine failed. The captain abandoned the takeoff procedure and initiated an emergency braking manoeuvre. Unfortunately, the airplane was unable to stop within the remaining distance. It overran, hit obstacles, lost its undercarriage and came to rest. All five occupants escaped uninjured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
P/O Josef Čapka, pilot,
Sgt Ferdinand Kepka, pilot,
Sgt Josef Laichler,
Sgt Jan Neradil,
Sgt Gustav Michalec, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on a mine laying operation. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Lord Bruce Thomas Dundas, pilot,
Sgt George Andrew Barnett, observer,
Sgt William Alexander Croft, wireless operator,
Sgt Sydney Bell Wilson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on a mine laying operation. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Karl Hugo Eklund, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey Hamilton Anderson, observer,
Sgt James Robert Dobson, wireless operator,
Sgt Peter Anthony Thomas, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby on a mine laying operation. Approaching the German coast at night, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed on Sylt Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Stanley Arthur Kent, pilot,
Sgt Reginald Stephen Anderson, observer,
Sgt Albert William Blake, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Ronald McLeod, air gunner.