Royal Air Force - RAF

The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 1735LT on an operation to Hamburg. While approaching the target area, it was hit by the German Flak. The crew decided to return to base but while approaching the coast of Yorkshire, the engine caught fire, probably due to bullets impact. The airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in Mill Hill, near Holmpton. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (207th Squadron):
F/Sgt Basil Courtney Wescombe, pilot,
F/Sgt Frederick Edward Thomas, pilot,
Sgt Eric Ronald Harper, observer,
F/Sgt Leonard Sieve, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Claude Raymond Westbury, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt John Thomas Howe, air gunner,
Sgt Maurice Robert Walker, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 1735LT on an operation to Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Schiermonnikoog Island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Basil John Adam, pilot,
Sgt Joseph Arthur Willis, observer,
F/O Frederick Walter Ollis Street-Porter, wireless operator and air gunner.

The crew was engaged in a local training exercise at RAF Upwood. While circling around the airbase, the airplane went out of control and crashed. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Sydney Stephen Lang, pilot,
Sgt Andrew James Sistron, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Alconbury at 1630LT on an operation to Hamburg. At 1936LT, the crew called for help then the airplane disappeared. It is believed that it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Edgar George Broad,
Sgt James Roy Fenwick,
Sgt John Priestley,
Sgt Christopher Donaldson Russell,
Sgt Thomas Hugh Thomas,
Sgt Patrick Joseph Timmons.

The pilot was engaged in a local solo training flight. For unknown reasons, the airplane landed hard, causing the undercarriage to collapse. The pilot escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt W. M. Tuller, pilot.

The airplane departed RAF Luqa to attack a German vessel off the Kerkennah Islands. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth James Coakley, pilot,
Sgt Donald Ivor Groves, observer,
Sgt Douglas Brian McLaren, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Luqa to attack a German vessel off the Tunisian coast. The crew had just bombed the ship from the sea level when the airplane collided with the mast of the ship and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Harold Frederick Dukes-Smith, pilot,
F/Sgt Anthony Hussey, observer,
Sgt Alfred James Wratten, wireless operator and air gunner.

The crew was completing a local training exercise at RAF Oakington. After landing, while trying to avoid a collision with a tractor, the undercarriage collapsed. All crew members escaped uninjured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
Sgt W. J. Runciman,
F/O C. W. Gwilliam,
Sgt R. W. Pratt,
Sgt E. W. Weston,
Sgt Harry Kirkland,
Lt H. N. Denny,
Sgt F. W. Bryant.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby on a training exercise. While making a sharp turn at low altitude, the pilot lost control of the airplane that stalled and crashed in Poynton Hall, Butterwick. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Donald Lawton, pilot,
Sgt Charles Wilson Wight, wireless operator.

The crew departed RAF Skellingthorpe at 1642LT to attack the Blohm & Voss Plant in Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Gerald Alan Gale,
P/O Eric Vivian Hore,
P/O Lawrence Mason Jacob,
Sgt Philip Charles Pettersson.