Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 1917LT on an operation to Dunkirk. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crash somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Francis Conn Brooks,
F/Sgt James Flannigan,
Sgt John Rudolph Johnson,
Sgt James Mycock,
P/O Neil Frederick McLean,
F/Sgt Charles Stuart O'Brien,
Sgt Charles Edward Wood.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1955LT on October 12 on an operation to Nuremberg. While returning to base the following night, it was partially abandoned after running low on fuel, after which it crash landed roughly one mile north of the base. There were no serious injuries among the crew.
Crew:
Sgt Williams,
Sgt Stocker,
P/O Mason,
Sgt Sykes,
Sgt Thorpe,
Sgt Crocker,
Sgt Pennell.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 1945LT on an operation to Bremen. It was shot down by a German fighter over the Netherlands and crashed in Wons. A pilot was killed and seven others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Elmer Bagnell Muttart, pilot, †
Sgt Reginald William Purchase Alexander,
Sgt David Cotsell,
Sgt John William Duffield,
Sgt William Herbert Hunt,
Sgt George Henry Patterson,
Sgt Leslie Albert Roberts,
P/O Norman Frank Trayler.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1955LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Revensdorf. The pilot was killed and six other became PoW.
Crew:
S/L John Henry Barrett, pilot,
P/O Harold Stanley Brown, pilot, †
W/O John Anthony Arnsby,
Sgt Sidney Thomas Fisher,
Sgt Henry Edward Greene,
Sgt James William Hays,
Sgt Reginald Shaw.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 0142LT on an operation to Brest. A little more than an hour later, it suffered an engine failure and crashed in Renhold. The pilot was killed and a second was injured.
Crew:
P/O Ronald Edward Hutchin, pilot, †
Sgt A. Browne,
F/Sgt J. Flannigan,
Sgt R. Littlehales,
Sgt C. E. Wood,
Sgt A. V. Wallace.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 2240LT on September 10 on an operation to Torino. While returning to base the following morning, it force landed in a field near Harling Road Station on the rail line between Thetford and Norwich. All seven crew members escaped uninjured and the airplane was not repaired.
Crew:
P/O Cresswell,
Sgt Rowley-Blake,
Sgt Stewart,
P/O A. Abels,
Sgt Wing,
Sgt Turner,
Sgt Lowe.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 2235LT on September 10 on an operation to Torino. While returning to base the following morning, it crash landed near Valognes and was damaged beyond repair. All seven crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Ernest Henry Jackson,
Sgt John Edmund Murrell,
Sgt Alexander Osborne,
Sgt Alexander Urquhart,
F/O Gerald Standish Williams,
P/O James Oliver Hedley,
Sgt Charles Frederic Seymour Ryder.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2050LT on September 2 on an operation to Berlin. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Douglas Stewart Fraser, pilot, †
P/O John Peter Boston Cushion, observer, †
Sgt Norman Willingham, flight engineer, †
Sgt Denis Slater, wireless operator, †
Sgt Arthur Henry Stroud, wireless operator, †
Sgt Robin Lyell Blia Beare,
Sgt Edward Wilkinson.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2049LT on September 2 on an operation to Berlin. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Basdorf, about 22 km north of Berlin. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Ross James, pilot, †
Sgt John Kenneth Young, wireless operator, †
Sgt Thomas Edwin Allanson,
Sgt Stewart Richard Arthur,
Sgt Albert Robert Parke Mills,
Sgt Rodney Gordon Mullaly,
Sgt H. S. Oldman.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2113LT on August 29 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, it suffered an engine failure. Abandoned by the crew, it crashed near RAF Pocklington. Two crew members were killed and four others were rescued.
Crew:
S/L Richard Bickford, pilot, †
Sgt George William Duckmanton, †
P/O Jones,
Cpl Randall,
F/S J. Flannigan,
Sgt Reilly.