Binbrook AFB

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 airplane departed RAF Binbrook on an operation to Le Havre. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in The Channel. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Walter Aston,
Sgt George Henry Bonner,
P/O Norman Nelson Powell,
P/O Edward Sharman,
Sgt David Thomas Smith,
Sgt Robert Charles Wentworth-Hyde.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook on an operation to Brest. Approaching the target area, the captain decided to return due to the deterioration of the weather conditions. Weather over England was bad too with low clouds and snow falls. At night, the airplane impacted the ground and crash landed in the Peak District National Park, near White Edge Moor, about 12 km southwest of Sheffield. The aircraft slid on a snowy field before coming to rest. All six occupants escaped with minor injuries and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew (12th Squadron):
F/O Colin Arthur Barnes, pilot,
P/O Jack Owen Seammen, pilot,
Sgt Philip Robert Coldwell, radio navigator,
Sgt Charles W. E. Carson, wireless operator,
Sgt Brian Pearson Lunn, air gunner,
Sgt Frederick John Blute, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 1815LT on an operation to Hannover. At liftoff, the left engine failed. The airplane lost height, impacted the ground and crashed against a concrete pillbox. Fifteen minutes after the crash, the load of bombs exploded. Four crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Anthony Gordon Walker, pilot, †
F/Sgt James Alexander Fleming, observer, †
Sgt Herbert Ernest Godson, wireless operator, †
Sgt Arthur Henry Coupe, air gunner, †
Sgt J. D. McKnight,
Sgt K. Scholes.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 1834LT on an operation to Emden. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Terschelling. Two crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Edmund John Roberts Fowler, pilot, †
Sgt William Rutherford, air gunner, †
F/Sgt George Homer Groves,
P/O Percival Raymond Ross,
F/Lt William Herbert Thallon,
F/Sgt Frederick William Walker.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 1803LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. While returning to base in the late evening, it suffered an engine failure, lost altitude and crashed one mile east of Brumby, Scunthorpe. Four crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt David Adamson Laing, pilot, †
F/Sgt Carroll Frederick O'Connell, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Alfred Delaney, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Ernest Albert Parsons, air gunner, †
P/O H. J. Stickings,
Sgt C. McAllister.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 0438LT on an operation to Cherbourg. While returning to base in the morning, an engine overheated and a second lost power. The pilot decided to attempt an emergency landing when the airplane crash landed in an open field located near Wythall, bursting into flames. Three crew members were killed and three others were injured. One of the survivor died two days later from injuries sustained.
Crew:
Sgt Douglas Butterworth, pilot, †
P/O Alan William Breck, copilot,
P/O Wilfred Henry Burnham, observer, †
Sgt Charles Edward Morrey, wireless operator, †
Sgt Brian Franklin, wireless operator, †
Sgt Horace Bernard Cable, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 1707LT on an operation to Brest. In the late evening, it returned to base when, on final approach, it collided with high tension cables and a lorry and crashed. Five crew members escaped with minor injuries. Earlier, while taking evasive action over the target, F/S Bryant bailed out as ordered, and was killed.
Crew:
P/O J. M. Garlick,
F/Sgt Harry Douglas Bryant, †
Sgt N. Erskine,
Sgt B. L. Schauenberg,
Sgt E. F. A. Matthews,
Sgt J. Stevens.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 1936LT on an operation to Mannheim. While cruising in strong winds and icing conditions, it crashed near Middelburg, on the island of Walcheren. A crew was killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Sydney Albert Hart, †
Sgt Charles Lionel Dennes,
F/Sgt Percy Wallace Duckers,
Sgt Henry Jackson Gibson,
W/O Thomas Victor Stone Wiggins,
Sgt F. W. Day.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 1800LT on October 21 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it crashed into a row of Married Quarters while trying to land at base. Five crew members were killed and a sixth was seriously injured.
Crew:
Sgt Geoffrey Louis McInerny, pilot, †
Sgt James Keiller Millar, pilot, †
Sgt Lawrence William Rogers, observer, †
Sgt Mowbray Ronald Forty, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Peter Frederick Tracey, wireless operator, †
Sgt J. B. Taylor, air gunner.