Driffield AFB

The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2034LT on September 7 on an operation to Berlin. Lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt William Hamilton Anderson,
Sgt Frank George Barrett,
F/Sgt Albert Douglas Foch Craig,
Sgt Russell Johnston Mountier,
Sgt Frank Richardson,
Sgt Bernard Walter Robbens.

The airplane departed RAF Driffield on an operation to Frankfurt. In the evening, it crashed at Thewhitts Farm near Boroughbridge, while trying to land in poor visibility. All six crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O R. A. C. Doherty,
P/O P. Dawson,
Sgt J. Williams,
Sgt G. Williams,
Sgt K. Boyce,
Sgt W. Hegan.

The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2340LT on August 28 on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Strümp, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt George Herbert Spickett, pilot,
Sgt Archibald Grant Geddes, pilot,
Sgt Herbert Arnold French, observer,
Sgt Dennis Claude Hayward, air gunner,
Sgt Edward Stanley Jones, wireless operator,
Sgt Joseph Arthur Donis Rheaume, wireless operator.

The airplane was on a transit flight from RAF Martlesham Heath to RAF Driffield. It crashed upon landing and was destroyed. All six crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt F. R. Richardson,
P/O Murdoch,
Sgt R. J. Mountier,
Sgt Scott,
Sgt B. W. Robbens,
Sgt A. D. F. Craig.

The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2240LT on August 19 on an operation to Kiel. Last heard on w/t at 0318LT while trying to raise RAF Bircham Newton. Presumed lost over the North Sea.
Crew:
F/Lt William Westbrooke Burton,
Sgt James Haney, observer,
Sgt Harry Ellse Johnson,
F/Sgt Douglas Crosbie Marshall,
P/O Jack Goode Rogers,
Sgt Keith Moore Woodhead.

The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2327LT on August 16 on an operation to Cologne. Shortly past midnight, it was shot down by a JU.88 and crashed in South Leverton. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Walter Nowlan, pilot,
Sgt William Thomas Ross Stephenson, pilot,
F/Sgt Stanley Charles Steward, observer,
Sgt Ivor Howard Arthur Henderson, wireless operator,
Sgt Kenneth Hutchinson, wireless operator,
P/O Patrick Joseph Murphy, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2140LT on August 14 on an operation to Hanover. Passing over Bremen, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the district of Woltmershausen. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Stephen Herring, pilot,
P/O Jeffrey Drewsen, pilot,
Sgt Denis Edgar Phare, observer,
Sgt Peter John Davey, wireless operator,
Sgt Harold Kay, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Henry Reels, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2136LT on August 12 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Klüverdamm, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Rodney Charles Holyman, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Edward Cornwell Hudson, pilot,
Sgt Gerald Cox, observer,
F/Sgt Tom Herrington, wireless operator,
Sgt William Maxwell Jr., wireless operator,
Sgt Tom Bell, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2125LKT on August 12 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Darrigsdorf. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Harry Budden, pilot,
Sgt John Denis Morgan,
Sgt Cecil Kearne Mousley,
Sgt Leonard Geoffrey Smalley,
Sgt Douglas Storer,
Sgt Donovan Franklin Sugden.

The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2235LT on August 5 on an operation to Saarbrücken. Over the target area, it was hit by the German Flak but the crew was able to evacuate the area and to return to England. The pilot diverted to RAF Horsham St Faith (Norwich) where the airplane crashed upon landing. All six crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt W. T. R. Stephenson,
Sgt Nowlan,
Sgt Moore,
Sgt K. Hutchinson,
Sgt Storer,
Sgt Clynes.