Shallufa AFB

Shortly after takeoff from Shallufa Airbase, while climbing to a height of 2,000 feet, the four engine aircraft went into a dive and crashed in a desert area located 5,6 km southwest of the airfield. The airplane was destroyed and all nine crew members who were performing a local training mission were killed.

The aircraft left Shallufa Airbase at 1240LT to attack ships cruising off Milos Island. While approaching the target, the aircraft was hit by enemy fire and crashed into the bay off Adamantas. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (14th Squadron):
F/Sgt Basil Herbert Yarwood, pilot,
Sgt H. Walker,
F/Sgt E. T. H. MacLean,
F/Sgt R. G. Davies,
Sgt F. Gotheridge,
Sgt W. J. E. Glenn.

The aircraft left Shallufa at 1045LT on a maritime patrol flight over the Aegean Sea. En route, the aircraft was attacked by Flak based on a enemy merchant vessel and crashed into the sea. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew (14th Squadron):
P/O Colin Carl Truman, pilot,
F/Sgt Jack Irvine Thompson, copilot,
F/O B. T. Connell, observer,
F/Sgt Robert Edward Herbert Hope, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt K. Firth, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt W. J. Semple, wireless operator and air gunner.

While flying in the vicinity of Shallufa AFB, the aircraft went out of control and crashed. All five crew members were killed.

One of the engine caught fire in flight. All eight crew members bailed out and abandoned the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed near Shallufa AFB. All crew members parachuted to safety.

The airplane departed RAF Shallufa to attack ships in the Benghazi harbor. Following a successful mission, the crew was returning to base when the aircraft ran out of fuel. After the engines n°1, 2 and 3 failed, the captain reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing in a desert area located 128 km west of Fort Maddalena. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and all eight crew members escaped uninjured and were later rescued by a ground unit.
Crew (220th Squadron):
Jimmy Stevenson, pilot,
Ken Brailsford, pilot,
Dick Parnell,
Tony Barwood,
Tom Gwynn,
Ken Waddle,
Bill Struthers,
Colin Barber.

The airplane was on a transit mission from Luqa to Shallufa when it crashed in unknown circumstances in the Mediterranean Sea. Two crew members drowned and four others were rescued.
Those killed were P/O Leonard Herculese Campbell-Rogers and Sgt Archibald Douglas Cragg.

The airplane departed Shallufa Airfield on an operation to Benghazi. It failed to return to base and probably crashed in a desert area located at the border between Libya and Egypt. No trace was found.
Crew:
F/Sgt Rowland Atkin,
Sgt Christopher Timothy Fletcher,
Sgt Dorian Allison Hinde,
F/Sgt James Hood,
Sgt Kenneth Naylor,
Sgt Jack Vickery Rowe.

The airplane departed Shallufa Airbase at 2300LT on May 28 to bomb the Maleme Aerodrome that was just captured by the German forces. An abnormal fuel consumption forced the crew to divert to Heraklion for an emergency landing. The aircraft belly landed and came to rest. While it was damaged beyond repair, all six crew members were unhurt and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Sydney Dawson,
W/O Walter Richard Faulkner,
F/Sgt William Wallace Oakley,
Sgt Herbert Reginald Walter Watkins,
Sgt Henry Wheelan,
Sgt E. Webb.

The airplane departed RAF Shallufa to attack the harbor of Rhodes and Scarpanto. Over the target area, it was attacked by the pilot of an Italian fighter and the crew elected to evacuated the zone. Later, the airplane crashed in a mountainous area located near Köycegiz. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Allen Garnett Wright, pilot,
P/O Leonard Charles Wellman, observer,
P/O George Sinclair Smith,
Sgt Frederick John Ernest Hartman,
Sgt Sidney James Gardner,
P/O Percy Walter Lambert, air gunner.