Short S.29 Stirling

The crew was engaged in a supply mission to the French Resistance and left RAF Lakenheath at 2112LT on April 10. While cruising by night over the French department of Ain, the aircraft was shot down by Flak and crashed on the roof of a farm. Two crew were able to leave the scene by themselves while all five other occupants were killed.
Crew (149th Squadron):
P/O D. Bray, pilot, †
P/O D. L. Northover, navigator, †
Sgt G. Cameron, bombardier, †
F/Sgt J. Turner, radio, †
Sgt A. E. Bristow, engineer, †
Sgt D. E. Cadge, air gunner,
F/Sgt N. C. H. Pilgrim, air gunner.

Crew was completing a supply mission to the French Resistance. While overflying Ain in snow falls, aircraft went out of control and crashed in Bois de Valorse, near Hauteville-Lompnes. All 7 crew of the 196th Squadron were killed.

The aircraft left RAF Downham Market at 2019LT on August 16 on a bombing mission to Torino, Italy. While flying over the east part of France at an altitude of 14,000 feet, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in a field in Saint German en Bugey. A crew member was taken PoW, another evaded while five others were killed.
Crew (218th Squadron):
W/O S. F. Chudzik, †
Sgt D. Deans, †
Sgt C. E. Taylor, †
Sgt D. P. J. Rawlings, †
Sgt J. D. Bates, †
Sgt J. L. Paterson,
Sgt W. L. McKinnon.

The aircraft left RAF Oakington at 0007LT on a bombing mission to Krefeld, Germany. While overflying Belgium by night at an altitude of 11,000 feet, the aircraft was intercepted amd shot down by two German fighters. The Stirling lost altitude and the captain attempted to make an emergency landing. On final, the aircraft stalled, hit the ground, went out of control and came to rest in flames on the bank of a canal. The captain and the navigator were killed while all five other occupants were taken PoW.
Crew (7th Squadron):
Bruce Meiklejohn, pilot, †
Charles Redwood, navigator, †
Bill Cole, flight engineer,
Frank Hugo, bomb aimer,
Leslie Ellingham, radio operator,
Jack Kilfoyle, air gunner,
Edgar Brown, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath at 2130LT on May 1st to plant mines in French coastal waters. It was badly damaged by the dual combination of German Flak and fighters and on return the crews' problems were heightened by lack of petrol and an unserviceable compass. Uncertain of their position, the Stirling was abandoned and left to crash at 0532LT at Windmill Hill, Havant. All seven crew members parachuted to safety, among them one was injured.
Crew:
P/O J. L. Blair, pilot,
Sgt W. F. Johnson, flight engineer,
F/Sgt N. K. Sunderland,
F/Sgt F. Giacomelli,
Sgt A. G. Davison,
Sgt R. Zambra, air gunner,
Sgt J. C. Barker, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 0040LT on an operation to Bocholt. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Akkerwoude. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew (7th Squadron):
P/O Ernest Claude Hallding, pilot, †
Sgt Frederick Albert Painter, flight engineer,
P/O Geoffrey Wragge, navigator, †
Sgt Norman Arthur Peachey, bomb aimer, †
W/O Louis Nutik, wireless operator, †
Sgt Arthur Edward Emms, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Harold Sobel, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 2105LT on April 28 for mine laying duties in the Sweet Pea area. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Ådum. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth Sidney Hailey, pilot, †
Sgt Andrew George Surtees, flight engineer, †
Sgt Arthur George Percival Sindrey, navigator, †
F/O Sidney Michael Holliman, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Ronald James Barton, wireless operator, †
W/O Harry Bliss, air gunner,
Sgt James Alfred Head, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 2055LT on April 28 on mine laying duties to the Sweet Pea area. Passing over Denmark, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Tågerup. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Gordon Frederick Berridge, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Frank Erne, flight engineer,
P/O James Mellon Traynor, navigator,
F/O Thomas Charles Wheelhouse, bomb aimer,
F/O Cyril Vincent Parsloe, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Allan Fitzpatrick, air gunner,
Sgt John Albert Bolton, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Newmarket at 2038LT on April 28 for mine laying duties in the Radish area of the Fehmarn-Belt. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Lolland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Desmond Lewis Thompson, pilot,
Sgt Clifford Abbott, flight engineer,
W/O James Alexander Ramsay, navigator,
F/Sgt John Muir Williams, bomb aimer,
W/O Ernest Roy Jenkins, wireless operator,
Sgt John Thomas Glendinning, air gunner,
Sgt George Phillips, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 2104LT on April 28 on mine laying duties in the Sweet Pea area. Passing over Denmark, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Vrønding. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Denis James Brown, pilot, †
Sgt Walter Lowery, flight engineer,
Sgt William Trevor Jones, navigator, †
Sgt Thomas Rich, navigator, †
F/O John Wardle Scott, bomb aimer, †
F/Sgt Leslie Turner, air gunner,
Sgt George Sutton, air gunner. †