Bassingbourn AFB

The airplane departed RAF Bassingbourn at 2030LT on September 16 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it crashed under unknown circumstances near Ouddorp, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Ian Alexander Grant, pilot,
P/O James Lyders Speedy, navigator,
P/O Robert Henry Groom, bomb aimer,
Sgt Stanley Swain, wireless operator,
Sgt William Buckley, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bassingbourn at 2012LT on September 16 on an operation to Essen. While cruising at an altitude of 10,000 feet, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Duisburg. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O D. V. Benefield, †
W/O N. F. James,
Sgt J. Longden,
Sgt E. J. Outen, †
Sgt F. T. Hooper.

The airplane departed RAF Bassingbourn 2036LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Shortly after midnight, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Bienen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Norman John Rowe, pilot,
Sgt Jack Inskip, observer,
Sgt Walter Archibald O'Malley, observer,
Sgt Thomas Pearse Hurley, wireless operator,
Sgt Maurice Doughty Gorton, air gunner.

The airplane was engaged in a night training exercise out from RAF Bassingbourn. On final approach, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Barrington, about 6 km northeast of the airbase, bursting into flames. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt Cyril George Andrews, pilot, †
Sgt Ronald Frederick Guttridge, pilot, †
Sgt Richard Henry Hazell, pilot, †
Sgt Ronald George Peter Capham, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Bassingbourn in the evening of August 6 to drop leaflets over France. The last radio contact was after the airplane passed over Rotterdam then it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Greup. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Charlesworth,
Sgt T. Humphrey,
Sgt Ronald Charles Mackenzie,
Sgt Stanley Pryor,
Sgt Leonard Edward Sparks,
Sgt James Athol Walker.

The airplane was returning to base when, on approach, it collided with a JU.88 registered R4+BL and carrying a crew of three. Both airplanes went out of control and crashed in Ashwell. All 11 crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Walter Anthony Hannah, pilot,
Sgt Reginald Ernest Hibbert, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick Slade Houston, pilot,
Sgt Claude Mortimer Spratt Lewis, observer,
Sgt Percival Theodore Manning, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Andrew McAllister,
F/Sgt Joseph Stewart, wireless operator,
Sgt Bruce Cathcart Thompson.

The airplane departed RAF Bassingbourn on an operation to Germany when it was intercepted and hit by a German fighter. It crash landed in a field located in Wendy, near Royston. All six crew members evacuated safely.

The crew was engaged in a training exercise out from RAF Bassingbourn. In the evening, while flying over the city of Bristol, the airplane collided with a barrage balloon cable and crashed in the St Andrews Park, bursting into flames. Three crew members were injured and three others were killed.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth Guy Evans, pilot, †
Sgt Charles John Clarke, wireless operator, †
Sgt Thomas Leonard Lever, wireless operator, †
Sgt L. H. Houghton,
Sgt J. S. Jones,
Sgt R. Wish.

The crew was completing a night training exercise at RAF Bassingbourn. On approach, the bomber was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed. Two crew members were killed and a third was injured.
Crew:
Sgt P. N. Nicholls, pilot,
Sgt Francis Norman Alstrom, pilot, †
Sgt Ronald Wilson, wireless operator. †

The crew was completing a local training mission at RAF Bassingbourn on behalf of the 11th OTU. On approach, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in a field located few km from runway threshold. Both pilots were killed.
Crew:
P/O Herbert Henry Boler, pilot,
Sgt Frank Fulford, pilot.