Bottesford AFB

The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 2125LT on April 16 on an operation to the Škoda factory in Plzeň. It is believed that it was shot down by enemy fire over the target area. Three crew members were killed and four others were injured. One of the survivors died from injuries sustained on April 23.
Crew:
Sgt Bruce Craig Wilson, pilot,
Sgt Ralph Henry Pallender, flight engineer, †
F/O Frederick Gabriel Boswell,
P/O Robert Stitt,
Sgt Harold Frederick Goode, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Watson Bannatyne, air gunner, †
Sgt Robert Dunn, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 2133LT on April 16 on an operation to thew Škoda factory in Plzeň. While returning to base the following night, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Poix-de-Picardie, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Raymond Clarence Stuart, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Martin, flight engineer,
Sgt Albert Frederick McDonald, observer,
F/O Brian Robert McNair, navigator,
Sgt Ronald Claude Anderson, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Peter Leonard Boase, air gunner,
Sgt Ronald Joseph Johnson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 1934LT on an operation to Essen. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Oberhausen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Arthur Mitchell Paape, pilot,
Sgt Louis Thomas Fulcher, flight engineer,
F/O Harold North, navigator,
F/O Thomas Dring, wireless operator,
Sgt William Johnson, air gunner,
Sgt Derrick Joseph Rishworth Robinson, air gunner,
F/O John Maxwell Stewart, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 2011LT on an operation to Stuttgart. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Böblingen, some 17 km southwest of Stuttgart. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Graeme Smyth Mant, pilot, †
Sgt John Joseph Rider, flight engineer,
P/O John Lietke, navigator,
F/Lt Vyvyan Gordon Tregarthen Davis, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Graham Henry Millett, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Arthur Ernest Spencer, air gunner,
Sgt Gordon Roy Castle, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 1946LT on an operation to Nuremberg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Weisendorf, some 25 km northwest of Nuremberg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Maxwell Phillip Stewart, pilot,
Sgt Robert McKenzie Wylie, flight engineer,
F/Lt Oscar Gladwin Rowcroft, navigator,
Sgt Edward O'Kane, observer,
W/O Robert Stanley Woolley, wireless operator,
Sgt Richard Wiggins, air gunner,
W/O Joseph Louis Bernard Larin, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 1757LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. While cruising along the Frisian Islands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea north of Vlieland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt James Barnett Michie, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Bailey, flight engineer,
F/O William Kadison Komaiko, navigator,
Sgt Jack Sydney Turner, bomb aimer,
Sgt George McLoughlin, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Harry Lyle Brown, air gunner,
Sgt Reginald Alfred John King, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 1755LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. It was shot down by enemy fire but the exact circumstances remains unclear: or it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off the Frisian Islands or it was shot down by the German Flak over the target area and crashed into the Bay of Jade off Wilhelmshaven. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Henry Bookless Vine, pilot,
Sgt Robert Sinden, flight engineer,
Sgt Kenneth Westthorp, navigator,
Sgt John McKee, bomb aimer,
Sgt Derek Arnold Booth, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Haslam, air gunner,
Sgt Clifford Wignall, air gunner.

The crew was performing a local training flight at RAF Bottesford. While flying in the circuit at night, the airplane suffered an engine fire. Control was lost and it crashed near the airfield, bursting into flames. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Thomas Herbert Warne, pilot,
Sgt Edward John Loverock,
Sgt George Arthur Hitchon,
Sgt James Milton Whitehead,
Sgt Robert John Preece,
Sgt Thomas Raine Newton,
Sgt John Coaker, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 1914LT on February 14 on an operation to Milan. The following night, while flying over France on a return flight to RAF Langar, the crew noticed that all four engines' temperature was too high. Shortly later, the engine n°1 caught fire and exploded. The crew decided to abandon the aircraft but only two crew bailed out and survived while five other occupants were killed when the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field located in Saint Brisson, west of Saulieu.
Crew (207th Squadron):
F/Sgt John H. F. Whyte, pilot,
F/Sgt Stanley H. Eyre, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Thomas William Strong, observer, †
Sgt Frank Ivan Tillen, navigator, †
F/Sgt Athol Richard Grainger, †
Sgt Henry George Bone, †
Sgt Kenneth White. †

The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 1705LT on an operation to Berlin. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Roy Aicken, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Percy Smith,
Sgt Christopher Searle Morley,
Sgt Frank Hanson,
F/O Thomas Olver Truscott,
Sgt William Jesse Carter,
Sgt Frank Logie, air gunner.