Chedburgh AFB

The airplane departed RAF Chedburgh at 1940LT on an operation to Berlin. Over Hamburg, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Finkenwerder Airport and was destroyed. All seen crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Edward Challis, pilot,
Sgt Reginald George Martin, flight engineer,
Sgt Robert Anderson, navigator,
Sgt Crawford Kier Phin, navigator,
Sgt Eric Greenhalgh, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Alfred Woodrow, air gunner,
Sgt Donald James Rae, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Chedburgh at 2002LT on an operation to Stuttgart. Over France, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Fagnières, west suburb of Châlons-en-Champagne. Six crew members were killed and the air gunner became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Alexander Carruthers, pilot, †
Sgt Edgar Louis Eaglen, flight engineer, †
Sgt Eric Parker, navigator, †
Sgt Percy Pugh Oakes, bomb aimer, †
F/Sgt Basil Carnell, wireless operator, †
Sgt Brian Roland Jennings, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Arthur James Tyrell, air gunner.

Because another RAF Stirling crashed while taking off from RAF Chedburgh earlier that day, only the short runway was available. While taking off, the port oleo of the Stirling registered R9358 failed to retract and the bomber clipped a tree and a house before coming down 1,6 km from the airfield, bursting into flames. All seven crew members were injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt D. C. Moore, pilot,
Sgt H. G. Claridge,
Sgt J. C. Chalmers,
Sgt L. G. Wright,
Sgt T. J. Wilson,
Sgt J. E. Flack,
Sgt H. A. Wilson, air gunner.

The crew departed RAF Chedburgh on a local training flight. During the takeoff roll, the airplane swung out of control and came to a halt with its undercarriage collapsed. All seven crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
P/O G. F. Shattock, pilot,
Sgt D. Lamming,
F/O C. Wallace,
Sgt Hunt,
Sgt Smith,
Sgt F. Trinder,
Sgt M. L. Dickenson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Chedburgh at 1935LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea some 10 km west of IJmuiden, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Harry William Baldock, pilot,
Sgt Peter Roy Kimber, flight engineer,
F/O Hugh Terrence Etienne, navigator,
Sgt William Taylor, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Hhedley Trotter, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Alphe Baptiste Amirault, air gunner,
Sgt Ernest Albert Wright, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Chedburgh at 1819LT on an operation to Hamburg. Passing south of Bremen, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Leeste. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Charles William Valentine Pepper, pilot, †
Sgt Hugh Morris Felce, flight engineer, †
Sgt Frederick Mangleson, navigator,
Sgt Ronald Sidney Allen, bomb aimer, †
Sgt John Neville Unsworth, wireless operator, †
Sgt Alfred Victor Gordon Cridge, air gunner, †
Sgt John William Rider, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Chedburgh at 1845LT on an operation to Berlin. West of Hamburg, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Königreich, near Jork. A crew was killed and six others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Jack Maurice Lyall, pilot,
Sgt Neville George Etherden, flight engineer,
F/O Bryan Frank Robert Hotson, navigator, †
Sgt Denis Butler Scoble, bomb aimer,
Sgt Raymond Herbert Thom, wireless operator,
Sgt James George Jack, air gunner,
Sgt James Eric Powell, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Chedburgh on an operation to Nuremberg. Homebound, it ran short of petrol and with two engines failing, the crew attempted to land at Stansted Airport. At the last moment it was realized the runway was obstructed and while trying to overshoot, the Stirling crashed into trees at Thremhall Priory, Bishop's Strotford, southwest of the airfield. All eight crew members escaped with various injuries.
Crew:
F/Lt B. C. Wallace, pilot,
S/L T. L. Howell,
Sgt F. R. Woodger,
Sgt A. H. Bradley,
Sgt F. M. Dix,
Sgt R. C. Shipley,
Sgt J. W. Whitehead,
Sgt H. Brookfield, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Chedburgh on February 17 to lay mines in the Gironde estuary. While returning to base, it ran low of fuel and was abandoned by the crew who parachuted to safety. Out of control, the airplane crashed 6 km north of Alton and was destroyed. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
P/O John Reginald Rundle, pilot, †
Sgt H. G. Claridge,
Sgt J. C. Chalmers,
Sgt L. G. Wright,
Sgt T. J. Wilson,
Sgt J. E. Flack,
Sgt H. A. Wilson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Chedburgh at 1827LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Benschop. Three crew members were killed and four became PoW.
Crew:
S/L William Clarke, pilot, †
Sgt David James Connearn, flight engineer,
Sgt George Eric Johnson, navigator, †
Sgt John Anthony Lawson, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Thomas William Burke, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald F. Crawley, air gunner,
Sgt John Caldwell Adam, air gunner. †