Chipping Warden

The airplane departed RAF Chipping Warden in the evening of February 18 on a Nickel Operation. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Jack Elliott Parkes, pilot,
P/O Alfred Raymond Shepherd,
Sgt Alfred Raymond York,
Sgt Kenneth William Keen,
Sgt Alfred Henry Martin, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Chipping Warden on a cross country exercise. While cruising at night, it impacted the slope of Mt Fan Hir and crashed. The wreckage was found at an altitude of 510 metres and all five crew members were injured. The pilot died four days later from injuries sustained.
Crew:
F/Sgt Kenneth Sockling Hardwick Bird, pilot, †
Sgt J. Head,
Sgt W. D. Barr,
Sgt W. A. Fairweather,
Sgt Troughbridge.

The airplane departed RAF Chipping Warden at 2024LT on September 16 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Veldhoven, west of Eindhoven. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt M. B. Mallet, pilot,
Sgt J. H. Evans, navigator,
Sgt S. C. Wedgwood, bomb aimer,
Sgt V. F. Vinnicombe, wireless operator,
F/Sgt J. J. La Bossiere, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Chipping Warden at 2026LT on September 16 on an operation to Essen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed near the target area. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt C. W. Hall,
F/Sgt D. C. Marsh,
P/O F. J. Adams,
Sgt N. Whitfield,
Sgt G. Caldwell.

The airplane departed RAF Chipping Warden on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by the German Flak and also a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Tudor Shapcott, pilot,
P/O Philip Morris, observer,
Sgt Frederick Robert West, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Hayward Smith, air gunner,
Sgt Leonard Roy Elvin, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Chipping Warden on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Den Helder-De Kooy. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Alan Charles Russell Wilson, pilot,
F/Lt Donald Patrickson Drussel, observer,
F/Sgt David White Taylor, wireless operator,
P/O Ryland George Addis, air gunner,
F/Sgt Frederick James Golightly, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Chipping Warden on an operation to Bremen. After passing the Dutch/German border, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wietmarschen. An air gunner was killed and four other occupants became PoW.
Crew:
P/O E. J. Cooper,
Sgt Charles Henry Homer,
Sgt Leslie William Chatterton
Sgt Ambrose Phillip Read, air gunner, †
Sgt Henry John Camden.

The airplane departed RAF Chipping Warden on an operation to Essen. Approaching Duisburg, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Moers. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Neville Mack Aicken, pilot,
F/Sgt Arthur William Dormand, observer, †
F/Sgt Harry Crossland, wireless operator, †
Sgt Henry James Ellliott, air gunner,
Sgt Herman John Lafortune, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Chipping Warden at 2320LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, it was ditched into the North Sea off Harwich. Two crew members were rescued while three others were killed.
Crew:
P/O Robert Leslie William Ferrer, pilot, †
P/O Albin Lucki, navigator, †
Sgt Kenneth Howard Buck, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Ronald Grundy, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Draper McKenzie, air gunner. †

The crew departed RAF Upper Heyford on a training exercise to Weston-on-the-Green. While performing an approach to RAF Chipping Warden, the airplane crashed for unknown reasons, killing both crew members.
Crew:
Sgt Joseph Rene Viau, pilot,
F/Sgt William John Hodge, observer.