Croft AFB

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1810LT on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Belle-Île-en-Mer. Five crew members were killed while the radio operator survived and became a PoW.
Crew:
W/O William Douglas Hartney, pilot, †
F/Sgt James Augustus Kilpatrick, observer, †
Sgt Reginald William Radford, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Edward Allison, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Langmeael Ward, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Donald Alexander Ferguson, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1849LT on an operation to Cologne. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Sint-Oederode, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt William Edward Harwood, pilot,
P/O Oliver Henry Skelton, navigator,
Sgt Harold Jack Steel, observer,
F/Sgt Theo Curtis Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt Vivian Max Caplin, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Francis Leach, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1848LT on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base, it crashed near RAF Woolfox Lodge and was destroyed. Six crew members were killed and one was injured.
Crew:
Sgt George Rolling Taylor, pilot, †
F/Sgt Keith Lauchlan Campbell, †
Sgt John Emil Partos, †
Sgt Arthur Marlow, †
Sgt K. C. Smith,
Sgt Richard Hubert Lewis, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1827LT on February 16 an operation to Lorient. Over the target area, it was hit by the German Flak which destroyed all navigational aids. The crew was able to leave the combat area and crash landed the airplane at 0110LT in Kilbarry, in the south suburb of Waterford, Ireland. All five crew members were interned.
Crew:
Sgt J. E. Holloway, pilot,
Sgt D. E. M. Ross,
Sgt D. H. Taylor,
Sgt G. C. Slater,
Sgt F. Thomas, air gunner.

The crew of this Wellington named 'A for Apple' took off from RAF Croft at 1726LT for what is believed to have been a mine laying operational flight. Aircraft from various squadrons were mine laying the waters around The Frisians and Helgoland on this night. Other modern accounts quote Le Havre as being a land target for bombs but this is believed to not be correct. The accident record card for this incident; the Form Am1180, makes no mention of what the target was hence the confusion. The crew dropped their cargo and headed for home but were hit by the German Flak. Before they could land at base the aircraft flew across the North Yorkshire Moors, the Moors were covered in a thick band of cloud at the time and the crew became uncertain of their position on their return to Yorkshire; they had probably flown off course by a few degrees. They descended to try and work out their location but struck high ground east of Chop Gate on Black Intake Moor at 2300LT and all on the aircraft lost their lives in the crash which completely destroyed the aircraft.
Crew (427th Squadron):
Sgt Oscar Philip Edwin Ronald J. Adlam, pilot,
F/O Bryan Dunn, navigator,
Sgt William Charles Ivor Jelley, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Arnold Charles Clifford, bombardier,
Sgt William Ball, air gunner.
Source:
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/43/bj778.html

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1826LT on an operation to Lorient. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Ploemeur, south of Lorient Airport. Four crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Cuthbert Michael Parsons, pilot, †
Sgt Arthur Moore Templeton, †
Sgt Peter Sandover, †
P/O A. J. B. Thompson,
Sgt Hughie Francis Davies, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1345LT on an operation to Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Cecil Joseph Bennett, pilot,
F/O Hugh Benjamin Kent,
F/Sgt Lloyd Watson Phillips,
F/Sgt Willard Warren Wallace,
F/Sgt Charles Joseph Smith, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1651LT on an operation to Lorient. While returning to base in the evening, the crew encountered poor visibility when the bomber impacted the slat part of Mt Kinder Scout located northwest of Edale and crashed. All six crew members were rescued, among them one was injured.
Crew (427th Squadron):
F/Lt Carroll Alfred Taylor, pilot,
Sgt Lyndon George Southwood, copilot,
P/O Donald Mortimer, bomb aimer,
P/O George Albert Martin, navigator,
Sgt Anthony David Deane, wireless operator,
Sgt William Lumsden, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1702LT to lay mines in the Nectarines region. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Lt Derrick Alan Shead, pilot,
P/O Gordon Ray Hoyt,
Sgt William John Oram,
P/O Michael Patrick,
Sgt John Lewis Sparling, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1702LT on an operation to Lorient. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed into the sea off Lorient. Lost without trace.
Crew:
S/L Mark Arthur Lotherington Williams, pilot,
P/O Edgar Richard Charlesworth, navigator,
P/O Alfred Raymond Eckton, bomb aimer,
Sgt Henry Duncan Munro, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter Henry Pates, air gunner.