Driffield AFB

The crew was completing a night training sortie on behalf of the 101st Squadron. En route, an engine caught fire. All six crew members decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. Out of control, the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a field located near Driffield. While all six crew members were uninjured, the aircraft was destroyed.

On final approach to RAF Drieffield, the crew encountered control problems and informed ground that he was attempting an emergency landing. Few seconds later, the aircraft nosed down and crashed in a huge explosion few hundred yards short of runway threshold. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and both pilots were killed.

The crew departed RAF Driffield on a local test flight. En route, the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed 3 km east of Middleton-on-the-Wolds , exploding on impact. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Neville Smart, pilot,
F/O Thomas Donald Gordon, navigator,
F/O Robert Lowell Benson, bomb aimer,
Sgt George Alexander Aitken Ranken, wireless operator,
Sgt Dennis Herbert, air gunner,
Lac Walter Robinson, air gunner.

The crew was performing a local training exercise at RAF Driffield. On approach, the propeller on one engine started to flutter and the pilot feathered it. The airplane lost height and crashed on a farm building located near the airbase, bursting into flames. All five crew members escaped, one was injured. The airplane was destroyed by a post crash fire.
Crew:
F/Sgt J. R. Norton,
Sgt C. F. Tozer,
Sgt C. T. King,
Sgt G. K. Young,
Sgt R. Treacher.

The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 1720LT for a Bulls Eye exercise, testing the defenses of Leeds and Sheffield and other towns. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed into the North Sea some 35 km east of Flamborough, at coordinates 54° 05' N 0° 25' E. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Egerton, pilot,
F/O George Leslie Sellars, flight engineer,
Sgt David Dorn,
W/O Donald Lorne Hogben,
Sgt Joseph Davison, air gunner.

The crew departed RAF Driffield on a local training exercise. Almost immediately after takeoff, the twin engine airplane went out of control and crashed. All three occupants were killed.
Crew:
W/O John Joseph William Forster, pilot,
Sgt Hedley Walter Carter, observer,
Sgt Francis John Faye, observer.

The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 1830LT on October 13 on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base the following night, it suffered a power loss on one engine. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in an open field located 1,5 km south of Beeford. All six crew members were rescued, among them three were injured.
Crew:
Sgt R. S. Clinton, pilot,
Sgt J. A. Delorme,
Sgt A. G. Rowe,
Sgt J. R. Latremouille,
Sgt T. O. Copeland,
Sgt S. Cuthbert, air gunner.

The crew departed RAF Driffield on a gunnery training sortie. Immediately after takeoff, at a height of 12 feet, the starboard engine failed. The airplane lost height, crash landed and came to rest. All three crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt H. Walmasley,
Sgt A. Payne,
Sgt G. Wildig.

The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2337LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. Approaching Duisburg, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Meiderich. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ralph Connors O'Brien, pilot,
P/O Wilson Albert Reason, observer,
Sgt Alfred Schofield, wireless operator,
F/O Grey D'Estoteville Townsend Skipwith, air gunner,
Sgt William Leonard Waller, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2319LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Scheldt River off Serooskerke. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Donald Joseph Harkness, pilot,
P/O Alexander Robertson Edgar, observer,
P/O Hubert Alan Radcliffe, wireless operator,
Sgt Hill Mercer, wireless operator,
F/Lt Bernard James Lovett, air gunner.