Graveley AFB (Huntingdon)

The airplane departed RAF Gransden Lodge at 2149LT on April 4 on an operation to Dortmund. After being badly shot about by the German Flak, the crew returned to base but diverted to RAF Graveley where the airplane crash landed and was destroyed. All seven crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
P/O J. C. Harty, pilot,
Sgt W. N. Tatham, flight engineer,
F/Sgt B. L. Miller,
Sgt J. E. Patterson,
F/Sgt R. A. Carney,
Sgt N. H. A. Taylor,
Sgt F. E. MacKay, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2209LT on April 4 on an operation to Dortmund. On return to base the following night, the crew were advised on considerable activity in the airfield circuit. Instructed to hold off and await their landing orders, the pilot began circling well away to the northwest of base. While doing so the Halifax ran out of petrol and was successfully abandoned. The crew parachuted unharmed and their bomber was later discovered in fields near Woodford.
Crew:
Sgt J. J. Williams, pilot,
Sgt J. I. Barrie,
Sgt J. Casey,
Sgt B. C. Tucker,
Sgt E. G. Brown,
Sgt G. J. Hurley,
Sgt T. D. Bishop, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2207LT on April 4 on an operation to Dortmund. While returning to base the following night, it crashed on approach to base and was destroyed. Six crew members were killed and an air gunner was seriously injured.
Crew:
P/O Joseph Albert George Cobb, pilot, †
Sgt Frederick Ronald Beech, flight engineer, †
F/O Samuel Albert Coles, navigator, †
Sgt Stanton Eric Arthur Russell, air bomber, †
Sgt John Desmond Collinge, wireless operator, †
Sgt Charles Harold Fisher, air gunner, †
Sgt James Howden Robertson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2116LT on an operation to Plzeň. Outbound at 16,000 feet, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Liesse-Notre-Dame. Four crew members were killed, two evaded and one the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt William Robert Owen, pilot,
F/Sgt William George Allen, flight engineer,
P/O George Cruickshank, navigator, †
F/Sgt John Reid Martyn, navigator, †
F/Sgt Donald Ronald Bradley, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Cyril Bourne, air gunner, †
Sgt Joseph William Young, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2128LT on April 14 on an operation to Stuttgart. Shortly after midnight, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Lustadt. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Ronald Edward Wilkes, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Laurie Brown, flight engineer,
F/O Ronald Wheatley, navigator, †
F/Sgt Terence Gordon O'Shaughnessy, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Frederick Hay, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Frank Walter Vincent, air gunner,
F/Sgt Michael Albert Edward Bradford, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2341LT on April 10 on an operation to Frankfurt. Over France at an altitude of 16,000 feet, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Fleigneux. Four crew members were killed, two others became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
F/O George Frank Lambert, pilot,
Sgt Anthony Claude Beddoe, flight engineer, †
F/O Vernon Reginald Matthews, navigator, †
Sgt John Richard Jones, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ronald Albert Kempsell, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald Albert Nason, air gunner, †
Sgt Samuel James Knight, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 1950LT on an operation to Berlin. Approaching Hanover, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Habichhorst, in the east suburb of Stadthagen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Harl J. Espy, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Albert Henry Thomas, flight engineer,
Sgt George Charles Dynes, navigator,
F/O James Hubert Naylor, navigator,
Sgt Reginald Charles Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt George Harold Yeates, air gunner,
Sgt Charles Pattison, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 1924LT on an operation to Nuremberg. Over France, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Ors. Three crew members were killed, three became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
F/O John Hilton Brown, pilot, †
Sgt Alan Tacey, flight engineer,
S/L Gomer Donald Waterer, navigator,
Sgt Albert Geroge Coulam, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt David Aitken Sibbald, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Patrick Flynn, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Stanley Seymour Vinicombe, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 1824LT on March 1st on an operation to Berlin. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Stokkum. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew.
S/L Peter Campbell Elliot, pilot, †
F/Sgt Stanley Longford Conway Watts, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt George Christopher Harvey Chandler, navigator,
Sgt Roy Victor Ledger, bomb aimer, †
F/Sgt Gearoge Sarsfield Sloman, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Thomas Neville Sankey, air gunner, †
Sgt Denis Kelly, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 1849LT on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. Outbound at 13,000 feet it became necessary to feather the port outer due to engine overheating. Course for the target was maintained and a successful attack made at 2112LT from 9,000 feet. Soon after getting course for base, the starboard inner engine failed and as height was reduced to 3,000 feet, the crew prepared to ditch. Searchlights, however, were sighted and following further difficulties the Halifax landed at 2315LT midway along the 1,100 foot runway at RAF Harrowbeer. Unable to stop within the remaining distance, the bomber overran onto rough ground and was wrecked. All six crew members escaped unhurt.
Crew:
S/L D. F. E. C. Dean, pilot,
Sgt D. R. Craig,
P/O D. P. D. Archer,
P/O A. E. R. Dexton,
P/O A. R. Ball,
Sgt J. Griffin, air gunner.