Hemswell AFB

The crew was performing a local training exercise at RAF Hemswell. On final approach to base, the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed. All five crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt S. K. Szapalinski, pilot +4.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2324LT on May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Over Düsseldorf, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kaiserswerth, north of the airport. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Henryk Piatkowski, pilot,
F/O Witold M. Jankowski, navigator,
F/O Henryk Lewicki, bomb aimer,
Sgt Czeslaw Ratajczyk, wireless operator,
Sgt Eugeniusz Kulikowski, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 0029LT on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer some 30 km northwest of Hardewijk. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Stanisław Werner, pilot,
F/O Rudolf Tabaczynski, navigator,
Sgt Henryk Szymanowicz, bomb aimer,
Sgt Henryk Lercel, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Mieczysław Galas, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2049LT on April 22 to lay mines off Saint-Nazaire. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Eugeniusz Przysiecki, pilot,
Sgt Janusz Josef Belina-Prazmowski, observer,
Sgt Ireneusz Debowski,
Sgt C. Krelowski,
Sgt T. Szeremeta.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2140LT on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by the German Marine Falk and crashed into the sea some 20 km west of IJmuiden. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Stefan Tomicki, pilot,
Cpl Stanisław Slusarski, flight engineer,
F/O Jan Rudek, navigator,
Sgt Tadeusz Wladysław Kniazycki, bomb aimer,
Sgt Wladysław Marczuk, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanisław Stepien, air gunner.

The crew was performing a training flight out from RAF Hemswell. While flying at a height of 1,000 feet, the starboard engine failed, followed shortly later by a partial failure of the port engine. Unable to maintain a safe altitude, the pilot attempted an emergency belly landing. The airplane crash landed in a field located in Corringham and was damaged beyond repair. All crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew (300th Squadron):
W/O J Kazimierczak, pilot,
Sgt E. Garczynski +3.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1843LT to lay mines off Saint-Nazaire. Cruising over the Bay of Biscay at an altitude of 4,000 metres, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Tadeusz Kuzminski, pilot,
F/Sgt Karol Jerzy Kramarczyk, navigator,
Sgt Stanisław Napora, wireless operator,
Sgt Atanazy Papkow, air gunner,
Sgt Franciszek Polom, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1931LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Weeze. The pilot was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Jan Jankowski, pilot, †
Sgt Zygmunt Abramik,
Sgt Mieczysław Wozniak,
F/O Kazimierz Jan Romaniszyn,
Sgt Chester Antony Zaleski, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1440LT on an air test flight. Ten minutes later, it dove out of cloud and crashed into a field known as 29 Acres at Nettleham Field Farm, Nettleham, 5 km northeast of Lincoln. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Antoni Bolesław Dabrowski,
W/O Edward Jerzy Szafran,
Sgt Julian Kramarz,
Sgt Stanisław Kaminski,
Cpl Tadeusz Kukurowski, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1747LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. It turned back following a loss of power from the starboard engine and when the port motor failed, a ditching was made at 2040LT in position 53° 19' N 02° 49' E. All five crew members were rescued some three hours later by an air sea rescue launch and taken into Great Yarmouth.
Crew:
Sgt K. Ignatowski, pilot,
P/O H. Hryncewicz,
Sgt K. Szczygielski,
Sgt S. Prostak,
Sgt T. Omilanowski, air gunner.