Holme-on-Spalding-Moor AFB

The pilot, sole on board, was completing a local training sortie at RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor. On final approach, while making a steep turn at low height, the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed in a field. The pilot was killed.

The pilot, sole on board, was completing a local training sortie at RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor. On final approach, he decided to abandon the landing procedure and attempted a go around. During initial climb, he failed to see another RAF Oxford that was performing local circuits and that was above him. Both airplanes collided and while the second was able to land without any further incident, the first Oxford went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed near the runway, killing the pilot.

While in cruising altitude, an engine caught fire. The pilot aged 18 reduced his height and completed an emergency landing in a field. On touchdown, the aircraft overturned and came to rest upside down. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and the pilot was injured.

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 2250LT on July 9 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. It was badly shot about by the German Flak but the crew was able to return to base where the airplane crashed upon landing and was totally wrecked. A crew was injured.
Crew:
Sgt K. Hewson, pilot,
W/O J. H. S. Jones, flight engineer,
Sgt G. H. Jones, navigator,
Sgt K. R. Parry, bomb aimer,
Sgt G. W. R. Taylor, wireless operator,
Sgt A. W. Davis, air gunner,
Sgt A. H. Al. Atkinson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 2305LT on July 3 on an operation to Cologne. Over the target area, it was badly shot about by the German Flak while at an altitude of 19,500 feet. The crew was able to return to England and diverted to RAF Hartford Bridge where the airplane crashed upon landing and was damaged beyond repair. A crew was injured.
Crew:
Sgt G. C. G. Greenacre, pilot,
Sgt A. Monk, flight engineer,
Sgt A. Thorpe, navigator,
Sgt A. S. Arneil, bomb aimer,
Sgt J. A. Henthorn, wireless operator,
Sgt C. M. Salt, air gunner,
Sgt L. T. Brawn, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 2321LT on June 28 on an operation to Cologne. North of Düsseldorf, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Angermund, north of the airport. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Dennis Coles, pilot,
Sgt Robert James McAulay, flight engineer,
F/O Kenneth Edward Moon, navigator,
F/O Herbert William Chester, bomb aimer,
Sgt James Clair Rouse James, wireless operator,
Sgt Leonard John Glover-Price, air gunner,
Sgt Ronald Bertram Twitchen, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 2324LT on June 28 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Vottem, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Geoffrey Charles Parritt, pilot,
Sgt John Lawrence Burnside, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Leslie Harris, navigator,
Sgt Basil Leonard Howard, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ralph Edgar Archer, wireless operator,
Sgt Roland John Coggins, air gunner,
Sgt Charles George Leonard Vallance, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 2315LT on June 24 on an operation to Wuppertal. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Junkersdorf, west of Cologne. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Gerald Harry Cheetham, pilot, †
Sgt Richard Henry Evans, flight engineer,
P/O James David Danks, navigator,
Sgt Gordon Ivor Simpkin, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Kenneth Roy Newton, wireless operator,
Sgt James Martin Sweeney, air gunner,
Sgt Eric Harper, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 2309LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Oud-Zuilen. The flight engineer was killed (parachute failure) and seven others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O J. Carrie, pilot,
G/C Douglas Ernest Lancelot Wilson, copilot,
Sgt Richard Huke, flight engineer, †
Sgt Geoffery Brian Thomason, navigator,
Sgt Richard William Hibbs, bomb aimer,
Sgt Elliott Learmont McVitie, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Morris Davies, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Herbert Hammett, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor in the evening of June 12 on an operation to Bochum. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Zandvoort, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Richard George Claydon, pilot,
Sgt Alexander McIntyre Law, flight engineer,
F/O Denis Charles Goodwin, navigator,
W/O Norman Harry Lavin, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ronald Vincent Fielding, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William Douglas McMurachy, air gunner,
F/Sgt Ernest Joseph St Germain, air gunner.