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 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.

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor in the evening of May 25 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the De IJzeren Man lake located west of Vught. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Vernon John Sheldrake Tindale, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Shackleton, flight engineer,
Sgt Alexander Thomas Mitchel Wright, navigator,
Sgt Derrick Lewis Berresford, bomb aimer,
Sgt Brian Cyrus Ainsworth, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Sylvanus Thomson, air gunner,
Sgt Cyril Walter Bates, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 2230LT on May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. While returning to base the following night, one of the engine caught fire. The captain decided to divert to RAF Coltishall for an emergency landing but the airplane crash landed on approach in Worstead, 3 km northeast of the airbase. A crew was injured.
Crew:
Sgt F. J. Fry, pilot,
Sgt S. Beedle,
Sgt G. E. Leedham,
Sgt D. H. G. Bond,
Sgt G. W. F. Batchelor,
Sgt J. P. O'Regan,
Sgt D. A. Stevenson.

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor in the evening of May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Bergen, 10 km west of Weeze. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Henry Terence Hayes, pilot,
Sgt Walter Randall Cook, flight engineer,
Sgt Percy George Eames, navigator,
Sgt James Park, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Warwick Craven Evans, wireless operator,
Sgt Owen Hugh Sibson, air gunner,
F/Sgt Leslie Gordon Smith, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 2200LT on April 4 on an operation to Dortmund. The following night, it was approaching the airbase when it collided with trees and crashed in Little Ouseburn, about 4 km west of the airfield. A crew was injured.
Crew:
Sgt F. P. Smith, pilot,
Sgt J. N. Ingram,
Sgt D. Hanslow,
Sgt B. J. Studd,
Sgt J. E. Dix,
Sgt R. R. McCord,
Sgt F. M. Quick, air gunner.