Holme-on-Spalding-Moor AFB

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 2144LT on April 4 on an operation to Dortmund. It was hit by the German Flak and was very badly damaged. While returning to base the following night, it crashed south of Hotham and was destroyed. Three crew members were killed and four others were injured.
Crew:
W/O Gerald Hough, pilot, †
Sgt Herbert Cecil Hooper, flight engineer, †
F/O S. N. Beason,
Sgt P. A. Ratcliffe,
F/O Frederick William Gates, wireless operator, †
Sgt W. D. G. Merlin,
F/Sgt C. L. Outhouse, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 2200LT on April 4 on an operation to Dortmund. While returning to base the following night, it crashed short of runway and was destroyed. All seven crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
F/Sgt F. J. Kelly, pilot,
Sgt L. Mooney,
Sgt E. L. Wheelwright,
Sgt D. T. Hone,
Sgt R. R. Sparkes,
Sgt C. J. Wearmouth,
Sgt D. H. V. Flack, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 2140LT on May 4 on an operation to Dortmund. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Workum. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Nicholas James Stanford, pilot, †
Sgt Arthur Harold Clark, flight engineer, †
Sgt Anthony Jules Lawson Lyon, observer, †
P/O Ralph Duncan Paterson, bomb aimer,
F/O William T. Lewis, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Milner Hadfield, air gunner, †
F/Sgt George William Francis Reynolds, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 2205LT on May 4 on an operation to Dortmund. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer off Spakenburg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Nicholson, pilot,
Sgt Bernard William Squires, flight engineer,
F/O Norman Ainsworth, navigator,
F/O Harold Keith Wainer, bomb aimer,
Sgt Geoffrey Eastwood, wireless operator,
Sgt George Brick, air gunner,
Sgt Dennis William Rowley, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor in the evening of April 4 on an operation to Dortmund. While returning to base the following night, the crew were ordered to divert to RAF Catterick. On approach, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Scorton, 3 km north of the airfield. Four crew members were killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt James Ronald Browning, pilot, †
Sgt James Hornby Stretton, flight engineer, †
Sgt Richard Allison, observer, †
Sgt S. L. Granville,
Sgt L. C. Hogben,
F/Sgt R. J. Rays, air gunner,
F/Sgt Martin David Davis, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 2145LT on a mine laying operation in the Elderberry region. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed into the sea in the target area. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Alfred Margerum, pilot,
Sgt Donald Jasper Park,
Sgt Herbert Clegg,
Sgt Joseph William Stotter,
Sgt Raymonde Derek Balfour,
Sgt Richard Norman Dixon,
Sgt Johannes Jacobus Veldsman, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 2121LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Dutzendteich, in the southeast suburb of Nuremberg. Six crew members were killed and the wireless operator became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Colin Kerr Menzies, pilot, †
Sgt Harold Albert Upton, flight engineer, †
Sgt Henry Evans, navigator, †
F/O Thomas Maxwell Taylor, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Lionel Green, wireless operator,
F/Sgt James Henry Fitch, air gunner, †
Sgt Jack Monks, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor in the evening of April 14 on an operation to Stuttgart. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Maubeuge. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Gordon Hamilton, pilot,
Sgt Frank Wood, flight engineer,
F/O Henry Eifion Clement, navigator,
Sgt Aaron Ottolangui, bomb aimer,
Sgt Joseph Leadbetter Cartmell, wireless operator,
Sgt Peter Donovan Steed, air gunner,
Sgt George William Henry Northover, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor in the evening on an operation to La Spezia. It returned to base early, having first jettisoned the bomb load off Flamborough Head. While preparing to land, the bomber crashed on the southwest side of the airfield. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas Fee, pilot,
Sgt Vernon Roderick Ager, flight engineer,
Sgt Robert Brough, navigator,
F/O Victor Cook, navigator,
Sgt John Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt Jack Beatson, air gunner,
Sgt George William John Davison, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor on an operation to Duisburg. In the late evening, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Grefrath, 31 km southwest of Duisburg. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Earle Milton Nelson, pilot,
Sgt Edward Victor Newstead, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Ron Bowen Anzac Pender, navigator,
F/Sgt Charles William Shields, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Roy Alexander Parnell, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Richmond Riley, air gunner, †
Sgt Thomas Arthur Bird, air gunner. †