Honeybourne

The airplane departed RAF Honeybourne on a leaflet dropping operation over Nantes. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed. Five crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Leslie Frank Cook, pilot, †
Sgt Denis Leslie Williams, navigator, †
Sgt John Monteith, bomb aimer, †
Sgt William Henry Cox, air gunner, †
Sgt William Tom Seaman, air gunner, †
Sgt Jack Dawson.

The crew was performing a local training flight at Honeybourne. After the pilot was given a red signal by the airfield controller, he initiated a circuit near the airfield when the airplane struck a hill in clouds. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Harris Gordon Hagen, pilot,
Sgt Richard Stanley Phillips, navigator,
F/Sgt Donald Herbert Kelly, bomb aimer,
Sgt Donald Alfred Marriott, wireless operator,
Sgt George Edward Ekins, air gunner.

The crew departed RAF Honeybourne on a navigation exercise. En route, the port engine failed and the pilot made an emergency landing in an open field located in Rhyl. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and the crew escaped unhurt.
Crew:
Sgt J. W. Clark, pilot,
Sgt John Alexander Inverarity.

The airplane departed RAF Honeybourne at 1824LT to drop leaflets in the vicinity of Orleans. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Senonches. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Frederick Paul Saunders, pilot,
P/O Norman Frank Sibley, navigator,
P/O John Pugh Cranstoun, navigator,
Sgt Bertram Kenneth Trubshaw, wireless operator,
Sgt James Henry Carter, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Honeybourne on a cross country navigation exercise. While cruising at night, it impacted the slope of Mt Foel-Fras and was destroyed. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Alexander Stuart,
Sgt Victor Ralph Smith,
Sgt William Robert Hughes,
Sgt Joseph Patrick Hookey,
Sgt John Hassall.

The airplane departed RAF Honeybourne at 2340LT on July 31 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a wooded area located near Fleurus, northeast of Charleroi. A wireless operator was killed and three other crew members evaded.
Crew:
Sgt William Thomas Whiting, wireless operator, †
Sgt J. B. R. Black,
Sgt Arthur James Whicher,
P/O Geoffrey Silva.

The airplane departed RAF Honeybourne at 2320LT on July 31 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Duisburg. Four crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Anthony William Thompson, pilot,
F/Sgt Walter Vernard Donahue, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Edward James Jones, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Eric Leonard Styles, wireless operator, †
P/O Charles Leonard Szumlinski, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Honeybourne at 2236LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following morning, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 10 km southwest of Den Helder. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Marsden Cole, pilot,
P/O Sidney Arthur Cheeseman, observer,
P/O Harry William Blackford, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Peter Christopher Omilianouski, air gunner,
Sgt William Percy Rixon, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Honeybourne at 2306LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Geversdorf, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O John Allan Preston, pilot,
P/O Ernest Lionel Bedford, navigator,
P/O Wiliam George Webb Lapham, bomb aimer,
Sgt Cecil Raymond Robinson, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert Edward Owen, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Honeybourne at 2220LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Terschelling, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O James Brian Monro, pilot,
F/O Gordon Richard Lind, observer,
F/Sgt John Storey, wireless operator,
P/O Ian Patterson Clark, air gunner,
Sgt Harold Hermon Hudson, air gunner.