Leeming AFB

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2340LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Bronsbergen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Norman Duncan Reid, pilot,
Sgt Durston Mann, flight engineer,
F/O Armand Alphonse Pariseau, navigator,
Sgt Peter Brindley Robinson, bomb aimer,
F/O Byron McGie Gracie, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Harry Pliley Heximer, air gunner,
F/Sgt Norman Frederick Notley, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2322LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Schermerhorn. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Keith Webster, pilot, †
Sgt Cyril Sampson, flight engineer, †
Sgt Thomas Mitchell, navigator,
P/O Evan Rankin Strang, bomb aimer, †
P/O Albert Edward Humphreys, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Gordon Leslie Tucker, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Douglas Haig Northcoat, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2335LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Lek River in Jaarsveld. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Clifford Clarence Reichert, pilot, †
Sgt Gordon Mitchell McLean, flight engineer, †
P/O James Coyle Brown Rrussell, navigator,
P/O John Peter Dockerill, wireless operator, †
P/O Joseph Earl Monahan, bomb aimer, †
P/O William Searle, air gunner, †
Sgt George Iric Pridham, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2340LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Zeist, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Denis Blum, pilot,
F/Sgt Cecil Lester Sebelius, flight engineer,
P/O George Edward Bisheff, navigator,
Sgt Michael David Shakespeare, wireless operator,
F/Sgt James Clarence MacDonald, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Joseph Rene Archambault, air gunner,
F/Sgt William Duncan Walsh, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2345LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sankt Hubert, 10 km northwest of Krefeld. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Joseph Gaudias Albert Patry, pilot, †
Sgt John Harold William Bishop, flight engineer,
P/O Norman Kellner, navigator, †
Sgt Desmond Rudge, bomb aimer, †
Sgt George Albert Freeman, wireless operator,
P/O Edward Moorcroft, air gunner,
W/O Albert Bennett Lewis, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2159LT on June 19 to attack the Schneider factory in Le Creusot. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Caen. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Richard Anthony Symes, pilot,
P/O Douglas Carter Horner, flight engineer, †
P/O James Denholm, navigator, †
F/O Peter Reginald Quance, bomb aimer, †
F/Lt Max Samuels, wireless operator, †
Sgt Harold Allan Brown, air gunner,
F/O Roderick Jerome John Ball, air gunner.

Landed at 1715LT at RAF Leeming but swung and crashed while trying to avoid a group of airmen. There were no casualties but the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
F/Sgt E. A. Johnson, pilot,
Sgt R. L. Henry.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2312LT on June 12 on an operation to Bochum. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Den Hoorn, south Texel Island. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Alexander Mathias Fellner, pilot,
Sgt James Imms, fight engineer, †
P/O George William Rupert Dalton, navigator, †
P/O William Angus Thurston, bomb aimer,
P/O Bernard Laird Tedford, wireless operator, †
Sgt Albert Dixon, air gunner, †
P/O Gerrard Smith Huston, air gunner.
Photos: http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem23.htm

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2329LT on June 12 on an operation to Bochum. Approaching Münster, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Steinfurt. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt George Russell Large, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Leith-Ross, flight engineer, †
Sgt Albert Frank Rayment, navigator,
F/O Francis Lloyd Milburn, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Norman Bainblatt, wireless operator,
Sgt Joseph Rolland Forest, air gunner,
Sgt David Hester Hutchinson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2251LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Approaching Duisburg, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed southwest of Rheinberg. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Arthur Gordon Grant, pilot, †
Sgt Kenneth Richard Stentiford, flight engineer,
P/O Roy Elliott Carter, navigator,
P/O Theodore Bruce Moore, bomb aimer,
P/O Marcel Robert Laloge, wireless operator,
W/O Albert Edward Fowell, air gunner, †
F/Sgt James Murray Reginald Lang, air gunner. †