Leeming AFB

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1102LT on an operation to Brest. Hit by Flak at 1411LT over the target area and moments later was savagely attacked by a Me.109, which killed F/L Roach. At 1431LT, the badly damaged Halifax was ditched some 80 miles south of Lizard Point, Cornwall. Five crew members were rescued.
Crew:
F/Lt Richard John Roach,
F/Sgt L. Whyte,
Sgt E. Allen,
Sgt J. K. Corke,
Sgt G. R. Kent,
Sgt C. Charlton,
Sgt Wood.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1510LT on a night training exercise. In unclear circumstances, it collided with a second RAF Halifax registered L9614 and also taking off for the same training operation with seven crew members on board. Both airplanes were destroyed and two crew members on board L9614 were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Warrington Wade Tripp, pilot, †
Sgt William Cleary Green, wireless operator, †
W/Cdr J. A. H. Tuck,
Sgt W. W. Watt,
Sgt J. H. Beare,
Sgt S. T. A. Rouse,
S/L J. A. Crockett,
Sgt T. F. Mooney,
F/O J. H. N. Molesworth
Sgt F. Faljoski,
P/O R. P. Hughes,
Sgt P. Bell,
Sgt V. C. Howick.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1510LT on a night training exercise. In unclear circumstances, it collided with a second RAF Halifax registered V9981 and also taking off for the same training operation with seven crew members on board. Both airplanes were destroyed and two crew members on board L9614 were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Warrington Wade Tripp, pilot, †
Sgt William Cleary Green, wireless operator, †
W/Cdr J. A. H. Tuck,
Sgt W. W. Watt,
Sgt J. H. Beare,
Sgt S. T. A. Rouse,
S/L J. A. Crockett,
Sgt T. F. Mooney,
F/O J. H. N. Molesworth
Sgt F. Faljoski,
P/O R. P. Hughes,
Sgt P. Bell,
Sgt V. C. Howick.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1644LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed near Kempen. A crew was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew.
Sgt William Alan Blackburn, wireless operator, †
Sgt Cyril Henry Grace,
F/O Richard John Kimbell,
P/O Charles Walter Murphy,
Sgt Allan Bernard Wiggins.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1652LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Viersen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O John Norman Chisholm, pilot,
P/O Anthony David Scott-Martin, pilot,
Sgt Philip George Clark, observer,
W/O William Jowett, wireless operator,
Sgt Samuel George Thompson, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1653LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sint-Jacobiparochie. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Charles Acton Chaplin Havelock, pilot, †
F/Sgt Donald Eric Ozment, pilot, †
Sgt Ronald Shuttleworth, observer, †
Sgt Eric Fieldsend, wireless operator, †
Sgt Donald Morton Godard, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1630LT on December 11 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, the crew encountered marginal weather when the airplane was caught by severe downdrafts and crashed in Eavestone Moor. A pilot was killed and four other occupants were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Eric Charles Hoskin, pilot, †
P/O J. H. Kenny,
P/O R. G. A. Burgess,
Sgt J. K. Taylor,
Sgt R. Clark.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1659LT on an operation to Dunkirk. While returning to base in the late evening, it crashed while trying to avoid a collision with a 77 Squadron Whitley. The airplane smashed through the roof of a house at Londonderry on the western edge of the airfield, bursting into flames. All five crew members escaped with minor injuries.
Crew:
Sgt J. W. Barber, pilot,
Sgt R. W. B. Blanchard,
Sgt W. Archer,
Sgt J. Waterworth,
Sgt A. Brewer.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1650LT on an operation to Emden. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Georgsheil. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Wilson Hewitt, pilot, †
Sgt Reginald Bolles Vose, pilot, †
Sgt Douglas Bertram Grundy, observer,
Sgt Reginald Walter Weymouth, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt James William Woodroffe, wireless operator. †

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1648LT on an operation to Emden. Last heard at 1900LT while outbound. Presumed lost in the North Sea. No trace was ever found.
Crew:
Sgt George Stuart Illingworth,
P/O John Samuel Knowles,
P/O Max Kiri Nelson,
Sgt Arthur Frederick Wales,
Sgt William Webster.