Linton-on-Ouse AFB

Shortly after takeoff, while in initial climb, the crew informed ground that a fire erupted on board and elected to return for an emergency landing. During a last turn to the left, the aircraft went out of control, lost height and crashed in a huge explosion in a field located 2,5 miles southwest of the airfield. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (1665 HCU):
S/L Kenneth Stammers, pilot,
W/O D. R. Roberts,
F/O W. I. Harvey,
F/Sgt S. Fox,
LAC J. C. Simpson,
LAC G. Pritchard,
LAC H. Sharling

The aircraft was flying from RAF Linton-on-Ouse and had earlier been carrying out bumps and circuits but the crew became tired of this and decided to fly around the local area. As it became dark the crew became disorientated and eventually ended up circling Glossop. The aircraft was observed flying into the hillside at 2210LT.
Crew (408th Squadron):
F/O Anthony Arthur Clifford, pilot,
F/O Kenneth McIvor, flight engineer,
F/O David Fehrman, bomb aimer,
W/O Michael Cecil Cameron, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Clarence Halvorson, air gunner,
F/Sgt Leslie Claude Hellekson, air gunner.
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The crew was on his way to Germany to bomb the Düsseldorf-Lohausen Airport. The aircraft left RAF Linton-on-Ouse with 60 others bombers. En route, while cruising south of Düsseldorf, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field. Five crew members were killed.
Crew (408th Squadron):
F/O David Garfield Kellar, †
F/Lt W. L. Friker, †
F/O W. H. Dunwoodie.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1915LT on an operation to Essen. Approaching the Dutch coast, the port outer engine failed. The crew decided to return to base and the airplane overshot on landing and was totally wrecked. All seven crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
W/Cdr D. C. Smith, pilot,
Sgt H. B. Thompson,
Sgt P. M. J. Harris,
Sgt F. Hart,
Sgt S. W. Palmer,
Sgt D. Lock,
Sgt G. Cranswick, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1917LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Ysselsteyn. An air gunner was killed and six other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Nevines, pilot,
Sgt Frederick George Stapleton, flight engineer,
P/O John Bernard Locke, navigator,
Sgt Walter Stafford Poland, bomb aimer,
Sgt Walter Stafford Wright, wireless operator,
Sgt Patrick Christopher Ratcliffe, air gunner,
Sgt Anthony Cecil Sharpe, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1908LT on an operation to Essen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sint Jansberg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Fred Aten Marean, pilot,
Sgt Charley Gordon Dyer, flight engineer,
Sgt Harry Bentley, navigator,
Sgt Walter Henry Gosnell, bomb aimer,
Sgt William John McLelland, wireless operator,
Sgt Bernard Mario Singleton, air gunner,
Sgt George Edward Benson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1915LT on March 11 on an operation to Stuttgart. It was severely damaged by the German Flak after bombing the target area, The crew succeeded in regaining the south coast where the Halifax was abandoned and left to crash onto High Beeches, the residence of Colonel Loder MC, High Sheriff of Sussex, at Slaugham. Three maids sleeping at the rear of the house were killed, but Colonel Loder and his family escaped injury. All seven crew members parachuted to safety.
Crew:
F/Sgt T. Gallantry, pilot,
Sgt W. L. Middleton,
Sgt V. S. Webster,
Sgt A. A. Myers,
Sgt L. G. Exton,
Sgt H. R. W. Whitmore,
F/Sgt W. J. Farrer, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse 1853LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Waddenzee some 10 km west of Harlingen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Clifford Arthur Milan, pilot,
Sgt Owen Joseph Trainor, flight engineer,
F/O Charles George Hitt, navigator,
P/O Ernest John Fry, bomb aimer,
Sgt Haydn Winston Edwards, wireless operator,
Sgt Horace Clarence Cope, air gunner,
W/O Russell Benson Van Buren, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1838LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Staphorst. Three crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O John Rawson Thompson, pilot, †
Sgt Kenneth W. Mercer, pilot,
Sgt Otto Vance Proctor, flight engineer,
Sgt Arthur Loveland, navigator,
Sgt Alfred D. Leyshon, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Arthur Edward Blackwell, wireless operator, †
Sgt Edward Charles Bert Williams, air gunner, †
Sgt Douglas Raymond Chiswell, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1814LT on an operation to Hamburg. While cruising along the Frisian Islands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 30 km north of Ameland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O William Ronald Golding, pilot,
Sgt Royston Robert Isaac Webber, flight engineer,
F/O Leslie Alexander Allan, navigator,
Sgt Raymond Leonard Colverson, bomb aimer,
Sgt George Charles Daniel Sayer, wireless operator,
Sgt Keneth Hitchen, air gunner,
Sgt John Jocelyn Thompson, air gunner.