Linton-on-Ouse AFB

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1815LT on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching Bremen, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Stickgras, in the suburb of Delmenhorst. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Frederick Buchan, pilot,
Sgt Charles Milburn, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Harmon Wendellyn Laughlan, observer,
P/O Francis Arnold Davies, navigator,
F/Sgt Victor Ronald Wood, wireless operator,
Sgt William James Higgs, air gunner,
F/Sgt Aeneas Francis MacDonald, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1706LT on January 21 to lay mines in the Nectarines area. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Deryck Holmes, pilot,
Sgt Dennis Cecil Hunt,
Sgt Frederick Ernest Williams,
Sgt John Fleming McFarlane,
Sgt Philip Ferguson,
Sgt Thomas William Robson,
Sgt Francis Albert Hughes, air gunner.

While performing a local training flight at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, the airplane overshot while landing and crashed, wrecking its undercarriage. There were no injuries among the crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt J. G. Gillow, pilot +4.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1622LT on January 17 an operation to Berlin. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Cpt Bjørn Håkon Naess, pilot,
Sgt Alan Richard Saunders,
Sgt Alan Victor Stinton,
Lt Bjarne Indseth,
Sgt Leslie Lamb,
Sgt Malcolm Charles Moody,
Sgt Peter Harry Green, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1637LT on an operation to Berlin. Passing north of Hamburg at night, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in a meadow near Glashütterstrasse in Lemsahl-Mellingstedt, some 17 km north north-east of Hamburg city center. All seven occupants were killed.
Crew:
P/O David Alan Gold, pilot,
P/O Alfred William Stevenson,
Sgt Arthur Donald Tidmarsh,
F/Sgt Charles Albert Gruchy,
Sgt Douglas Robertson Dewar,
Sgt John Ward,
P/O Albert Harry Piggs, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1738LT on an operation to Duisburg. While returning to base in the evening, the crew called for help at 2115LT and again at 2119LT. Moments later, both engines on the port side failed and the bomber began to lose height, eventually coming down at 2258LT in the sea some 48 km off Great Yarmouth. Five crew members were killed and two others were rescued at 0040LT the following night.
Crew:
W/O James Albert Hunter, pilot, †
Sgt C. Baillie, flight engineer,
F/Sgt J. Ashworth, navigator,
P/O Albert Lloyd Fox, observer, †
W/O Edward Cecil Malone, wireless operator, †
Sgt Arthur William Edwards, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Joseph Leopold Rene Kingsley, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1722LT on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Liedern, west of Bocholt. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Douglas Anderson, pilot,
F/Sgt Walter Adolf Henschel, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Henry Walpole, flight engineer,
P/O William Stanley Brimble, observer ,
Sgt Francis Gerald Tredinnick, observer,
Sgt Jack Davey, wireless operator,
Sgt William Edward Adams, air gunner,
F/Sgt Robert William Forman, air gunner,
Sgt Morris Henry Peacock, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1741LT on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Weeze. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Raymond Newport Peace, pilot,
W/O Edmund George Jones, pilot,
Sgt Denison Brierley, flight engineer,
Sgt Cecil Robert Ray, navigator,
Sgt Jack Edgar Novelli Warner, observer,
Sgt Leonard Edward Herbert, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick Gilder, air gunner,
F/Sgt Austin Roy O'Dell, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1636LT on an operation to Torino. En route, the crew decided to return to base following a fire in the port inner engine. Approaching the coast, the pilot ditched the airplane in the Filey Bay off Bempton. All seven crew members were rescued.
Crew:
P/O M. P. Watson, pilot,
Sgt R. G. Head,
Sgt G. E. Coleman,
Sgt L. McKinnon,
Sgt G. P. Bailey,
Sgt T. R. Galbraith,
Sgt W. Bamford, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1647LT on a mine laying operation. In the late evening, it overshot and crashed upon landing at base and was damaged beyond repair. There were no casualties.
Crew:
Sgt G. Griffiths, pilot,
Sgt D. A. Kitby,
Sgt R. Arnett,
P/O J. A. Wood,
Sgt R. Wilson,
Sgt L. D. Pope,
Sgt O. Cowley, air gunner.