Linton-on-Ouse AFB

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1759LT on an operation to Flensburg. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the district of Friedenshügel. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt G. E. Farr, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Henry Tytherleigh, flight engineer, †
F/O John Hammond Carrick, navigator, †
F/O Gordon Menhennick Gillies, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Norman Rex Jones, wireless operator, †
Sgt G. E. Swift, air gunner,
Sgt J. Cunningham, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1758LT on an operation to Flensburg. Over Germany, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Sehestedt, about 20 km west northwest of Kiel. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Kenneth Gregory, pilot, †
Sgt J. H. Hunt, flight engineer,
Sgt Robert William Johnson, observer, †
F/Sgt Thomas Edward Turpin, wireless operator, †
Sgt Sidney Solomon Waldman, wireless operator, †
Sgt Kenneth Markillie, air gunner,
Sgt Gerald Edwin Morrison, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1810LT on an operation to Flensburg. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the St Pauli district of the city. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Merle William Atkinson, pilot,
Sgt H. S. Greenwood,
Sgt E. Topping,
Sgt T. W. Peacock,
Sgt P. D. Skerman,
Sgt Jacobus Petrus van Lelyveld,
Sgt L. H. Levis.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2009LT on an operation to Flensburg. Approaching the island of Sylt, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea some 1,500 metres offshore. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Rolf Edgar Atkinson, pilot,
F/Sgt Stanley Goddard Gray, pilot,
Sgt Cecil Charles William Crofton, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Lloyd Sylvester Ernst, observer,
Sgt Arthur Edgar Thomas, bomb aimer,
Sgt Claude Edward John O’Keeffe, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Lister, air gunner,
Sgt Percy Horace Bath, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 0025LT on an operation to Flensburg. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off Terschelling, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Charles Pattisson, pilot,
Sgt John Hornsby Hadwen, flight engineer,
P/O Albert Gaston Thomas Bradley, navigator,
Sgt Alfred Taylor, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Whiteley Jones, wireless operator,
Sgt Ralph Andreae Kelly, air gunner,
Sgt Colin Alfred Nnewman, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 0029LT on an operation to Flensburg. Approaching the Danish coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Rømø Island. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
S/L John Owen Barnard, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Douglass, flight engineer,
P/O Stephen Eric Groves, navigator, †
P/O Gerald Thomas Lester, bomb aimer,
Sgt Denholm Mitchell Elliott, wireless operator,
Sgt Raymond Gadd, air gunner,
Sgt Norman Jack Hill, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 0105LT on an operation to Le Havre. It was abandoned by the crew after being shot down by the German Flak. All seven crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Jack Truesdell Arnold,
Sgt Michael Goff,
Sgt Eric Charles Herwin,
P/O Lionel Parsell,
Sgt Wilfred James Reynolds,
P/O Kenneth Frederick Saunders,
Sgt H. T. Smith.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2345LT on July 31 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Serooskerke. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Cyril Charles Spencer, pilot,
Sgt Caudray Albert Charles Pithers, flight engineer,
P/O Ronald Casey, observer,
Sgt W. A. Elliot, bomb aimer,
Sgt Harold Clarke, wireless operator,
Sgt Bertram Stanley Braybrook, air gunner, †
Sgt Robert Thomas Morris, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2301LT on July 26 on an operation to Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have been shot down by a German fighter and to have crashed into the North Sea at coordinates 54° 47' N 06°00' E, some 140 km northwest of Heligoland Island. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt John Luke Graham,
Sgt Ellis Albert Holland,
P/O Derrick Arnold Holliger,
Sgt Frank William Huntley,
Sgt Henry Goodrich Le Barr Pakenham-Walsh,
F/Sgt Norman McInnes Rattray,
Sgt Peter Horace Smith.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 0003LT on an operation to Duisburg. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in 's-Hertogenbosch. Six crew members were killed and the flight engineer evaded.
Crew:
P/O John Edward Maple, pilot, †
Sgt John Thomas Bennett, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Clarence Ernest Evans, observer, †
P/O John Francis Day, bomb aimer, †
F/Sgt Douglas MacCrea Ross, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Arthur Allsopp, air gunner, †
P/O Haddo Eric Von Bruce, air gunner. †