Linton-on-Ouse AFB

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. †

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse on an air test mission, carrying nine crew members including two army personnel who accompanied the crew for air experience. While cruising at an altitude of 1,200 feet, the pilot completed several turns left and right when control was lost. The airplane entered a dive and crashed in Catterton, bursting into flames. All nine occupants were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas Craik Murray, pilot,
Sgt Arthur Thomas Wharfe, flight engineer,
Sgt Peter Mitchell Thurgood, navigator,
P/O Harry Hibbert, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Harold Richard Giddens, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Allan Keen, air gunner,
W/O William Warren Craig, air gunner.
Passengers
Sjt William Henry McBurney,
Sjt Amos Roebuck.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 0012LT on an operation to Duisburg. Over the target area, the crew was unable to release the load of bombs because the bomb release mechanism jammed. While returning to base, the crew attempted to jettison the bomb load over the North Sea but again, this was not possible. Eventually, the crew abandoned the airplane that crashed in Beckwith, in the suburb of Harrogate. All six crew members parachuted to safety.
Crew:
Sgt Harry Burns MacDonald, pilot,
Sgt James Ellis Jones, flight engineer,
P/O John Baker, navigator,
Sgt Edward Whitter, wireless operator,
Sgt Jack Reginald Ely, air gunner,
P/O Gerald Frederick Freedman, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2355LT on an operation to Duisburg. After bombing the target area, the port outer engine failed. The crew decided to return to base but was eventually forced to abandon the airplane that became difficult to control. Five crewmen parachuted to safety while two others were killed when the airplane crashed in a wooded area near Canterbury.
Crew:
W/O Raymond Francis Casey, pilot, †
Sgt John Cyril Williams, flight engineer, †
Sgt Jackson,
Sgt Janes,
Sgt MacDonald,
P/O Alexander,
Sgt Elliott.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2256LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. While cruising at an altitude of 14,000 feet, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Ovelgönne. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Herbert Gordon Badger Mays, pilot, †
Sgt Robert George Gumbley, flight engineer, †
Sgt Sydney John Harding, navigator,
P/O Ronald Harry Birch, bomb aimer,
P/O Stanley Frank Hazleton, wireless operator, †
Sgt Arthur John Selby, air gunner, †
Sgt Ronald Willis Fisher, air gunner. †