Linton-on-Ouse AFB

The crew was completing a local training at RAF Linton-on-Ouse. The airplane landed in a strong crosswind, swung and finished up on rough ground with substantial damage to its undercarriage. There were no casualties.
Crew:
Sgt H. B. MacDonald +3.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2303LT on June 16 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wintelre, near Eindhoven Airport. Six crew members were killed and a seventh became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Arthur Edward Hammond, pilot, †
Sgt Reginald Ernest Gay, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt Murray Walker Brown, observer,
Sgt George William Brown, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Ryland Jones, wireless operator, †
Sgt Cecil Francis Goode, air gunner, †
Sgt Samuel Herbert Woolley, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2312LT on June 8 on an operation to Essen. Over Brussels, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Diegem, near Brussels Airport. All seven crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Jim Keatley Watson, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Arthur Drower, pilot,
Sgt Edward Corcoran, flight engineer,
Sgt Selwyn Guy Cooper, observer,
Sgt Richard A. Yates, wireless operator,
Sgt Haydn Gwyn Pike, air gunner,
Sgt Douglas Wrampling, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2329LT on June 8 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Haamstede. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Angus Carr Mackenzie, pilot,
Sgt Edward Edwin Charles Evans, flight engineer,
Sgt John Edward Bottomley, navigator,
Sgt Albert Charles Schofield, bomb aimer,
Sgt Harold Reginald George Elliott, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Gordon John Sharman, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2310LT on June 8 on an operation to Essen. Over Belgium, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Gruitrode. Five crew members were killed, one became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
F/Lt Roy Blackwell Chadwick, observer, †
Sgt William John Hopkins, air gunner, †
Sgt John McKinstry, air gunner, †
F/Sgt William Edgar Pilborough, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Ralph Storey, flight engineer, †
Sgt J. T. Pack,
Sgt J. A. Catley.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2306LT on June 8 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by the German Flak and later ditched by the crew off Great Yarmouth. All seven crew members were rescued.
Crew:
F/Sgt N. W. McKenzie,
P/O Field,
Sgt Sandford,
Sgt Smith,
Sgt Richmond,
F/Sgt Ledger,
Sgt Davis.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2319LT on June 6 on an operation to Emden. It failed to return to base and is believed to have been shot down by the German Flak and to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea off the Frisian Islands. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Sidney Edward Davies, pilot,
Sgt Howell Thomas,
P/O Talbot Jones Taylor,
F/Sgt Robert Leonard Bradshaw,
F/Sgt Roderick James Chisholm,
Sgt Arthur Squires.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2331LT on June 2 on an operation to Essen. Over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sint-Lenaarts. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Paul Alexander Hilton,
Sgt Ronald Charles Vosper Prout,
Sgt Walter Sharp,
Sgt Charles Burdon,
Sgt Sewell Thickett,
Sgt Peter Edgar Davis.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2230LT on May 19 on an operation to Mannheim. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Heuchelheim bei Frankenthal. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Dudley Herman Reed, pilot,
Sgt Edward James Morris, flight engineer,
Sgt Frederick D’Orsa Hunter, observer,
Sgt Francis Edwin Flint, wireless operator,
Sgt Richard Lionel Prosser, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Leslie Plimmer Russell, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2233LT on May 19 on an operation to Mannheim. It was hit by the German Flak while over the French coast, and this was followed at 0045LT by a night-fighter attack. With the starboard inner engine ablaze, the pilot ordered his flight engineer to feather the propeller, but in the confusion of the moment, he inadvertently stopped the starboard outer. All attempts to restart this engine failed and the bomber went into a steep dive, crashing at 0055LT near Aiglemont. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Ronald Walter Valters, pilot, †
Sgt Sidney Richard Stickney, pilot, †
Sgt William Richard Hunt, flight engineer, †
P/O Richard Guy Baker, navigator,
Sgt George Daft, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald George Southwell, wireless operator,
Sgt Gordon Kennedy, air gunner. †