Mildenhall AFB

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 1349LT on an operation to Essen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Robert Rawlings, pilot,
Sgt John Coltman,
Sgt Henry Arthur Merrony,
F/Sgt William Morgan Murphy,
F/Sgt Donald Stewart Rathe, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall in the evening of October 24 on an operation to Milan. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wargnies-le-Grand, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt James Allison McConnell, pilot,
Sgt Selwyn Clarence Smith, navigator,
Sgt Arthur Quinn, air bomber,
Sgt Douglas Noel Tonkin, wireless operator,
Sgt Vallance Albert Oliver Dimock, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall in the evening of October 24 on an operation to Milan. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off Goedereede. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Donald Stuart Ooldridge, pilot,
Sgt Robert Louis Andrew McFarland, navigator,
Sgt Kenneth Harry Yeoman, observer,
Sgt Alan Francis Gardner, wireless operator,
Sgt George Alfred Frederick Couzens, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at in the evening of October 24 on an operation to Milan. Shortly after midnight, while returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Ville-sur-Retourne. Two crew members were killed, one became PoW and two evaded.
Crew:
Sgt Howard James Hugill, pilot,
Sgt Edmund John Pete, observer,
Sgt E. Worsdale, navigator,
Sgt James George Barnes, wireless operator,
Sgt L. Newbold, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall to lay mines off the western coast of France. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Bay of Biscay. Lost without trace.
Crew:
S/L C. M. Wright, pilot,
P/O D. F. Fitzgerald,
P/O E. D. Daintith,
F/Sgt W. J. Mollard,
Sgt E. Wilde.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 1800LT to lay mines off the western coast of France. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Bay of Biscay. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Douglas Huntly Gordon, pilot,
Sgt David Buchanan, observer,
Sgt Cyril Robert Stoward, navigator,
Sgt Cyril George Parr, radio operator,
Sgt Edwin Thomas Port, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall in the evening of October 13 on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel. The pilot diverted to RAF Lakenheath where the airplane crashed on landing. All five crew members were injured, the navigator died five days later from injuries sustained.
Crew:
Sgt C. R. Davey, pilot,
Sgt John Brewick Redhead, navigator, †
Sgt C. C. Wright,
Sgt L. Stone,
Sgt E. McDermott, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall on an operation to Kiel. In the late evening, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Darenwurth, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Ventry Watters, pilot,
Sgt Lewis Harry Parkinson, navigator,
Sgt Albert Cyril Orr, air bomber,
Sgt Ellison George Firth, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry Edward Goldsack, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall in the evening to lay mines in the Kattegat. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Langli Island, northwest of Esbjerg. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Charles John Shalfoon, pilot,
Sgt Harold Wolfenden, navigator,
Sgt Sydney Posner, observer,
Sgt Algernon Parsons, wireless operator,
Sgt Roy Harold Scott, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 1901LT on an operation to Osnabrück. Over the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O L. I. Smith, pilot,
P/O R. L. Albery,
Sgt R. C. Loombe,
P/O D. W. Lennard,
Sgt J. Hockenhull.