North Luffenham AFB

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on an operation to Dortmund. A 2215LT, with an engine on fire, it crashed in Felpham, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Stanley Wilson Charles Culmer, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Edward George Nation, navigator,
Sgt James Aitken Hutchison, wireless operator,
Sgt Dennis Manning, air gunner.

The crew departed RAF North Luffenham on test flight. In unknown circumstances, the airplane crashed in Ridlington, killing both occupants.
Crew:
F/Sgt David Lloyd Carnegy Liddell, pilot,
Sgt Harold William Everett, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham in the evening of April 10 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base, the crew was forced to make and emergency landing for unknown reasons. The airplane crashed at Wrights Farm in Holbeach. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
Sgt H. D. Smith, pilot,
Sgt William Alexander McMeekin Allen, observer,
Sgt George Frederick Johnston, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Frank Woodfield, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a wooded area located north of Bad Berleburg. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Henry Charles Weeks, pilot, †
P/O David Huntly Johnson, observer, †
Sgt Sydney Rickard, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt Maurice Young Kennedy, air gunner. †

While returning to base following an operation over Cologne, the airplane ran out of fuel. The crew made an emergency landing on a bombing range at Grendon Underwood. All four crew members escaped uninjured. Convinced they had landed in enemy territory, the crew promptly set fire to the airplane.
Crew:
Sgt Henry Charles Weeks, pilot,
P/O David Huntly Johnson, observer,
Sgt S. Rickard, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Gowland, rear gunner.

Shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Gross Roscharden. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Laurence Albert Edward Smith, pilot,
F/Sgt George Murray Robertson, observer,
Sgt Arthur Henry Cassam, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt John Osborn Davies, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham at 1900LT on a mine laying operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Vlieland Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt David Towler, pilot,
Sgt Edward Frederick Penlington, observer,
Sgt John Burns, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt William Leopold Llewellyn Woodford, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on a mine laying operation. Returning to base, it clipped the wing of Short Stirling N3674, which had just landed and got bogged down. The Hampden was damaged beyond repair and the Stirling was repaired.
Crew:
Sgt D. J. Towler,
Sgt E. F. Penlington,
Sgt J. Burns,
Sgt W. Woodford.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham at 0145LT on a mine laying operation. Four minutes later, it crashed in unknown circumstances on the flare path, just beyond the airfield boundary. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
Sgt D. C. Hunter, pilot,
Sgt Richard Ball Calow, observer, †
F/Sgt Fernand Fagan MacKinnon, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Douglas Morris, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham in the evening of February 25 on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base the following night, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and apparently missed the airbase. Eventually, the airplane ran out of fuel and crashed in Hexthorpe, in the southwestern outskirts of Doncaster. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Reginald Alfred Bland, pilot,
F/O Harold Edward Aspey, observer,
F/Sgt John Balfour Gray, wireless operator,
Sgt John Arthur Eves, air gunner.