Oakington

The crew was engaged in a local training exercise at RAF Oakington. While circling in the vicinity of the airbase, the pilot lost control of the airplane while trying to avoid a collision with another RAF Stirling. Five crew members were killed and one was seriously injured. He died two days later from injuries sustained.
Crew:
Sgt Raymond Herbert John Broady, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Oswald Dibben, flight engineer,
Sgt George Trueman Jobson, bomb aimer,
Sgt Robert James McWilliam, wireless operator,
Sgt Alexander McIsaac, air gunner,
Sgt Charles Thomas Rogers, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1755LT on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base in the evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea north of the Dutch coast. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Herbert Adams Harris, pilot,
F/Sgt Richard Marlow Baldock,
P/O Joseph Peter Bulanda,
Sgt Charles Denis Evans,
Sgt Donald Frank Meade,
Sgt George Henry Stone,
F/Sgt Kenneth Laverne Howard, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1719LT on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching Sylt Island, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea north of the island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Walter Nicholls, pilot,
Sgt Lawrence Albert Davies,
Sgt Dennis Howard Davison,
W/O William Frederick Gordon,
Sgt Walter John Jarvis,
Sgt Deryck Bonney Beales, air gunner,
F/Sgt John Patrick Carter, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1714LT on an operation to Hamburg. Over the target, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the district of Gross Flottbeck, killing the entire crew. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Peter Heywood, pilot,
Sgt Godfrey Ernest Rickard, flight engineer,
Sgt Jack Horace Lovesey, observer,
Sgt Albert Ernest William Handley, navigator,
F/Sgt John Grice Jones, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter Ernest Raven, air gunner,
P/O Charles Mitchell, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1659LT to lay mines in the Nectarines area. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea off Vlieland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O David James Tottman, pilot,
Sgt William James Salter, flight engineer,
F/O George Cherniuk, observer,
F/Sgt Ernest Richard Springham, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald Edward Bates, air gunner,
W/O William Mckenzie Martin, air gunner,
F/O Peter Coulson Whitwell, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1747LT on a mine laying operation in the Nectarines area. While returning to base in the evening, it was mistakenly shot down by anti-aircraft fire and crashed into the sea off Great Yarmouth. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Noel Stuart Brady, pilot,
F/Sgt Robert Ernest Flavelle,
Sgt John Donald Cooper,
F/O Alexander Albert Harvey,
Sgt Jack Watkins,
F/O Robert Gledhill Winder,
Sgt Kenneth Albert Wilkins, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2005LT on an operation to Essen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the IJsselmeer off Lemmer. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Ben Dallenger, pilot,
P/O Robert Edward Clarke, pilot,
Sgt Peter Sandison, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Donald Trevor Lamb, observer,
Sgt William James Anderson, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Hugh Crabtree, air gunner,
Sgt Harry Oldfield Goddard, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2020LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was hit by the German Flak over Maastricht, which severely damaged the engines on the port wing. On regaining the East Anglia coast, the port outer fell from its frame and the starboard inner seized. A crash landing was made at Weeley, southeast of Colchester. Two crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Henry George Mallott, flight engineer, †
Sgt Frederick Arnold Thorpe, wireless operator, †
F/O J. P. Trench,
P/O C. L. Selman,
Sgt I. J. Edwards,
F/Sgt R. F. Jenner,
Sgt N. F. Smethurst.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2013LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Echt. Six crew members were killed, one became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
F/Lt Leslie Ronald Barr, pilot, †
P/O Ernest Ronald Maurice Runnacles, observer, †
P/O Irwin Dale Fountain, †
Sgt John Greenwood, †
Sgt Maurice Sidney Pepper, †
Sgt Peter Bertram Penton Price, †
P/O Eric Hubert Cook,
P/O Philip Gustave Freberg.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 0111LT on an operation to Duisburg. It crash in unknown circumstances near Goch, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Neville Arthur Bennitt, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Sawyer, flight engineer,
P/O Gordon Lewis John, observer,
F/Lt Jack Menzies Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt Noel Spalding, wireless operator,
P/O Henry William Aldridge, air gunner,
Sgt Cornelious Johannes Dupreez, air gunner.