Oakington

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2038LT on August 28 on an operation to Nuremberg. It crash landed at 0351LT at Manston Airfield colliding with parked Spitfires and finishing up against the station armory. All seven crew members escaped unhurt.
Crew:
Sgt R. H. Middleton,
Sgt N. Vickers,
F/Sgt H. F. Russell,
Sgt D. H. Jones,
Sgt J. W. Mackie,
F/Sgt H. W. Gough,
Sgt D. Cameron.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2033LT on August 28 on an operation to Nuremberg. The following night, it ran low on fuel and crashed while attempting to land at RAF Boscombe Down. All seven crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
P/O W. W. Boylson,
Sgt G. Robinson,
Sgt W. R. Jones,
Sgt F. T. B. Wills,
Sgt A. H. Hotchkiss,
Sgt J. P. Carter,
Sgt W. Degg.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2042LT on August 24 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Berzée. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Joseph Antoine, observer, †
Sgt Charles George Edwin Dearlove, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Arthur Osborne Graham, air gunner, †
W/O William Nelson Shumsky, pilot, †
Sgt James Sydney Spark, air gunner, †
Sgt Patrick Denis Kinsella,
F/Sgt E. A. Walker.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2019LT on August 24 on an operation to Frankfurt. It was badly shit about by a German fighter and later crashed while trying to land at RAF Abingdon. All seven crew members escaped with minor injuries.
Crew:
Sgt James Edward Land, pilot,
Sgt S. A. Pearce, flight engineer,
Sgt George Hayes, navigator,
Sgt L. J. Walter, bomb aimer,
Sgt Frank Edward Davidson, wireless operator,
Sgt Gordon Frederick Eldridge, air gunner,
F/Sgt Charles Robert Bee, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2045LT on August 24 on an operation to Frankfurt. Over France, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sécheval. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
W/O Joseph Anthony Krause, navigator, †
P/O William Ewart Pickup, air gunner, †
W/Cdr John Morland Shewell, †
P/O Cecil Warner, air gunner, †
Sgt Jerome Christopher Cooley,
Sgt Hamish Clark Brownlie Park,
Sgt Douglas Mark Smith.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 0125LT to lay mines in the Nectarines area (Frisian Islands). At 0458LT, the crew reported the Stirling was over a built up area, and asked for a course. Subsequently, the crew force landed near Loevenstein Castle, about 4 km west of Brakel. While the airplane was damaged beyond repair, all seven crew members escaped uninjured and became PoW.
Crew (7th Squadron):
Sgt John Alan Beavis Bond,
Sgt Christopher Alan Bowers,
Sgt Arthur Buckley,
Sgt Tom Roland Gough,
Sgt Anthony Richard Holman,
Sgt Stuart Cardy Orrell,
Sgt Frank Thompson.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2128LT on August 13 on a mine laying operation in the Daffodils region. Approaching the Danish coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Nymindegab. Seven crew members were killed and an eighth occupant survived and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt James Alexander Adamson, †
P/O Henry Astell-Burt, observer, †
Sgt Gerard Carroll, †
F/Sgt Hugh Mackenzie Clark, †
Sgt William Gordon Foale, †
Sgt John Wilfred Street, wireless operator, †
Sgt Frank Arthur Hayes, air gunner, †
Sgt Victor Henry Sharp.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 0100LT on an operation to Duisburg. Just after passing the Dutch/German border, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hüthum, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Clifford George Pullen, pilot,
Sgt Philip Cecil John Brain, flight engineer,
P/O Alexander Whyte Cassie Montgomery, observer,
Sgt Eric Gilbert Kershaw, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas Wilfred Mathieson, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Leslie Rodwell, air gunner.
Sgt Samuel Leach Hore, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2228LT on July 28 on an operation to Hamburg. Over German, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Kleinhorsten, some 38 km northwest of Oldenburg. Seven crew members were killed while the wireless operator survived and became PoW.
Crew:
W/O John Morton Burroughs Black, pilot, †
Sgt Clarence Patrick Lund, pilot, †
Sgt Frank Alfred Murphy, flight engineer, †
Sgt Frank Ebrey Lawson, observer, †
Sgt Geoffrey Ramsden Thomas, wireless operator,
Sgt Vincent Anderson, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Leonard Robert Pulling, air gunner, †
Sgt Jack Herbert White, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2209LT on July 28 on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Aschhorn, some 45 km northwest of Hamburg. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Albert Henry Charles Bates, †
Sgt John Boyle, †
Sgt Frank Lethbridge McIntyre, †
F/Lt Douglas Weston Wwhiteman, pilot, †
Sgt Alfred Leslie Crockford,
P/O Leslie Raymond Sidwell,
W/O C. F. Carter.