Scampton AFB

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2313LT on June 6 on an operation to Emden. Approaching the German coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Borkum Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (49th Squadron):
S/L Peter Morrice De Mestre, pilot,
Sgt Albert Francois Buttel, pilot,
P/O Ronald Henry James Thorndyke, observer,
Sgt George Clive Whitfield, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Douglas Stephen Halliday, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Lewis James Jones, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt Maxwell Elliott Whitehill, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2319LT on June 6 on an operation to Emden. While overflying the North Sea at night, it crashed in unknown circumstances. Lost without trace.
Crew (49th Squadron):
F/Lt Roger Edward Rawle Paramore, pilot,
Sgt Harold Whittemore, pilot,
P/O Harold Jesse Vincent, observer,
Sgt Hugh Charles Hood, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Alexander Logie, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Robert Harold Seaton, air gunner,
Sgt John Howie Pollock, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 0007LT on an operation to Essen. Over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Voorheide. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O William Clifford Shackleton, pilot, †
F/Sgt Reginald Henry Hobson Garratt, pilot, †
Sgt Frank William Moles Wilson, observer, †
Sgt Reginald Cyril Shannon, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Douglas Nolan, wireless operator,
Sgt George John Arscott Miles, air gunner, †
Sgt Ernest Albert Patey, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2310LT on June 1st on an operation to Essen. It is believed that it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off Katwijk aan Zee. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Frank Rumsey Busby, pilot,
Sgt Leonard Frederick Smith, pilot,
P/O Kelvin Cholwill Billing, navigator,
Sgt Clifford Baines, bomb aimer,
Sgt Joseph Dick Dodsworth, wireless operator,
Sgt William Anderson Hall, air gunner,
Sgt Stanley Jack Ross Hoff, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2255LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. While flying over Duisburg at night, the airplane was shot down by the German Flak and the right engine exploded. Five crew members were able to bail out when the airplane rolled over, entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a huge explosion, killing both other occupants.
Crew (49th Squadron):
P/O Philip Nevil Floyd, pilot, †
Sgt Douglas Evans Randall,
Sgt John Ross McKenzie Valentine,
Sgt John Smith, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt Frederick Edward Woodrow,
Sgt James Frank Wright,
Sgt Eric Probert.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2300LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. While flying over the Netherlands at night, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and is believed to have crashed into the IJsselmeer, off Emmeloord. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.
Crew (49th Squadron):
P/O John Philip Carter, pilot,
F/Sgt David Block, pilot,
Sgt George Charles Haynes, radio navigator,
Sgt John Cook Ramsey, air gunner,
Sgt Lawrence John Yeates, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Arnold Gregory Welch, air gunner,
Sgt Maurice Samuel Ash, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2043LT to lay mines. Approaching the Dutch coast, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea north off Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Francis William Sligo, pilot,
Sgt Ian McLaren, observer,
F/Sgt Ernest William Jackson, wireless operator,
Sgt Raymond John Webley, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2134LT on April 14 on an operation to Dortmund. It is believed that it was shot down by a German fighter while approaching the target area. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Herbert Glyn Williams, pilot,
Sgt Leslie William Webbe, observer, †
Sgt Horace Stanley Brown, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Ralph, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2132LT on April 12 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following morning, and while cruising at an altitude of 5,300 feet, both engines failed due to fuel exhaustion. The pilot ordered his crew to bail out before leaving the aircraft himself. Tragically, the remainder of the crew failed to get out in time and all three were killed when the airplane crashed in a field located at Chamberlain Charity Farm, Fitling. The pilot was injured.
Crew:
Sgt James Trevor James, pilot,
Sgt William John Marshall, observer, †
Sgt Harold Taylor, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Thompson Smith, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2122LT on an operation to Essen. Passing over Oberhausen, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Bottrop. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Charles Marshall, pilot,
Sgt Stuart Woodhead, observer, †
Sgt Frederick Webster, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt William Alfred Collins, wireless operator and air gunner. †