Skegness

The airplane departed RAF Kirmington at 2345LT on June 28 on an operation to Cologne. Outbound, the crew encountered an unexpected situation and abandoned the airplane that crashed 5 km north of Skegness. A crew was killed after his parachute failed to open properly while four other crew members parachuted to safety. The airplane was destroyed.
Crew:
P/O W. B. McGinn, pilot,
Sgt R. Hadley,
Sgt G. I. Turnbull,
Sgt James Robert Whittaker, †
Sgt R. Hanshaw, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe at 0016LT on an operation to Frankfurt. It turned back with a technical defect and called requesting permission to jettison the bomb load. This was given and at 0257LT, the crew signaled to say all bombs have been dropped over the sea. At 0310LT, a Royal Observer Corps post reported an aircraft heading inland, but very feint w/t signals were picked up at 0445LT and the Lancaster was the thought to be some 100 km off Skegness. An air sea rescue search was mounted and a few small pieces of wreckage were found in the search area. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Francis Gerard McGrath, pilot,
Sgt Robert Francis Wilson, flight engineer,
Sgt Ronald Coulson, navigator,
F/Sgt Peter Lawford Mansfield, bomb aimer,
F/O Alfred Cheetham, wireless operator,
Sgt Alfred Henry Jeffery, air gunner,
Sgt Cyril Birtles, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Marham on an operation to Duisburg. After being damaged by enemy fire, the crew attempted to return to base but was eventually forced to ditch the airplane some 15 km off Skegness. The airplane sank and was lost. All five crew members were rescued.
Crew:
F/Sgt E. Boutiller,
Sgt W. Scott,
Sgt A. Gallagher,
Sgt A. Clark,
Sgt T. Clarke.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 0040LT on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following morning, it was ditched into the sea some 11 miles east-southeast of Skegness. All five crew members were rescued by the Skegness lifeboat 'Anne Allen' at 1135LT.
Crew:
P/O A. C. McKenzie,
Sgt E. E. Jones,
Sgt J. D. Carmicheal,
Sgt R. J. Harwood,
Sgt V. C. Fraser.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby on a test flight. While flying at low height over the sea off Skegness, the airplane stalled and crashed. A crew was killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Stanley Edward Thurston, †
LAC T. Sissons,
Sgt C. H. Lockyer.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Hamburg. Prior to midnight, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed into the sea about a mile off Skegness. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O John Raymond Bufton, pilot,
P/O Konstantine Ballas-Anderson, pilot,
Sgt Frederick James William Bichard, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Robert Forrest Robertson, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2110LT on August 28 on an operation over Berlin. The next morning, while returning to its base, it was ditched into the sea off Skegness. All four crew members were rescued from their rubber dinghy after being adrift for several hours.
Crew:
F/L J. A. Pitcairn-Hill,
F/O Watson,
Sgt T. P. Byrne,
F/O R. Stannion.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Kiel. While returning to its base, it ran out of fuel and was ditched into the sea some 16 km east of Skegness. All four crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt J. Unsworth,
Sgt D. S. Imber,
Sgt McDonald,
LAC Allwood.

Shortly after takeoff from Skegness Aerodrome, while climbing, the pilot initiated a turn when the airplane stalled and crashed, bursting into flames. Both occupants were killed.
Crew:
Hubert Bentinck Chantrey, pilot.
Passenger;
Vera Emily Field.

Few minutes after takeoff from Ingoldmells, near Skegness, the single engine aircraft crashed into the North Sea off Skegness. The pilot Eric C. Peacock was injured while the passenger James Barton drowned.