Skellingthorpe AFB

Following a cross country navigation exercise, the airplane was returning to base at RAF Skellingthorpe when it crashed upon landing at night. There were no fatalities.
Crew:
Sgt Murray +4.

The crew was performing a local training exercise at RAF Skellingthorpe. For unknown reasons, the airplane crashed upon landing and caught fire. All occupants evacuated safely.
Crew:
Sgt A. L. Kitchin +6.

The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe at 1815LT on an operation to Hamburg. After passing the German coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Marne, some 23 km northeast of Cuxhaven. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew.
Sgt Trevor Jones, pilot,
Sgt Archibald Leslie Bung, flight engineer,
Sgt William Mcgowan Arnott, navigator,
P/O Thomas Jack Kingman, observer,
Sgt Oscar Wardle, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Albert Cobb, air gunner,
Sgt Edward Charles James Frizzell, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe at 1232LT on an operation to Milan. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Russell Lloyd Cumberland, pilot,
Sgt Walter Scott,
Sgt Stanley Alfred Gregg,
Sgt James Temple Philpott,
Sgt John James Glendinning, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Adey, air gunner,
Sgt John St K. Bernard Fern, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe at 2316LT on June 6 on an operation to Emden. Approaching the German coast, the crew reported technical problems with the engine and ditched the airplane off Borkum Island. Two crew members were killed and five others were rescued and became PoW.
Crew (50th Squadron):
F/O Argyle Donald Beatty, †
Sgt Ronald Garnet Burton, †
P/O Frederic William Robert Allen,
Sgt Ronald Gibson Buchanan,
Sgt Alan Frederick Scanlan,
Sgt Arthur Campbell Tebbutt,
Sgt Ronald Frank Davies.

The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe at 2227LT on June 5 on a mine laying operation in the Gorse region. Approaching the French coast, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea off Quiberon. Six crew members were killed and a seventh became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Desmond William Garland, pilot, †
Sgt John Joseph Nixon, pilot, †
Sgt Albert Moth, observer, †
P/O Reginald Thomas Gill, wireless operator,
Sgt William Gray, wireless operator, †
Sgt Robert William Ogilvie, air gunner, †
Sgt Walter Roy West, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe at 2110LT on June 3 on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by a German fighter, dove into the ground and crashed in an open field. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew (50th Squadron):
F/O John Frankland Heaton, pilot, †
P/O John Ross Steen, pilot, †
P/O Harold William Sheen, observer, †
Sgt John Albert Farquhar,
Sgt Kenneth James Frederick Gaulton,
Sgt Stanley Henry Thomas, air gunner, †
Sgt Peter Saviour Buttigeig.

The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe at 2301LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. Following an uneventful mission, the airplane returned to base when, while flying over Belgium at night, it was shot down by the German Flak. The captain ordered his crew to bail out. Sole on board, he attempted an emergency landing in Bree, some 21 km northwest of Gent. Unfortunately, the airplane went out of control and crashed in a drainage ditch and was destroyed. The captain was killed and all six others occupants evaded.
Crew (50th Squadron):
F/O Leslie Thomas Manser, pilot, †
Sgt Leslie Harold Baveystock, pilot,
P/O Richard John Barnes, radio navigator,
P/O Robert Milham Horsley, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Stanley Edward King, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Allan McFadyen Mills, air gunner,
Sgt Benjamin William Naylor, air gunner.

Following a cross country flight, the crew was unable to return to base at RAF Skellingthorpe due to poor weather conditions. The pilot diverted to RAF Waddington but the airplane landed in heavy rain on a grassy runway. Unable to stop within the remaining distance, the airplane overran, crossed the boundary fence and a road, lost its undercarriage and came to rest in a field. All three crew members escaped with minor injuries.
Crew:
P/O D. W. Garland, pilot,
F/Sgt P. Campbell,
Sgt N. Tomlin.

The crew departed RAF Skellingthorpe on a training sortie. While cruising at an estimated altitude of 800 feet, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in an open field. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (50th Squadron):
F/Sgt Peter James Widdell Blake, pilot,
P/O Alan Bartlett, observer,
F/Sgt Raymond Leslie Cunningham, wireless operator and air gunner,
Lac William Stanley Stevens,
AC1 Leslie Harrison.