Snaith AFB

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 0030LT on an operation to Osnabrück. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Daarle. Four crew members were killed and an observer became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Stanley Glover, pilot, †
F/O Stephen Douglas Read, observer,
P/O Philip William Carr, observer, †
F/Sgt William George Webb, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Desmond David Swinnard, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 0040LT on an operation to Duisburg. Almost immediately after takeoff, it went out of control and crashed 1,6 km west of the airfield, bursting into flames. Four crew members were killed and a fifth was seriously injured. On August 15, the only survivor died from injuries sustained.
Crew:
F/Sgt Robert Wilson Baxter,
Sgt Bertie Harry Cosby, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Herbert Hodsell,
F/Sgt Anthony Roland Tipple, wireless operator,
Sgt Harold Weller, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2340LT on July 29 on an operation to Saarbrücken. Over north of France, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Pihen-lès-Guînes. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Lionel Rees Cohen, pilot,
P/O Herbert John Ivory, observer,
Sgt Alfred James, wireless operator,
Sgt Joseph Frank Whittaker, air gunner,
Sgt Desmond Albert York, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 0035LT oln an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off The Hague. A wireless operator was killed while five other occupants were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Darcy Murray Horselman, pilot,
Sgt Owen Leigh Griggs, pilot,
Sgt Jones Oliver Badcock, observer,
Sgt Richard Denison Beeston, wireless operator, †
Sgt James Miller Saunders, air gunner,
Sgt Joseph Vincent Busuttin, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2325LT on July 21 on an operation to Duisburg. It was flying for nearly two hours at an altitude of 11,000 feet when, due to lack of oil pressure, the starboard engine seized. This was followed by a loss of height and though the bomb load was jettisoned, the Wellington was abandoned and left to crash near a farm in Burgerbrug. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O John Brooke Skrender, pilot, †
P/O R. Watson, navigator,
Sgt William Edward Grimley, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas George Richard Allaway, air gunner, †
Sgt D. R. Coleman, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 0925LT on an operation to Essen. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea off The Hague. Four crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Michael Hesketh Wilding, pilot,
P/O Michael D'Arcy Mander, observer, †
Sgt Harold Hewetson, wireless operator, †
Sgt James Stoddard May, air gunner, †
Sgt Norman Edmund Brace, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 0010LT on an operation to Duisburg. Due to severe icing conditions, the mission was abandoned and the crew elected to return to base. While trying to reach RAF Martlesham Heath, the airplane went out of control and crashed in Tannington. Three crew members were killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt John David Wilson Sykes, pilot, †
Sgt F. Mellis, navigator,
Sgt John William Calvert, wireless operator, †
Sgt Lionel Frederick Perry, air gunner, †
Sgt J. Moffatt,
P/O Hayes.

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2310LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crash landed in Surhuisterveen. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Brendan Joseph Hooper, pilot,
Sgt Thor Trevor Stuart Larson, observer,
Sgt J. A. Griffiths, wireless operator,
Sgt Leslie Miviat West, air gunner,
Sgt Earl Tilley, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2325LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Woudenberg, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Alan Nightingale, pilot,
Sgt George Boyd Gane, pilot,
F/Sgt Douglas Cranswick, observer,
Sgt Louis Augustin Marie Cauchy, wireless operator,
Sgt Leslie Ernest Clarke, air gunner,
F/Sgt Milton Argue Fawcett, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2325LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer off Enkhuizen. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Derek Oscar Osborne, pilot,
F/Sgt Gerald Cobden, observer,
Sgt Iestyn James, bomb aimer,
Sgt Leslie Richard Dye, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Desire Ernest Charles Adams, air gunner.