Syerston AFB

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2030LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed near the target area. Lost without trace.
Crew.
F/Sgt Frank Hobson, pilot,
Sgt Gordon Anthony Hill, flight engineer,
Sgt Lloyd Watson Thomas, observer,
Sgt Wilfred Thomas Belton, wireless operator,
Sgt Philip Haig Fairbanks, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Albert Cranston Yates, wireless operator,
Sgt Ernest West Catlin, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2020LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. Later in the evening, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Zündorf, southeast of Cologne. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Malcolm Charles Davies, pilot,
Sgt Peter Alec Lashly, flight engineer,
P/O Louis Poch, observer,
F/Sgt John Lawrence Blair, observer,
F/Sgt Frank Wilfred Kidson, wireless operator,
F/Sgt James Harold Boston Woolgar, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Albert Benjamin McLellan, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 0025LT on an operation to Bremen. It was first hit by the German Flak then shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the De Alde Feanen National Park near Warten. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Peter Clement Vellacott Joslin, pilot, †
Sgt Eric Underwood Booth, flight engineer,
Sgt Philip James Bridgeman, navigator,
F/Sgt Edward Joseph May, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Bertram Arthur Farmer, wireless operator,
W/O James Francis Cooper, air gunner, †
P/O Neal Douglas Mullins, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2310LT on September 2 on an operation to Karlsruhe. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 40 km off The Hague. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Douglas Sinclair Forsyth, pilot,
P/O Alec Leonard Foster, flight engineer,
P/O Raymond Charles Taylor, navigator,
Sgt Thomas Amwyl Jeffries, bomb aimer,
P/O Herbert Orlando Peel, wireless operator,
Sgt Joseph Wright, air gunner,
P/O Charles Frederick Walter Underwood, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2105LT on August 28 on an operation to Nuremberg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed near the target area. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Edward Richards, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Norgate, pilot,
F/Sgt Franciszek Janiszewski, observer,
P/O William Shearer Pattinson, observer,
F/Sgt Leo Martin Cowan, wireless operator,
Sgt Wilfred Toole, air gunner,
P/O James Allister Wright, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2107LT on August 27 on an operation to Kassel. It was probably shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Thomas Deathers Brown, pilot, †
Sgt Eric William John Chaldecott, †
F/Sgt Roger Albert Clement, †
Sgt Hugh Cowan Taylor, †
Sgt John Boon,
F/Sgt Douglas Hugh Boswell,
P/O George Douglas Hughes.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2120LT on August 20 on an operation to Frankfurt. Approaching Cologne, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Efferen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr George Harcus Sheehan, pilot,
F/Sgt Noel Roy Meyer, pilot,
F/Sgt Benjamin John Davis, observer,
F/Sgt Joseph Mckay Atkinson, wireless operator,
Sgt Anthony Frederick Phillip Cursett-Sutherland, wireless operator,
Sgt John McCleary, air gunner,
Sgt Harold Ekin, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2359LT on July 29 on an operation to Saarbrücken. Over France, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Vrizy. Six crew members were killed and a seventh occupant became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Jack Graham Stewart, pilot, †
Sgt Robert Albert Parsons, flight engineer, †
Sgt John Elphege Sullivan, observer, †
F/Sgt William Vincent McQuaid, wireless operator, †
Sgt Joseph Albert Rice, wireless operator, †
Sgt Leonard George Millar, air gunner, †
Sgt Robert Lionel Beard.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2225LT on a mine laying operation in the Danish Sound off Verbena. Approaching the Danish coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea some 30 km off Esbjerg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Peter Wynn Mason West, pilot,
P/O Robert Lorne Storey, observer,
Sgt Eric Knight,
F/O Robert Wallace Komiski,
Sgt Edward Colin Marshall, wireless operator,
Sgt John Walter Morton, wireless operator,
Sgt Jack Brown, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2235LT on July 3 on a mine laying operation in the Nasturtium area. Approaching the Swedish coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Lerberget. Six crew members were killed while the pilot was wounded and rescued by a local vessel.
Crew:
F/Sgt G. S. Williams, pilot,
Sgt Jack Pritchard, , flight engineer, †
Sgt Mervyn Caddy, observer, †
Sgt Bruce Morgan, wireless operator, †
Sgt Harry Victor Turton, wireless operator, †
Sgt James Raine, air gunner, †
Sgt John Samson, air gunner. †