Tempsford AFB

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford on a Special Operation Executive to France. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O John Edward Turnham, pilot,
W/O Jack Robert O'Leary, pilot,
F/O Laurence Wheatley, navigator,
Sgt Falconer Morrison, wireless operator,
Sgt Arnold Hallewell, air gunner,
Sgt Sydney White, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford on October 29 on a Special Operation Executive (Operation Wrench) consisting of dropping Polish agents, supply weapons, ammunition, explosives and large sums of money to the resistance in Poland. The airplane was badly shot about by German night-fighters, sustaining damage to control surfaces, engines and fuel tanks. While returning to base the following morning, the airplane was ditched in the sea off Sheringham. All occupants were rescued.
Crew:
W/O S. Klosowski, pilot,
F/Lt S. Krol,
F/Sgt Wasilewski.

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford at 1700LT on October 29 on a Special Operation Executive (Operation Wrench) consisting of dropping Polish agents, supply weapons, ammunition, explosives and large sums of money to the resistance in Poland. Over Poland, the crew was unable to locate the drop zone located in the region of Opole, and the captain decided to return to England. After a flight of 10 hours, while overflying south of Norway, the bomber was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a mountainous area located near Refsland. All 10 occupants were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Franciszek Sobkowiak, pilot,
W/O Franciszek Zaremba, pilot,
F/O Mariusz Wodzicki, observer,
F/O Franciszek Pantkowski, radio operator,
Sgt Czesław Kozłowski, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Tadeusz Madejski, dropper,
F/Sgt Wacław Żuk, air gunner.
Passengers:
Lt Wiesław Szpakowicz,
Lt Stanisław Hencel,
2nd Lt Jerzy Bichniewicz.

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford at 2013LT on October 22 on a Special Operation Executive (SOE) called Spruce 2, which involved a flight over the French territory. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and was ditched in The Channel off Eastbourne. All five crew members were rescued. The airplane sank and was lost.
Crew:
P/O G. F. B. Newport-Tinley, pilot +4.

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford on a Special Operation (SOE) over Belgium, operation code Lucky Shot 8 and Grantham 1. While returning to base, it crashed upon landing and was destroyed. The pilot was killed and two other crew members including the copilot were injured.
Crew:
P/O Wreford William George Smith, pilot, †
Sgt Lamont, copilot,
F/Sgt Ward, navigator,
P/O Farley,
Sgt Pope,
Sgt Moxon.

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford on a Nordpol Spiel operation Lettuce 7 (Special Operations Executive). It crashed for unknown reasons into the North Sea off Hoek van Holland. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O E. Edge, pilot,
Sgt J. R. S. Scott, †
P/O J. A. C. Kite, †
Sgt K. T. Harbridge, †
Sgt A. Gander, †
Sgt D. L. Taaffe.

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford at 1800LT on October 1st on 'Operation Chisel' which involved a flight over the Polish territory to locate the Drop Zone RAK 206 that was one kilometer south of Siedlce. While returning to base the following morning, it ran out of fuel and crash landed in an open field located in Goldsborough. All seven crew escaped uninjured.
Crew:
F/Sgt Stanisław Klosowski, pilot,
W/O Franciszek Zaremba, pilot,
Sgt Czesław Kozlowski, flight engineer,
F/O Mariusz Marcin Wodzicki, navigator,
F/Sgt Zdzisław Nowinski, bomb aimer,
F/O Franciszek Pantkowski, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Tadeusz Madejski, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford on an operation to Merville. Approaching the target area in the early morning, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. Three crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt David Harrison Freeland, pilot, †
F/Sgt Edmund George Hayhoe, pilot, †
W/O John Horace Cos, navigator,
F/Sgt Frederick George Green, wireless operator, †
W/O Peter Gilbert Moore, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford in the evening of September 24 on a Special Operation. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Sévigny-Waleppe. A crew was killed, three became PoW and three evaded.
Crew:
P/O Cyril Denys Boothby, pilot,
Sgt Lawrence Cecil George Quirk, pilot,
P/O John Rayson, navigator,
P/O Lewis George Alfred Reed, wireless operator,
Sgt Colin Ian Blyth, air gunner,
F/Sgt Percy George Clayton, air gunner,
Sgt Ronald Eden Franklin, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford in the evening of September 19 on Special Operations Executive (SOE). Over France, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Dugny-sur-Meuse. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt F. McL. MacDonald,
F/Sgt J. D. Walls,
P/O M. R. Symonds,
Sgt W. E. R. Wright,
Sgt A. R. Ashford,
Sgt H. Pateman.