Upper Heyford AFB

The crew was performing a routine training mission out of RAF Upper Heyford. En route, the pilot lost control of the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in a field located two miles west of Great Dunmow. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 11 crew members were killed. It was later reported that the airplane was carrying a load of ammunition that exploded for several hours, hampering the rescuers' mission.

The crew was completing a training sortie from RAF Upper Heyford. In flight, the instructor deliberately shut down an engine to simulate a failure. Few minutes later, one of the pilot under instruction inadvertently shot down the second engine. The crew was unable to restart the engine and the instructor decided to attempt an emergency landing. The aircraft belly landed in a pasture located in Middle Aston, about 2 miles northwest of the airfield. The aircraft came to rest and was written off while all four crew members were unhurt.

The crew departed RAF Upper Heyford to drop leaflets over the region of Orléans. The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Pontgouin, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Victor Norman Ballard, pilot,
P/O Albert Raymond Dicker,
Sgt Henry Richard Kinder,
Sgt Joseph Edwin Jones,
P/O Peter William Masters,
P/O George Brian Gibson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Upper Heyford on an operation to Bremen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O P. S. Duff,
P/O D. M. Wilson,
Sgt R. G. Nicholls,
Sgt Robert Andrew Salchenberger,
Sgt Thomas Harold Freestone.

The airplane departed RAF Upper Heyford 2100LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and later abandoned by the crew. The airplane crashed in Uden and was destroyed. All five crew members parachuted to safety and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt William Sidney Harrison, pilot,
P/O Eric James Seaman, observer,
Sgt Eric Lockwood, wireless operator,
Sgt Philip Nelson Faber, air gunner,
Sgt Frederick Arthur Andrew Browne, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Upper Heyford at 2117LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Over South Holland, it was probably shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Bleiswijk. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Bryan Bing,
Sgt Fred Dean,
Sgt Peter Martin,
Sgt Leonard Waterson,
Sgt D. Oxenham.

The airplane departed RAF Upper Heyford at 2051LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt William Donald Carrick,
Sgt James Frederick Deaton,
Sgt Thomas John Harboard,
F/Sgt James Frederick Irvine,
Sgt Harold Wright.

The airplane departed RAF Upper Heyford at 2037LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea. Three crew members were killed and two others were rescued five days later in their dinghy and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Charles Bonter, pilot,
P/O Arthur Henry Childs, observer, †
Sgt Robert James Harvey, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Douglas Richard Smith, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Richard Cecil Daoust, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Upper Heyford at 2027LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. In the late evening, the crew encountered engine problems and the airplane was ditched some 500 metres off Holland-on-Sea, Essex. Two crew members were killed and three others were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt Barney Andrew Rogers, wireless operator, †
Sgt Albert Edward Sedin, †
Sgt K. J. Johnson,
Sgt I. F. Leng,
P/O A. Boswell.

The airplane departed RAF Upper Heyford at 2355LT on July 31 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Elsendorp, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Eugene Garland Robertson, pilot,
F/Sgt Lloyd Gordon Harvie, observer,
Sgt Dennis Haig Kurtz, observer,
Sgt Horatio Leslie Cox, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Elden Francis Hueston, air gunner.