Waddington AFB

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1818LT on an operation to Cologne. In unknown circumstances, it collided with a RAF Halifax registered W7882 also on an operation to Cologne with a crew of seven on board. Both airplanes crashed in Luyksgestel and were destroyed. All 14 crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Hordon, pilot,
W/O Edward Charles Lawrence,
Sgt Frank Reginald Checketts,
Sgt Ian Craig Traill,
Sgt Lisle Cox,
Sgt Phillip Bernard Copp,
Sgt Edward George Harrold, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2349LT on January 30 on an operation to Hamburg. Passing south of Bremen, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the vicinity of Vechta. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Jack Findlay Thomas, pilot,
Sgt Bryan Milton Swallow, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Frederick McLean, flight engineer,
Sgt John Murtagh, navigator,
Sgt William John Veysey, wireless operator,
Sgt Alfred Walter Hover, air gunner,
F/Sgt Laurence Alfred Morgan, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2350LT on January 30 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, the crew was instructed to divert to RAF Leeming. Few minutes later, out of fuel, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed at Hawnby Hill, near Northallerton. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Frank Goheen Nelson, pilot,
Sgt Allan McKeen, flight engineer,
Sgt George Francis Done, navigator,
Sgt Alan Arthur Frederick Williams, navigator,
Sgt Henry Summers Jones, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Arthur William Butcher, air gunner,
Sgt Walter George Murton, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Cottesmore at 0945LT on a training flight to RAF Waddington. On approach, the pilot initiated a turn to the left to reach the airfield when the port engine lost power. The airplane stalled and crashed near the airbase, bursting into flames. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Douglas Joseph Farrell, pilot,
Sgt Frank James Emberson,
Sgt Gordon Cornelius Nielsen,
Sgt Malcolm McMillan,
Sgt Richard Badcock.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1720LT on an operation to Berlin. Passing over Neumünster at night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Bahnhof Kleinkummerfeld, some 7 km southeast of Neumünster. All seven occupants were killed.
Crew:
P/O Anderson Storey, pilot,
Sgt Harold Claude Griffin, flight engineer,
F/O Gordon Hunt McMillan, navigator,
Sgt Robert Francis Matthews, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Ralph Calasanctis Morris, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick William Cater, air gunner,
Sgt Albert Clavey Spear, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1656LT on an operation to Berlin. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt John George Bruce Chilvers, pilot,
F/O Charles Broadbent Haslam,
Sgt Thomas William Jones,
Sgt Andrew McCabe,
Sgt Bernard Naylor,
Sgt Leslie Whiteside,
F/Sgt Florian Mercier Lacasse, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1654LT on an operation to Berlin. It crashed in unknown circumstances 3-4 km north of Zerbst and was destroyed. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Eldon Galbraith, observer, †
Sgt Joe Herbert Wejies De Silva, air gunner, †
Sgt Andrew Gordon Carswell,
Sgt Claude Earlton Clemens,
Sgt Henry Campbell Hipson,
Sgt James Wyllie Martin,
Sgt Edward James Phillips.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1658LT on an operation to Berlin. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Trevor Leslie Gibson, pilot,
Sgt John William Robinson Broadley,
F/O Eric William Mitchell Jacombs,
Sgt Harry Goodwin Jenkins,
F/Sgt Bernard Kenneth Skinner,
F/O Cyril Garnett Tilson,
Sgt Stanley Wescombe,
W/O Francis Arthur Webb, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1709LT on an operation to Berlin. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Richard Calcutt, pilot,
Sgt Colin Patrick Mitchell, flight engineer,
Sgt Stanley Allen, navigator,
Sgt Richard Dowding Perkins, bomb aimer,
W/O Roy Cook Fenton, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Douglas Bradbury, air gunner,
Sgt Vincent Lawrence, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1729LT on an operation to Essen. While returning to base in the evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Schouwen-Duiveland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt G. Lyons, pilot,
Sgt B. Simmons,
Sgt R. L. Chitty,
Sgt H. Cowlishaw,
Sgt S. Coates,
Sgt Arthur Joseph Kenny, air gunner,
Sgt A. Rees, air gunner.