Waddington AFB

The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening on an operation to Kiel. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Grossenaspe, 40 km south southwest of Kiel. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Harvey Courtney, pilot,
Sgt Herbert Llewelyn Jones, flight engineer,
P/O Ronald Edward Raven, navigator,
F/O Kennedy Emslie Fraser, bomb aimer,
W/O Thomas Wilfred Telfer, wireless operator,
F/O Stuart Melbourne Hobson, air gunner,
Sgt Eric Sharpe Wood, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1957LT on an operation to Essen. In the late evening, while returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Stevensbeek, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O William Hallewell Swire, pilot,
Sgt Gerwyn Howell Evans, pilot,
Sgt George Robert Gilbert, flight engineer,
Sgt Eric William Cook, navigator,
Sgt Ronald Douglas Francis, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Roy Reginald Feeley, air gunner,
Sgt Walter Watts, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1958LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Meiderich, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L Geoffrey William Jones Jarrett, pilot,
Sgt Harold Precious, flight engineer,
P/O George Smith, navigator,
F/O Andrew Greville Seymour, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ivor Francis, wireless operator,
F/O George Raynor Dale, air gunner,
Sgt Jack Miles, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington on March 29 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Strausberg, 33 km east northeast of Berlin. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth James Johnson, pilot,
Sgt William Henry Shipp, flight engineer,
P/O Illtyd French Leng, observer,
Sgt Ronald Albert Edmonds, bomb aimer,
Sgt Thomas Clarkson Somerville, wireless operator,
Sgt Cecil George Lewin Marlin, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Twiddy, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Berlin. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Grossbeeren, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Albert Joseph Horwood, pilot,
Sgt Louis William John Schultz, flight engineer,
Sgt Robert Longster Cole, navigator,
W/O Fred Winslow Guild, wireless operator,
W/O Jack McArthur Newton, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Horace Herbert Clements, air gunner,
Sgt George McCurrach Sheridan, air gunner.

The crew was performing a local night training exercise at RAF Waddington when the airplane crashed for unknown reasons upon landing and was damaged beyond repair. All five crew members were unhurt.
Crew:
Sgt D. Sharpe, pilot,
Sgt T. Johnstone,
Sgt R. Dash,
Sgt N. Morris,
Sgt E. Griffiths.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2008LT on March 13 to lay mines in the Spinach area off Gdynia. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the Baltic Sea west of Rønne. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Howard Clark Lewis, pilot,
Sgt Douglas Cowie, flight engineer,
Sgt Raymond Leon Laycock, navigator,
Sgt John Ian Mitchell, bomb aimer,
Sgt Reginald Charles Hitchcock, wireless operator,
Sgt Richard Frederick Cunningham, air gunner,
Sgt John Hitchin Howorth, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington to lay mines in the Willows area. Over Denmark, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Strib. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Brian Thomas Campbell Smith, pilot,
Sgt Gordon Ronald Black, flight engineer,
F/O Robert Henry Carr, navigator,
Sgt Charles Henry David Cook, bomb aimer,
Sgt Geoffrey Spencer Love, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Charles Victor Brown, air gunner,
Sgt Alfred Healey, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington to lay mines in the Geraniums area. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Sassnitz, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt James Donald Gayton, pilot,
Sgt Ralph Donkin Kirkup, flight engineer,
Sgt William Charles Burgess, navigator,
Sgt Leonard Arthur Quick, bomb aimer,
W/O David Henry Miller, wireless operator,
Sgt George Allen, air gunner,
Sgt Arthur John Taylor, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1901LT on March 1st on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following night, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Heighington. Three crew members were killed and four others were injured.
Crew:
F/Lt J. V. Verran, pilot,
Sgt E. S. Smithson, †
P/O F. T. Johnson,
P/O L. H. Geach, †
P/O J. H. Moutray,
Sgt K. W. Chalk,
Sgt K. E. W. Matthews, air gunner. †