Warboys AFB

The crew was performing a training sortie from RAF Warboys. While cruising at low altitude in poor visibility, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of Mt Rushup Edge located southwest of Edale. The aircraft was destroyed and all four crew members were injured.
Crew (PFNT):
F/Lt Brian Gipson, pilot,
F/Lt Douglas Ivor Jones, copilot,
F/Lt William John Barclay, navigator,
F/O Victor Percival Skone-Rees, bomber.

The airplane departed RAF Warboys at 2024LT on an operation to Kiel. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Rosenfeld, two km east of Schwentinental. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Brian Grimston, pilot,
F/O Karl Girrbach, pilot,
Sgt Thomas John Woodward, flight engineer,
F/O Alfred Beazley Marsh, navigator,
P/O Stewart James Volante, bomb aimer,
P/O Albert Leonard Stanley Portch, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Kevin Robert Hazelwood, air gunner,
W/O Graham Campbell Stafford, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Warboys at 1948LT on April 3 on an operation to Essen. Shortly after midnight, while returning to base following an uneventful mission and while overflying The Netherlands at night, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Waddenzee, some 15 km east of Texel. All seven crew members were killed. Few debris of the aircraft were found in 1989.
Crew (156th Squadron):
F/Sgt Reginald Anderson Byass, pilot,
Sgt Gilbert Robert Minns, flight engineer,
F/O Gregory James Black, observer,
Sgt Norman Ray Thurecht, bomb aimer,
Sgt Russell Seymour Trigwell, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald Lawrence Robertson, air gunner,
Sgt Stanley Edward Crooks, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Warboys at 2025LT on an operation to Berlin. It crashed in unknown circumstances near the hamlet of Döberitz, east of Premnitz. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Reginald John Wallis, pilot,
Sgt Alexander Mackenzie, flight engineer,
F/Sgt John Goodwillie Shepherd, navigator,
Sgt Frederick James Walder, navigator,
Sgt Urien Thomas, wireless operator,
W/O Gordon Thomas Hillman, air gunner,
Sgt Stanley Poole, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Warboys at 2108LT on an operation to Munich. Outbound, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a wooded area located in Hofstätten, some 19 km southeast of Kaiserslautern. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Leslie Grahame Goodley, pilot, †
Sgt Richard George Riley, flight engineer, †
P/O James Burdett Thompson, observer, †
S/L William Arthur Coleman Ball, navigator, †
P/O Leslie Jones, wireless operator,
F/Lt Christopher David Gilliat, air gunner, †
P/O Gerard Percy, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Warboys at 2015LT on an operation to Nuremberg. Approaching the target area, it crashed in unknown circumstances near Fürth, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Murray Edward White, pilot,
Sgt Clement Roland Swift, flight engineer,
W/O Robert Harvey Ward, navigator,
W/O Robert Douglas Strong, navigator,
P/O Walter Raymond Affleck, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John William Albert Dorsett, air gunner,
Sgt Jack Neale, air gunner, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Warboys at 1908LT on an operation to Essen. Approaching Duisburg, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Bönninghardt. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Stanley Gordon Hookway, pilot,
Sgt Eric Brandreth Alsop, flight engineer,
P/O Frederick William Hart, navigator,
F/O Ronald Douglas Turk, navigator,
Sgt Donald Heap, wireless operator,
F/O Edmund Luff, air gunner,
Sgt Walter Henry Clark, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Warboys at 1807LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. While cruising along the Frisian Islands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea north of Vlieland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Thomas Edward Case, pilot,
Sgt John William Denby, flight engineer,
P/O Harry William Welch, navigator,
Sgt Elias Cuthbert, bomb aimer,
Sgt Hugh Alexander McLennen, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Percy George Bayliss, air gunner,
P/O Pierre Yves Camille Tremblay, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Warboys at 0055LT on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base in the morning, it crashed upon landing and was destroyed by a post crash fire. All seven crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
W/O H. F. M. Taylor, pilot,
Sgt R. C. Drinkwater,
Sgt J. R. Hood,
Sgt B. H. Gooding,
F/Sgt J. McCrum,
F/Sgt H. W. Hawksley,
Sgt W. O. Woolnough, air gunner.

The crew departed RAF Upwood on a training flight to RAF Warboys. On approach, the pilot encountered limited visibility due to fog. On final, the airplane impacted the ground and crashed in an open field, coming to rest upside down. Both crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt R. M. Leeming, pilot +1.