Wellesbourne Mountford AFB

The airplane departed RAF Wellesbourne Mountford at 2244LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Stampersgat. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Arthur Fullerton, pilot,
F/O Leonard James Tait, observer,
Sgt Robert Alfred Armstrong, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Kenneth Napier, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Ronald Malcolm Sanders, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wellesbourne Mountford at 2255LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. Flying southwest of Bonn, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kalenberg, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Crew:-
F/Sgt Cyril James Matthews, pilot,
F/Sgt Philip Grimshaw Barclay, observer,
P/O William Frazer Caldwell, wireless operator,
Sgt Denis Henry Edwards, wireless operator,
P/O Dudley Arthur Ronald Tallis, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wellesbourne Mountford at 2248LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. Passing south of Düsseldorf, the airplane was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Stürzelberg. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Harold Roger Blake, pilot,
F/O Donald Stewart MacLean,
Sgt Ralph Nelson Adams Creswell, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Julian Robert Wanbon.
Sgt Noel Grattan.

The crew departed RAF Wellesbourne Mountford on a local training exercise. After completing several circuits, the crew initiated an approach to runway 24 when he encountered heavy snow falls. Unable to line up, the pilot-in-command initiated a go-around procedure when the airplane impacted trees and crashed. All four crew members were seriously injured but three of them later died from injuries sustained.
Crew:
F/O James Eric Allen, pilot, †
Sgt John Herbert Arthur Cox, pilot, †
W/O Allan David Cuthbert, wireless operator, †
Sgt G. Allen.

The crew departed RAF Wellesbourne Mountford on a local training exercise. After completing several circuits, the crew initiated an approach to runway 24 when he encountered heavy snow falls. The pilot-in-command lost visual contact with the runway lights and lost control of the airplane that lost height, impacted trees and crashed, bursting into flames. Three crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
P/O James Lynas, pilot, †
P/O William Joseph Turner, pilot, †
Sgt Peter Rees Chancellor, wireless operator, †
P/O R. J. Jackson,
Sgt W. A. Lane.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2240LT on May 26 on a mine laying operation off Brest. While returning to base the following night, it crashed while tryin to land at RAF Wellesbourne Mountford. The pilot was killed and three other crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Laurance Arthur Forty, pilot, †
Sgt G. Wood,
Sgt R. Thompson,
Sgt M. G. Lines.