West Raynham AFB

The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 2250LT on July 21 on an operation to the airfield of Ahlhorn located 13 km northeast of Cloppenburg, Germany. The airplane failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed into the North Sea off the Danish coast. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Leslie John Jackson, pilot,
Sgt Samuel Beaumont, observer,
Sgt Albert Harris, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 2338LT on an intruder operation. Less than an hour later, the crew reported an engine failure when the airplane went out of control and crashed in Brisley. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Stuart Graham, pilot,
Sgt Michael Henry Beaufoy, observer,
Sgt Leslie Frederick Harrowell, wireless operator and air gunner.

Shortly after takeoff from RAF West Raynham, while climbing, the airplane entered a dive and crashed near Weasenham. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Frank Oswald Cooke, pilot,
Sgt Jack Mayne Wallbridge, observer,
Sgt Eric Kitcher, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 2239LT on June 1st on an operation to Venlo Airport. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Buschbell. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Patrick Bernard L'Hirondelle, pilot,
P/O Ronald George Inglis, observer,
Sgt Henry Meakin, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 2241LT on June 1st on an operation to the Bonn-Hangelar Airfield. Shortly after midnight, while approaching the Dutch coast, the airplane was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Cadzand. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Leonard Mitchell, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Muirhead McIntosh, observer,
Sgt Leonard Arthur Fussey, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 2124LT in an intruder operation over Cologne. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Hohemoor, 15 km southwest of Wilhelmshaven. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Joseph Fox, pilot,
Sgt John Leonard, observer,
Sgt Alfred Smithson, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 2230LT on April 26 for intruder duties in the vicinity of Eindhoven. It was badly shot about by a Junkers JU.88 and on return was further damaged by anti-aircraft fire near Lowestoft. The crew diverted to RAF Pulham where he made an emergency landing. The aircraft was destroyed and all three crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O John Robert Nassau Molesworth, pilot,
P/O Edmund Francis Keith Denny, observer,
Sgt W. H. Burberry, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 2215LT on an intruder sortie over Leeuwarden Airfield. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea north of Ameland Island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Patrick McKenny, pilot,
Sgt James McIntyre, observer,
Sgt Joseph Lewis, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 2136LT on an operation to Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Aalsmeer, south of the airfield. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
W/Cdr G. L. B. Hull, pilot,
F/Lt Thomas Herbert Baker, navigator,
P/O J. F. L. Morton, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 1915LT on an intruder operation over Soesterberg AFB. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Zeist. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr John Fraser Grant Jenkins, pilot,
F/O Henry Paul Brackner, observer,
Sgt Charles Henry Gray, wireless operator and air gunner.