Short S.29 Stirling

The crew was engaged in a supply mission to the French Resistance and left RAF Lakenheath at 2112LT on April 10. While cruising by night over the French department of Ain, the aircraft was shot down by Flak and crashed on the roof of a farm. Two crew were able to leave the scene by themselves while all five other occupants were killed.
Crew (149th Squadron):
P/O D. Bray, pilot, †
P/O D. L. Northover, navigator, †
Sgt G. Cameron, bombardier, †
F/Sgt J. Turner, radio, †
Sgt A. E. Bristow, engineer, †
Sgt D. E. Cadge, air gunner,
F/Sgt N. C. H. Pilgrim, air gunner.

Crew was completing a supply mission to the French Resistance. While overflying Ain in snow falls, aircraft went out of control and crashed in Bois de Valorse, near Hauteville-Lompnes. All 7 crew of the 196th Squadron were killed.

The aircraft left RAF Downham Market at 2019LT on August 16 on a bombing mission to Torino, Italy. While flying over the east part of France at an altitude of 14,000 feet, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in a field in Saint German en Bugey. A crew member was taken PoW, another evaded while five others were killed.
Crew (218th Squadron):
W/O S. F. Chudzik, †
Sgt D. Deans, †
Sgt C. E. Taylor, †
Sgt D. P. J. Rawlings, †
Sgt J. D. Bates, †
Sgt J. L. Paterson,
Sgt W. L. McKinnon.

The aircraft left RAF Oakington at 0007LT on a bombing mission to Krefeld, Germany. While overflying Belgium by night at an altitude of 11,000 feet, the aircraft was intercepted amd shot down by two German fighters. The Stirling lost altitude and the captain attempted to make an emergency landing. On final, the aircraft stalled, hit the ground, went out of control and came to rest in flames on the bank of a canal. The captain and the navigator were killed while all five other occupants were taken PoW.
Crew (7th Squadron):
Bruce Meiklejohn, pilot, †
Charles Redwood, navigator, †
Bill Cole, flight engineer,
Frank Hugo, bomb aimer,
Leslie Ellingham, radio operator,
Jack Kilfoyle, air gunner,
Edgar Brown, air gunner.

The bomber left RAF Oakington after midnight to attack the city of Bocholt in Germany. While flying over The Netherlands, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in a field located in Akkerwoude. Six crew members were killed and one survived.
Crew (7th Squadron):
P/O E. C. Hallding, pilot, †
P/O Geoffrey Wragge, navigator, †
Sgt Arhur Eward Emms, air gunner, †
W/O Loois Nutik, wireless operator and air gunner, †
F/Sgt H. Sobel, air gunner, †
Sgt Norman Arthur Peachey, air bomber, †
Sgt F. A. Painter.

The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath at 2203LT on April 20 on an operation to Rostock. While returning to base the following night and passing over Denmark, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Ringkøbing. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt George Ivan Ellis, pilot,
P/O Ian Allison Mervyn Holloway, pilot,
Sgt Fred Leslie Cecil Kelly, flight engineer,
P/O Ernest Booth, navigator,
F/Lt David Ian McNarey, navigator,
Sgt Edwin Robert Ginn, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick Sheppard, air gunner,
Sgt Peter Banister Mills, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2230LT on April 20 on an operation to Rostock. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crash landed in a field in Kragelund. All seven crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Charles Spence Lyons, pilot,
Sgt Hugh Wood Somme Hipwell, flight engineer,
Sgt James Robert Marshall, navigator,
P/O Roy Lockwood, bomb aimer,
Sgt Richard Howland, wireless operator,
Sgt John Shaw, air gunner,
Sgt Maurice Charles Huggett, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 2217LT on April 20 on an operation to Szczecin. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Stralsund. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas Jopling, pilot, †
Sgt L. H. Shackleton, flight engineer,
Sgt Norman Louis Fairhurst, navigator, †
Sgt Kenneth Richard Faulconbridge, bomb aimer, †
F/Sgt Jack Warnes, wireless operator, †
Sgt Dennis William Lewin, air gunner,
Sgt Francis Charles Robinson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Newmarket at 2205LT on April 20 on an operation to Rostock. While returning to base the following night and passing over Denmark, it was shot down by a combination of German Flak and German fighter and crashed in Bøgballe. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Alan Gray Tolley, pilot,
Sgt Gerald Albert Raymond Town, flight engineer,
F/Sgt William Henry Ellis, observer,
F/Sgt Frank Wakefield Upton, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Cyril Thomas Cobb, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick Joseph Earle, air gunner,
F/Sgt Ian Charles Salt, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2100LT on April 20 on an operation to Szczecin. Passing over Denmark, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kelstrup. Seven crew members were killed while the flight engineer survived and evaded.
Crew:
F/Lt Charles Woodbine Parish, pilot, †
S/L Wilfred Albert Blake, pilot, †
Sgt Donald Victor Smith, flight engineer,
W/O James Stanley Marshall, observer, †
P/O Elmer Robert Vance, navigator, †
W/O Louis John Krulicki, wireless operator, †
Sgt Dennis Charles Farley, air gunner, †
Sgt Jack Lees, air gunner. †