Graveley AFB (Huntingdon)

The aircraft left RAF Graveley at 2121LT on April 27, on a bombing mission to Friedrichshafen. While flying over the south of Germany at an altitude of 4,880 meters, the aircraft was hit by Flak. The captain reduced his altitude in an attempt to make an emergency landing when the aircraft eventually crashed in the Konstanz Lake, off Steckborn. The navigator was killed while all six other crew members were unhurt.
Crew (35th Squadron):
P/O Robert Peter, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Brereton, flight engineer,
F/S Geoffrey Foulkes, navigator, †
F/S Noel Davis, bomb aimer,
F/S Murray Bartle, wireless operator,
Sgt David Balmer, mid-upper gunner,
Sgt Irvine Graham, rear gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2309LT on June 28 on an operation to Cologne. Near the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Ülpenich, 34 km southwest of Cologne. The pilot was killed while seven other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Nelson Alexander Cobb, pilot, †
F/O Leonard Whiteley, flight engineer,
Sgt Roland Hurlston Baldwin,
F/Sgt Charles Henry Bullock,
F/O David Archibald Codd,
F/Sgt Walter Palfrey Trask, bomb aimer,
F/O Mark Anthony Sachs, air gunner,
F/Sgt Jack Edward Stuart Matthews, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2327LT on June 28 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over Belgium, it as shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Souverain-Wandre. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Graham Thomas Beveridge, pilot, †
Sgt Leslie Ernest Carey, flight engineer, †
Sgt Stanley Kiran Gordon-Powell, navigator,
Sgt Henry Charles Billett, bomb aimer,
P/O Ralph John Taylor, wireless operator,
Sgt William Hughes, air gunner, †
Sgt Francis Cyril Compton, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2330LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 140 km west of Den Helder. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Michael Wilfred Peter Clarke, pilot,
Sgt Cledwyn Mathew Harcombe, flight engineer,
Sgt Francis Montague Mazin, navigator,
Sgt Bewick Johnston Dowse, bomb aimer,
Sgt Harry Richard Fink, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Joseph George Paul Emille Richer, air gunner,
Sgt Alister Campbell Macleod, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2347LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Cruising off the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 25 km west of Den Helder. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O James Wesley Andrews, pilot,
Sgt Robert Matthew Scott, flight engineer,
Sgt David John Jones, navigator,
Sgt Frederick Vernon Barnard, bomb aimer,
Sgt Reginald Arthur Muldoon, wireless operator,
W/O Neil Thomas MacAulay, air gunner,
Sgt William Downie Robertson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2313LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wamel. All seven crew members parachuted to safety and became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Thomas Henry Lane, pilot,
F/Sgt Frederick James Rogers, flight engineer,
F/Lt Peter Mcgregor Jackson, navigator,
F/Sgt Albert Peter Balson, wireless operator,
W/O George William Darling, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Roy Frederick MacDonald, air gunner,
F/O Donald Robert Alexander, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2332LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Uden. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Richard Joseph Quigly, pilot,
Sgt John Irvine Barrie, flight engineer, †
F/O John Henry Roy Sarano St. John, navigator, †
Sgt Francis James Williams, wireless operator,
Sgt Francis Ronald Carpenter, bomb aimer,
F/O Reginald Brian Capon, air gunner, †
Sgt Jack White, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2312LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed east of Castenray. Six crew members parachuted to safety and became PoW while two others were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Henry Hickson, pilot,
F/Sgt Henry John Krohn, pilot, †
Sgt Fred Shaw Maltas, flight engineer,
P/O Alan Delamere Hutchinson, navigator,
Sgt Patrick Norman Croft, bomb aimer,
Sgt James Harrison Graham, wireless operator,
P/O William Gordon Leslie Brown, air gunner, †
Sgt J. F. Dowling, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2345LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. It was hit by the German Flak, outbound, which wrecked the outer starboard engine. The crew continued with their mission, but soon after crossing the Dutch coast on the return journey, the port inner engine failed and the Halifax gradually lost height until it was ditched some 48 km east of Cromer. All seven crew members were rescued. The airplane sank and was lost.
Crew:
Sgt D. H. Milne, pilot,
Sgt T. R. M. Smith,
Sgt P. R. Lissener,
Sgt A. G. Cox,
Sgt J. Jolly,
Sgt K. Wolstencroft,
Sgt R. A. H. Bowring, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2329LT on June 11 on an operation to Münster. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Giessenburg, about 30 km east southeast of Rotterdam. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O George Racine Herbert, pilot, †
F/Sgt Frank Stewart, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt Ernest Cassingham, navigator, †
Sgt Robert Hubert Makin, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Francis Joseph Greenwood, wireless operator, †
Sgt Ronald Henry Boone, air gunner, †
P/O Archibald Victor Wallace, air gunner.