Linton-on-Ouse AFB

Shortly after takeoff, while in initial climb, the crew informed ground that a fire erupted on board and elected to return for an emergency landing. During a last turn to the left, the aircraft went out of control, lost height and crashed in a huge explosion in a field located 2,5 miles southwest of the airfield. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (1665 HCU):
S/L Kenneth Stammers, pilot,
W/O D. R. Roberts,
F/O W. I. Harvey,
F/Sgt S. Fox,
LAC J. C. Simpson,
LAC G. Pritchard,
LAC H. Sharling

The aircraft was flying from RAF Linton-on-Ouse and had earlier been carrying out bumps and circuits but the crew became tired of this and decided to fly around the local area. As it became dark the crew became disorientated and eventually ended up circling Glossop. The aircraft was observed flying into the hillside at 2210LT.
Crew (408th Squadron):
F/O Anthony Arthur Clifford, pilot,
F/O Kenneth McIvor, flight engineer,
F/O David Fehrman, bomb aimer,
W/O Michael Cecil Cameron, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Clarence Halvorson, air gunner,
F/Sgt Leslie Claude Hellekson, air gunner.
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The crew was on his way to Germany to bomb the Düsseldorf-Lohausen Airport. The aircraft left RAF Linton-on-Ouse with 60 others bombers. En route, while cruising south of Düsseldorf, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field. Five crew members were killed.
Crew (408th Squadron):
F/O David Garfield Kellar, †
F/Lt W. L. Friker, †
F/O W. H. Dunwoodie.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2257LT on June 12 on an operation to Bochum. Flying off the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 50 km west of Texel Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Malcolm Baxter, pilot,
Sgt Alexander Mcdonald Young, flight engineer,
Sgt Wilbur Haldane Jordan, navigator,
Sgt Jack Norman Angus, bomb aimer,
Sgt Cecil William Payne, wireless operator,
Sgt Eric Wright, air gunner,
Sgt Edward George Westall, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2304LT on June 12 on an operation to Bochum. Approaching Münster, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed few km north Nienborg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Arthur Alfred Henri Pullan, pilot,
Sgt Ian Brodie Nicol, flight engineer,
F/O John Kay, navigator,
Sgt John George Brown, bomb aimer,
Sgt Lawrence Charles Gearing, wireless operator,
Sgt Herbert Baker, air gunner,
W/O John Edward Buxton, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2241LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Möllen, northwest of Dinslaken. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Morris Gavagan, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Edward Hayes, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Jasper Lionel Jeal, navigator,
F/O John Bentley Binns, bomb aimer,
Sgt Thomas Albert Davies, wireless operator,
Sgt Percy Hollyer, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2223LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sambeek, south of Boxmeer. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Frank Hemmings, pilot,
Sgt James Muir, flight engineer,
Sgt James Stone, navigator,
P/O William Charles Robert Foale, bomb aimer,
Sgt Alexander Shaw, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas William Reynold Daniel, air gunner,
Sgt David Montgomery, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2254LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Approaching Dortmund, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Scherlebeck. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Dennis Stuart Phillips, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey Cyril Bird, flight engineer,
Sgt John Hills, navigator,
Sgt George Allen Burdett, bomb aimer,
Sgt Norman William Stanley Clack, wireless operator,
Sgt Edgar Cadmore, air gunner,
Sgt Edward Walter Alfred Brice, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2231LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed 4 km south of Bladel. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Andrew James Normandale Wilson, pilot, †
Sgt Cyril Kitchener Burton, flight engineer, †
Sgt Jacob Domnitz, navigator, †
Sgt John Alexander Lobban, navigator,
Sgt James John Pawsey, wireless operator, †
Sgt Derek Bewlay Tibble, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Kenneth William Lawson, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2238LT on May 27 on an operation to Essen. Approaching Münster, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Leer. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Donald Sinclair Ross, pilot,
Sgt R. Jones, flight engineer,
Sgt Harry Anderson, navigator, †
Sgt Gordon John Beckford, bomb aimer,
Sgt W. G. Styles, wireless operator,
P/O Harry Langlois, air gunner,
F/O Edmund Fraser Campbell, air gunner. †