Wickenby AFB

The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 1741LT on an operation to Lorient. While returning to base in the late evening, it crashed on approach to base, at Newhall Wood, some 5 km from the airfield. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O James Martin, pilot,
Sgt Dennis Francis Gibbs,
Sgt James Callanan,
Sgt John Bowman Reay,
Sgt Leonard Jones,
Sgt Robert Victor Coombs,
Sgt Edward Hemmings, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 1725LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Bedburdyck, 19 km southwest of Düsseldorf. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Thomas Frank Dimmock, pilot,
Sgt Roy Percival, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Gordon Ernest Campbell, navigator,
Sgt Henry Dennis Dawes, bomb aimer,
F/O Malcolm Wilfred Baxter, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Sanderson Blagden, air gunner,
Sgt Jack Dale Perrett, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 1626LT on an operation to Berlin. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Douglas Clarke Morphett, pilot,
Sgt Leslie Ernest Austin,
F/Sgt John Keith Bond,
Sgt Jim Corke,
F/Sgt Colin McDowell Miller,
Sgt Derek Bryan Pollitt,
Sgt William Richard Maunder, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 1649LT on an operation to Berlin. Passing over Neumünster at night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Bahnhof Kleinkummerfeld, some 7 km southeast of Neumünster. All seven occupants were killed.
Crew:
P/O Harry Frederick Fansher, pilot,
Sgt Roy Francis Poole, flight engineer,
P/O Kenneth Frank Butler,
Sgt Edward Cadden,
P/O John Fallis,
Sgt William John Smith, air gunner,
F/Sgt Frederick Cecil Marsh, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 1634LT on an operation to Berlin. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Eric Bayly Withell, pilot,
P/O Wilfrid Gordon Burrows,
Sgt James Stewart Hunter,
P/O Robert Bruce Mullinger,
F/Sgt Alan Frank Neale,
Sgt Andrew Mitchell, air gunner,
Sgt Leslie Henry Richardson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 1705LT on an operation to Berlin. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Ribnitz-Pütnitz. All seven crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Robert Leslie Featherston, pilot,
Sgt Steve Granville Bacon,
Sgt Frederick Henry Cooper,
Sgt John Albert Maurice Edelson,
F/Sgt T. C. Fouracres,
Sgt Laurence Hickson,
F/Sgt Charles William Roberts, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 1702LT on an operation to Essen. Approaching Duisburg, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. Five crew members were killed and two became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Frederick William Baker, pilot, †
Sgt Peter John Howlett Hogg, flight engineer, †
F/Lt William Douglas Leek, navigator, †
F/O Edward Christian Carl Rasmussen, bomb aimer, †
Sgt L. W. Keating, wireless operator,
Sgt J. V. Richards, air gunner,
Sgt Charles Herbert, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 1857LT on a mine laying operation in the Nectarines area. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
W/O Donald Courtenay Marshall, pilot,
Sgt William Donald Dorey,
W/O John Albert Buick,
F/Sgt Raymond Frank Cripps,
Sgt George Denby Hester,
F/Sgt Sydney Vincent Ramsay,
W/O John Edward Bradley, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 0035LT to lay mines in the French waters off La Pallice, a district west of La Rochelle. Approaching the target area, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea and was lost. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Henry Wilcox, pilot,
Sgt William George Brown, navigator,
F/Sgt Aubrey Russell Swain, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Harold Gilchrist Wilson, wireless operator,
Sgt Richard Samuel Lord, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 1842LT on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base in the late evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wintershoven. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Bayley, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey Charles Willis, navigator,
Sgt Alec Gordon Willans, navigator,
F/O Jack Johannesen, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Edward Freese Martin, air gunner,
F/Sgt Edmund St Aubin Richardson, air gunner.