Royal Air Force - RAF

The airplane departed RAF Scampton on 'Operation Fuller'. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea near the Dutch coast. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Mervyn Harry Holt, pilot,
Sgt Clifford Lawson Lee, observer,
P/O Stanley William Alfred Way, wireless operator,
Sgt Leslie Cyril Toghill, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 1610LT on 'Operation Fuller'. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in the North Sea, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L Thomas Ivor Mathewson, pilot,
F/O William Henry Stephens, observer,
F/Sgt Ronald Ernest Howett, wireless operator,
Sgt Eric Young, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 1420 on 'Operation Fuller'. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed off the Schouwen-Duiveren Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Arthur John Heneage Finch, pilot,
F/Sgt Albert Henry Leeds Jackson, observer,
Sgt David Yule Fyfe, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas McNeill, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 1606LT on an anti shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Scheveningen. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Matthew White, pilot,
F/Sgt Hedley Albert Goldsmith, observer,
F/Sgt John Arthur Wilson, wireless operator,
Sgt Basil Warwick Hammersley, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on 'Operation Fuller'. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off Vlissingen. Six crew members were killed and a seventh became PoW.
Crew:
W/Cdr Richard Denis Barry MacFadden, pilot, †
P/O James Wood, pilot, †
F/Lt Patrick Roderick Hughes, navigator, †
Sgt Robin Murray, wireless operator,
Sgt Andrew Paton Everett, wireless operator, †
S/L Martin Tyringham Stephens, air gunner, †
Sgt George Ingate Taylor, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 1700LT on 'Operation Fuller'. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off Callantsoog. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Richard Arthur Laing, pilot,
F/Sgt Godfrey Hyde Stewart Ross, copilot,
P/O Walter Frederick Bond, navigator,
F/Sgt Joseph William Poirier, wireless operator,
Sgt Harry Rowsell, wireless operator,
P/O Gordon Kenneth Armstrong, air gunner.

The crew departed RAF Cranfield on a training mission. In unknown circumstances, the airplane went out of control and crashed near Ramsey St Mary's. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O George Edgar Fletcher, pilot,
Sgt Keith Barlow Jones, wireless operator and air gunner.

The pilot was engaged in a local solo training flight at RAF Cranfield. Shortly after a night takeoff, he lost control of the airplane that crashed near the airfield. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
P/O Charles David Fearnley Kaye, pilot.

The airplane departed RAF North Coates to attack the German battlecruiser named 'Scharnhorst' cruising in the North Sea. Approaching the target, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Lonsdale Cowperthwaite, pilot,
P/O John Ernest Lister, observer,
Sgt William Beverley Lenover, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Norman John Jones, air gunner,
Sgt Alan Forster Muris.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on 'Operation Fuller'. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt John Haycroft Henniker Banness,
Sgt John Canavan,
W/Cdr Geoffrey Frederick Simond,
Sgt William Victor Walters,
F/O Herbert Wathey.