Royal Air Force - RAF

The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 1914LT on February 14 on an operation to Milan. The following night, while flying over France on a return flight to RAF Langar, the crew noticed that all four engines' temperature was too high. Shortly later, the engine n°1 caught fire and exploded. The crew decided to abandon the aircraft but only two crew bailed out and survived while five other occupants were killed when the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field located in Saint Brisson, west of Saulieu.
Crew (207th Squadron):
F/Sgt John H. F. Whyte, pilot,
F/Sgt Stanley H. Eyre, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Thomas William Strong, observer, †
Sgt Frank Ivan Tillen, navigator, †
F/Sgt Athol Richard Grainger, †
Sgt Henry George Bone, †
Sgt Kenneth White. †

The airplane departed RAF Leconfield at 1825LT on February 14 on an operation to Cologne. Shortly after midnight, while returning to base, the crew encountered technical problems with the engines. While cruising in the vicinity of RAF Pocklington, the engines stopped, the airplane lots height then collided with trees and crashed. The air gunner was killed and four other occupants were injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Richard Martin, pilot,
P/O Harold James Stephen Harmer, navigator,
Sgt John Forbes Loudon, bomb aimer,
Sgt Basil Dunstan Hall,
Sgt Joseph Jeffrie Robson, air gunner. †

The airplane departed Wick Airport on a short flight to RAF Lossiemouth, carrying 14 passengers and a crew of four. It failed to arrive at destination and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Despite significant SAR operations, no trace of the airplane nor the 18 occupants was found. Last known position 3 km east of Scarlets Head, some 8 km south southeast of Wick Airport.
Crew (782nd Squadron):
F/Lt Walter H. Nicholson,
Lt Anthony J. E. Howey,
F/Sgt Frank S. Barnes,
Sgt Eric J. M. Riordan,
Cpl Edward Francis John William Hoare,
Lac Cyril A. Tilbury,
Lac Frederick J. Burton,
Lac John Graham,
Lac William Thompson,
Lac John Garden,
Lac Leslie Bool,
Ac1 Kenneth Reginald Morse,
Ac1 Kenneth Douglas Drage,
Ac1 James Stewart Stevenson,
Ac2 Sidney John William Clark +3.

While on a training flight, the twin engine airplane crashed in hilly terrain in Hobcarton End, in the Lake District National park. All four crew members were killed.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1821LT on an operation to Cologne. On return to base, and while preparing to land, the port outer engine burst into flames and the port inner lost power. The pilot managed to gain 100 feet and five of the crew bailed out before the Halifax crash landed at 2357LT in Kirby Wiske, 6 km northwest of Soweby. The air gunner, an American, was among the five who bailed out, but he struck the ground before his parachute had full deployed and was killed.
Crew:
F/Lt R. H. Boosey, pilot,
Sgt D. C. Horner,
P/O P. E. Mitchell,
F/Sgt M. Samuels,
P/O P. R. Quance,
P/O D. W. Giblin,
F/O James Courtland Parker, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Leconfield at 1824LT on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base and after passing the Dutch coast at an altitude of 3,000 metres, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea 20 km off Schouwen-Duiveland Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Robert Fairweather Milne, pilot,
P/O Morgan David Fox, navigator,
F/O Thomas Clinton Stuart Wood, bomb aimer,
W/O Glenn Greaves Clark, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Duncan McIntyre, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1806LT on an operation to Cologne. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Beegden, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/Cdr Sedley Stewart Blanchard, pilot,
W/O Kenneth William Tutton, copilot,
F/O Paul Winstanley Jeanneret, navigator,
Sgt Percival Maurice Corley, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Arthur Grant Longwell, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Joseph Henry Eveline, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath at 1848LT on an operation to Cologne. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed 2 km southwest of Boxmeer. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Graham Gow, pilot, †
Sgt Paul Thomas Cyril Oldham, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt Cecil Loughlin, navigator,
Sgt Valentine Wilfred Tulley, bomb aimer,
Sgt George Samuel Steven Reynolds, wireless operator,
Sgt James Cecil Brigden, air gunner,
Sgt William Anderson Summerson, air gunner. †

The airplane departed 1818LT on an operation to Cologne. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and a German fighter and crashed near Mechelen. Five crew members were killed, one evaded and one became PoW.
Crew:
S/L William Fletcher, pilot, †
Sgt Ernest Jackson, flight engineer,
Sgt Harry Kay, navigator, †
F/Lt Moire Alphonse Jean Pierre, bomb aimer,
P/O George Henry Miller, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Henry Bousfield, air gunner, †
Sgt Frank Cecil Howe, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 1825LT on an operation to Cologne. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed 3 km south of Veulen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Leslie Hartshorn, pilot,
Sgt Joseph William Kilyon, flight engineer,
Sgt Harold Alma Cheasman, navigator,
Sgt Frederick William Cox, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Alfred Norman Conner, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert Owen Gilbert, air gunner,
W/O George Farah, air gunner.