Royal Air Force - RAF

Crashed upon landing at Lee-on-the-Solent Airfield and was damaged beyond repair. There were no casualties.

The airplane departed RNAS Dale on a cross country navigation exercise. While cruising off Anglesey, it entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed into the sea off the South Stack lighthouse. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ryszard Marian Jarno,
Sgt Ludwik Ruszel,
Sgt Antoni Tycholis,
P/O Leszek Teofil Wasilewski,
P/O Antoni Alesky Zielinski,
Sgt Grzegorz Piotr Gramiak.

The crew was completing a night training exercise out from RAF Turnberry. While flying in the vicinity of the airbase, the airplane impacted the ground and was destroyed. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (5th OTU):
P/O Denis Henry Battrick, observer,
F/O Eugene Victor Roy,
F/Sgt Donald Gordon Taylor, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William MacDonald Vacheresse, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Finningley at 2130LT on a night training exercise. En route, the pilot encountered foggy conditions and in low visibility, he decided to reduce his altitude in an attempt to establish a visual contact with the ground. At a height of 2,000 feet, the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Dufton Pike located about 6 km north of Appleby-in-Westmorland. Upon impact, the tail was sheared off and the aircraft crashed, bursting into flames. All five crew members were injured.
Crew (25th OTU):
Sgt Basil Glynn, pilot,
Sgt Robert Lyster Skillen, navigator,
Sgt Huge William Campbell, bomb aimer,
Sgt Joseph Edward Collinson, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Harold Nelson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Chivenor on a training exercise with a crew of eight on board. While flying over the Swansea Bay, it was mistakenly shot down by the crew of the USS Gulf of Mexico, an American oil tanker, and crashed into the sea. All eight occupants were killed.
Crew:
P/O Gordon Cave Vincent Jamieson, pilot,
P/O John Stewart Haynes, pilot,
P/O Ross Pringle Fahrni, observer,
Sgt Edwin Thomas Arthur Deacon, wireless operator,
Sgt Edgar Harold Dawe, air gunner,
Sgt Jack Mullins, air gunner,
Ac1 Frederick Percy Charles Cross,
2nd Lt David Henry Kaufman.

The airplane departed RAF Thruxton at 0430LT on an operation to Dieppe. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by friendly fire prior to laying smoke-screen. The crew was able to return to England but the airplane crashed whilst landing at RAF Friston. The pilot was seriously injured and both other crewmen were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt John Edgar Scott, pilot,
Sgt William Johnson, observer,
F/Sgt George Richard Gifkins, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane crashed for unknown reasons in Normanton-on-Trent while practicing overshooting procedures on three engines at night. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Dundas Fordwych, pilot,
P/O Denis Victor Morris-Edwards, observer,
Sgt John Charles Murphy,
Sgt Stanley Oswald Spicer, wireless operator,
Sgt Bernard Murray Smith, air gunner,
Sgt Alexander John Boyne, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 2107LT on August 18 on an operation to Flensburg. Approaching the Danish coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Esbjerg. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Ernest Norman Galloway, †
Sgt John Anderson MacPherson, †
P/O James Ronald Fairbank Soutar, observer, †
Sgt Percival George Henry Strudwick, flight engineer, †
P/O Irven Granger McDaniel,
Sgt Carlyle Arthur Powell,
Sgt William Nixon Wilkinson.

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2043LT on August 18 on an operation to Flensburg. Approaching the Danish coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Sønderborg. All seven crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Walter Smith, pilot,
Sgt William Basil Cooper, flight engineer,
Sgt Cyril Samuel Crutchley, navigator,
Sgt Ralph Graham Humphreys, bomb aimer,
Sgt George Arthur Brassey, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Francis Wall, air gunner,
W/O Arthur John Owen Leo, air gunner.

The crew departed RAF Cranfield at 0055LT on August 17 on a night training exercise. Shortly after takeoff, the airplane collided with trees and crashed in Ridgemont. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ross MacKenzie Gilmour, pilot,
Sgt William Ian McQuatters, navigator.