List of service men who lost their lives
while serving with 420 Squadron

A bit of propaganda was committed by Bomber Command during the war in order to hide from the public the actual losses that were occurring in the bombing campaign over Germany and occupied Europe. Only those bombers crashing in Germany or the occupied countries were listed as operational losses. If a bomber crashed on English soil it was not recorded as an operational loss whether it had just taken off on an op or was returning, damaged, from a bombing mission. Even if it was obvious that German flak or night fighters had damaged the bomber and was the cause of the crash. In this way the operational losses were often significantly reduced for public consumption (Dunmore and Carter 1992).

The information below has been gleaned from the squadron records and the reader is directed to the particular dated log entry for further details. Supplemental crash and loss details comes from WH Chorley's series "Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War" (1942, 1943, 1944, 1945) and is indicated in italic.

Hampden Losses:

February 12, 1942: Attack on Scharnhorst and Gneisenau: P4400 "J": pilot P/O JR Topping, DFM; nav F/O FW Ashfield; wop/ag F/O EG Fowler; ag Sgt TH Mate The crash site has not been found. The crew is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. AT134 "K": pilot S/Ldr GLB Harris; nav F/O HH Miller; wop/ag F/Sgt AH Brunt; ag Sgt PVE Rothery Appears the plane was lost at sea. All but Miller are buried in Dutch cemeteries.

February 18, 1942: Minelaying in Frisian Islands: AD915 "F": wop/ag Sgt H Baker; ag Sgt JRB Adams The plane was hit by flak at 8000 feet and the crew ditched off the coast of Schiermonnikoog. The pilot, R Kee and nav WHJ Rutledge became POW's. Baker and Adams are buried in Vredenhof cemetery, Schiermonnikoog.

February 26, 1942: Minelaying near Lorient: AE298 "D": pilot Sgt WR Groff; nav Sgt LO Stalker; wop/ag Sgt RHD Morgan; ag F/Sgt AF Williams

April 13, 1942: Attack on Essen: P1239 "Y": pilot F/S Johnson; nav Sgt Butler; wop/ag F/Sgt RH Black; ag Sgt J Salmon The crash site has not been discovered. The crew is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

April 14, 1942: Attack on Dortmund: AT219 "C": pilot P/O WJ Murry; nav P/O WFM McGarthy; wop/ag Sgt AJ Keith; wop/ag Sgt KA Birch. Crashed shortly after take off. The crash site was on the sw edge of Lincoln, North Hykeham. AT218 "G": pilot F/Sgt BW Johnson; nav Sgt HE Vosper; wop/ag Sgt JP Shipton; wop/ag Sgt CD McHardy The plane was shot down close to Neuss. The crew is now buried at Rheinberg War cemetery.

April 19, 1942: Training flight crash near Harmston: AD869 "L": pilot Sgt HH Davis; nav Sgt JC Pritchard; w/ag Sgt GGJ Laronde; ag Sgt GC Player On a night x-country the plane crashed shortly after take off at Wispington. The crew are buried in St Micheal Churchyard, Waddington.

April 24, 1942: Attack on Rostock: P5330 "J": pilot Sgt J Potter; nav Sgt JH Hicks; wop/ag Sgt JH Smith Crashed on Fyn Island, near Sonderby Klint, Denmark. The ag FGW Adams survived the crash and was a POW. The rest of the crew are buried in Assens cemetery.

May 4, 1942: Attack on Stuttgart: P1187 "X": ag Sgt JF Halward The Hampden with, crew pilot FS Hiley, nav GH Germain, wop/ag GD Johnson and ag Sgt JF Halward, was hit by flak over Luxmeborg and then attacked by an Me110. Pilot FS Hiley and ag Sgt JF Halward were wounded during the attack. It is believed the crew suceeded in downing the enemy ac. The Hampden crashed near Colchester, Essex. ag Sgt JF Halward died from the wounds he sustained.

May 7, 1942: Minelaying: AE389 "D": nav GC Williams; wop/ag Sgt AS Urquhart; ag Sgt WA McDonnell The pilot, MF Carson was taken POW. The remaining crew members are buried in the Kiel War cemetery.

May 8, 1942: Attack on Warnemunde: AT144 "A": nav F/Sgt RB Petersen; wop/ag Sgt RR Parry The Hampden was hit by flak and crashed in the vicinity of Rostock. The pilot GC Campbell with ag GH Soper were taken as POW's. The dead were buried in the Berlin War cemetery.

May 20, 1942: Crash of a 44 Squadron Lancaster into a dispersed Hampden: Ground crew AC2 OF Commins

June 2, 1942: Minelaying: AE260 "O": pilot Sgt R Harrison; nav Sgt JS Gething; wop/ag Sgt CJ Laing Crashed near Lorient. Only the wop/ag LC Nall survived to become a POW. The rest of the crew were buried at the Guidel Communal cemetery.

June 8, 1942: Attack on Essen: AT136 "N": pilot F/Sgt IM Reid; nav Sgt AJ Crabham; wop/ag Sgt HR Copeland; wop/ag Sgt CJ Bunn No crash site has ever been found. The crew is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

June 19, 1942: Attack on Emden: AT401 "Q": gun Sgt RM Davidson

June 20, 1942: Attack on Emden: AT185 "A": pilot F/Sgt GH Ellis; nav P/O HG Waddell; wop/ag F/Sgt BD Nidelman; wop/ag Sgt LG Still PT "A" was claimed to have been shot down by night fighter pilot Hptm H Lent, II./NJC2. near the island of Ameland, Holland. GH Ellis is buried in Nes General cemetery and HG Waddell is in Sage War cemetery. The rest of the crew have no known graves.

June 23, 1942: Mine laying at Lorient: Hampden crashed near Boothby Pagnell, near Grantham, Licolnshire. AD786 "L": nav F/Sgt GH Germain; wop/ag Sgt GD Johnson; wop/ag F/Sgt KC Little The pilot F/S FS Hiley was injured in the crash.

July 3, 1942: Attack on Bremen: AE248 "A": nav Sgt RO Williams; wop/ag Sgt JN Waddington; wop/ag Sgt RW Whytock "A" was claimed by night fighter pilot OE Prinz sur Lippe Weissenfeld II./NJG2. It crashed near Sneek, Holland. Pilot KE Brown survived as a POW. The remainder of the crew are buried in Hemelumer-Oldeferd General cemetery. P5332 "T": pilot F/Sgt CG Wilde; nav Sgt AD Bond, wop/ag F/Sgt TE Crothers; wop/ag F/Sgt JE Gibbs "T" is believed to have been shot down by a night fighter piloted by H Grimm, II./NJC2. The Hampden crashed into the IJsselmeer. The crew are buried in Holland cemetaries.

July 13, 1942: Mine laying at Lorient: AE390 "Z": pilot F/Sgt TJ Hannah; nav Sgt WJ Chapman; wop/ag F/Sgt PE Bull; wop/ag F/Sgt JA Thompson It is thought that the plane was claimed by flak near Lorient. WJ Chapman and JA Thompson are buried in Lorient Communal cemetery. The other crew members are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

July 27, 1942: Attack on Hamburg: AE202 "X": nav P/O JH Timmis; wop/ag Sgt NF Axford; wop/ag Sgt JR Elliott The Hampden crashed near Tonning. The pilot RN Rayne became a POW. The remaining crew members are now buried in the Kiel War cemetery. AE267 "V": pilot Sgt AT Johnstone; nav F/S HN Law; wop/ag Sgt GE Tilling; wop/ag Sgt JJ Price Nothing is known of the loss of PT "V". The crew members are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

July 31, 1942: Attack on Dusseldorf: AE355-A: pilot F/Sgt WJ Kaufman; nav F/Sgt RR Stewart; wop/ag F/Sgt WD Frost and wop/ag Sgt AJ Greenaway There is no known crash site for this plane. The crew members are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

Wellington Losses:

October 13, 1942: Attack on Kiel: In poor visibility the plane overshot flare path and runway at Leeming. The pilot tried to go around for another attempt but at low altitude and engine was heard to quit resulting in the planed crashing into a house. Fire consumed the crash site. DF636 "S": WB Croft; REE Gurd; AM Wardrop, WJ Jones, HJT Gray. All the crew were buried in the Ripon Cemetery.

October 15, 1942: Attack on Cologne: X3808 "B": Pilot Sgt LE White nav P/O RG Bing, F/O FW Buck; JM Joynt; gun Sgt DB Smyth The plane vanished. There is no known crash site for this plane. The crew members are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

November 9, 1942: Attack on Hamburg: Z1679 "B" Pilot WS Beale, Sgt AJM Smith, Sgt C Snider, Sgt C Collard, Sgt JD McDonald The plane crashed into the sea near Pellworm. Only C Collard has a known grave. His remains are now interred in the Hamburg Cemetery, Ohlsdorf.

January 21, 1943: Mining mission. BJ966 "R" was reported missing. pilot F/Sgt S Gergly, dickey F/O E Kendel RCAF, nav F/Sgt R Welsh, ba W/O2 C Hollingshead, wop Sgt A Olsen, gun Sgt C Dunphy The plane was lost with no known crash site. The crew is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. All the members of the crew were RCAF.

January 29, 1943: Attack on Lorient dock yards: : DF626 "Y" crashed near Exeter after aborting the mission and jettisoning their bomb load. PGE Beauchamp and HR Ernst were injured and the remainder of the crew were killed. pilot W/O2 D Sanderson, nav F/Sgt C Downton, ba F/Sgt H Sealy, gun Sgt J Bittner. H Sealy is buried at Bridgewater cemetery, Somersat and the other crew members are buried at Exter Higher Cemetery. DF615 "S" was not heard from again. pilot P/O EJ Stanton, nav F/O WDB Marks, ba P/O F Noon, wop Sgt WG Goode, gun Sgt JCM Desrosiers. The plane was lost with no known crash site. The crew is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

February 13, 1943: Attack on Lorient: BK330 "K" did not return. Pilot F/O L Gibson, nav F/O F Chapman, ba Sgt B Somerford, wop Sgt T Hughes, gun F/Sgt D MacDonald. The plane crashed in the vicinity of the target. All are buried in the Guidel Communal Cemetery.

February 26, 1943: Attack on Cologne: BK468 "R" was reported missing. Pilot W/O2 H Hansen, nav F/Sgt R Jupe, ba F/Sgt B Chamney, wop W/O2 P Mitchell, gun F/Sgt L Kellaway. The plane crashed in the vicinity of Monchengladbach. The crew members are now buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery.

March 1, 1943: Training flight. Crashed near Leeming after, what eye witnesses reported a wing came off. Z1724 "C" crashed. Pilot F/S P.E Townsend, nav F/S J Wreakes, ba P/O S Spector, wop P/O EM Hollewell and P/O gun KJ Brown.

March 5, 1943: Attack on Essen: HE280 "V" was lost. Pilot P/O R Graham, P/O W Lee, F/O J MacDonald, F/O D Bennett, F/Sgt H Lawson, DG Culver. All are interred in the Riechswald Forest War Cemetery.

March 12, 1943: Attack on Essen: HE690 "U" was reported missing. Pilot GH Sgt Cooke and crew members, Sgt J Morris, Sgt R Mercer and Sgt T McKinnon became POW's when their bomber was hit by flak and crashed. Sgt A Dawson was killed. The plane crashed near Brielle. A Dawson is buried at Grooswjik General Cemetery.

March 13, 1943: Mining off Lorient: BK296 "J" was lost. Pilot Sgt CH Tidy; nav P/O JD MacFarlane; ba Sgt GRD Hall; ag Sgt JA Corbett Nothing is known about the loss of "J". The crew is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

March 29, 1943: Raid on Bochum: MS484 "V" was lost. Pilot P/O BA Grant; nav Sgt SV Bradshaw; ag Sgt PE Barron, Sgt R Dyson The plane was attacked by a night fighter and crashed near Boxmeer, Holland. ba AG Skiggs survived to become a POW. R Dyson is buried in Einhoven General Cemetery and the rest of the crew are buried in the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery. 3814 "P" failed to return. Pilot Sgt RL Brandow; nav Sgt CW Cockaday; ba Sgt HC Sleep; ag Sgt JM Greer The plane crashed in the vicinity of Metzkausen. With the loss of the entire crew. All are interred in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.

April 10, 1943: Attack on Frankfurt: HE422 "Q" was lost. Crew baled out over Tenby, Wales but the pilot drowned. pilot P/O CW Jackson He is buried in Carew, Churchyard.

April 14, 1943: Attack on Stuttgart: HE863 "C" as reported missing. pilot W/O2 PJ Cozens, nav W/O2 WG Blight, rgun F/Sgt L Dutton, ab F/Sgt SG Giffin, wop F/Sgt J Paplowski It is believed the plane was shot down by a night fighter. It crashed at Rocquihny, France, killing all the crew. They are buried in Rocquigny Communal Cemetery. HE550 "G" was also lost. rgun P/O JA Simpson, ab F/O S Brown were killed. The plane was attacked by a night fighter and crashed near Mesnil-St. Laurent. The two crew members killed are buried in the Mesnil-St. Laurent Churchyard. NOTE: According to the squadron records S/Ldr Taylor's crew were flying in HE863-G and W/O2 PJ Cozens' crew were flying in HE550-C. It has come to my attention that the squadron records are in error and the planes should be switched which I have done for this entry. The crew of HE863-G was all killed. pilot S/Ldr Taylor and nav F/O Crowther escaped capture. wop Sgt H Mckinnon was reported as a POW.

April 16, 1943: Attack on Mannheim: HE682 "T" was lost. F/Sgt LM Horahan, F/Sgt JE Isaacs, F/Sgt LK Plank, Sgt H Radford The plane was shot down by a night fighter (Ofw Rahner, I./NJG4) and crahded near Wellin, Belgium. ag KTP Allan survived as a POW. LK Plank is bured in Sohier Communal Cemetery and the rest of the crew is interred in Heverlee War Cemetery.

April 26, 1943: Attack on Duisburg: HE771 "F" crashed in England. second pilot, Sgt C Alder HE693 "W" was reported missing. Sgt K Cooke, Sgt FJ Duffy, F/Sgt OK Glascock, Sgt R Mucklow, pilot F/Sgt EL Newburg Crashed near Breda, Holland after being attacked by a night fighter. The crew are buried in the Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery.

North Africa Losses:

June 1, 1943: Two Wellingtons were shot down by fighters over the Bay of Biscay: HE568: pilot Sgt AT Sodero, ba Sgt WR King, nav F/O GH Hubbell, gun F/Sgt JL Davis, wop Sgt RS Hollowell and passenger JF Mackenzie. HE961: pilot P/O McCullough, G.S. ba P/O Greig, P.J. nav Sgt KM Gillies, Sgt wop JR Nicol, gun Sgt GD McDougall and passengers electrician LaC AC Coates and fitter LaC JB Leitch.

June 27, 1943: HE370 did not return. P/O AC Collins, F/O KD Wilson, P/O TE tucker, P/O RL Leroux and P/O LC Foster

July 21, 1943: Attack on Capodichino: HE334 lost. pilot F/O RC East, F/O JA Melrose, F/O LH Walton, P/O EB McCutcheon, Sgt RC McLellan

July 23, 1943: Attack on Sangiovanni: HE461 reported missing. F/O AS Bellingham, F/O RF Coulson, Sgt RN Barlow, Sgt AS Hopping, Sgt S Harrison

August 12, 1943: Attack on Cape Peloro and area (beaches of Messina): HE459 did not return. pilot Sgt AC Ludgater, nav Sgt J McAdam, ba F/O CA Tindall, wop/ag P/O Hotson, ag Sgt H Lilley

August 14, 1943: Attack on Lamezia, Italy: HE524 was missing. pilot P/O AB Long, nav F/O E/I Fairweather, ba F/O A Brown, wop F/O CW Dickinson, ag Sgt WH Garbutt LN431: Pilot Sgt JM Parr, nav Sgt DJ Nettle, ba Sgt WCH Dadge, wop Sgt ESR Norgrove, ag Sgt DD Boyd

August 17, 1943: Attack on the beaches of Briatico/Cape Suvero: DF686 was lost. pilot P/O AW Freeman, ba P/O HJ Dowds, Nav P/O EH Douglas, wop Sgt WF Hill, ag Sgt TH Lasenby

Halifax Losses:

January 18, 1944: Flight training accident. Halifax II R9386, flown by F/O Baker at 1659 Conversion Unit, Topclife. ba F/Sgt Sharpe and gun F/Sgt Petry died from their injuries.

February 15, 1944: Attack on Berlin: LW396 "T" crashed trying to land at base. gun Sgt B Downey, wop Lt LL Whale The two crew members are buried in Harrogate Cemetery.

February 24, 1944: Attack on Schweinfurt: LW427 "C" was reported missing. Sgt D Crawley, Sgt HE Hirst, P/O MA Knight, pilot F/O HM Long, F/Sgt DB Richardson, Sgt W Botterill, F/Sgt R Gile "C" was apparently shot down by a nightfighter and crashed near Ostelheim. All but J Gile are interred at Durnbach War Cemetery. J Gile (USAAF) is now buried at the US Military Cemetery Neuville-en-Condros, Belgium.

February 25, 1944: Attack on Augsburg: LW420 "U" was lost. pilot F/O LF Blakeney, F/O ED Patterson, F/O FA Arnston, Sgt P Burgon, Sgt HC Oswald, Sgt S Eden, F/Sgt GM Bessette Ag WL Bourdat survived as a POW. The rest of the crew perished and are interred at Durnbach War Cemetery.

February 29, 1944: LW366 crashed in Wales on cross country. pilot F/Sgt HS Hardy ab Sgt RE Cunnings, nav F/O J Hedrick, LG Johnston, muag Sgt JL Nixon While flying at 20,000 feet the plane stalled and crashed into the ground near Aberystwyth, Wales. The unnamed eng and wop baled out successfully. The dead crew members are buried at Chester Cemetery.

March 15, 1944: Attack on Stuttgart: LW426 "Q" was reported missing. Pilot F/O DH Calder, eng Sgt WP Dunbar, 2nd pilot P/O CI Elsley, mdag P/O WH Heidman, ba F/O RH Jackson, nav P/O CA Ritchie, wop Sgt P Bethell, ag Sgt E Lee. The crew is believed to have been shot down by a night fighter and crashed by Echterdingen airfield. The crew is now interred in Durnbach War Cemetery. WH Heidman was only 18 years of age. LW418 "E" was damaged by flak. nav Sgt W Briggs While flying to the target "E" was hit by flak killing nav Briggs and wounding the pilot, WD McAdam in the legs. The crew continued the mission and on the return flight was again hit by flak. The pilot, with assistance from the crew, was able to land at Friston airfield, Sussex.

March 24, 1944: Attack on Berlin: LW373 "W" reported missing. Only the pilot was killed the rest were reported as POW's pilot F/O Rice Chorley (1997) suggests that all the crew were taken as POW's.

April 20, 1944: Attack on Lens LW692 "V" failed to return. P/O GR Leonard, W/O2 HC Wilson, Sgt P Gough, Sgt A Warren, Sgt C Wheelhouse The plane is believed to have been hit by flak causing it to crash near Cany-Barville. ag HIF Bourcier and ag RA Anderson became POW's. The graves of HC Wilson and C Wheelhouse are in Grandcourt War Cemetery. The remaining crew members are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

April 24, 1944: Attack on Karlsruhe: MZ503 "L" was lost. Five died at the crash site and two died as POW's. pilot F/O D. Watterson, P/O A. Hansford, W/O2 E. Webb, F/O A. Redmonds, F/O W. Murphy, Sgt G. Tanner (POW) and Sgt B. Cassidy (POW). The plane crashed near Zaitbommel, Holland. The crew members that died in the crash are buried Zuilichem General Cemetery.

April 30, 1944: Attack on Somain: LW476 "J" was lost. Pilot F/Ldr E Northern (Deputy Flight Commander), ba WO1 N Venber, nav F/O F Morrison, wop F/S CH Ianes, muag Sgt WH Young, ag F/O AH Hall and eng Sgt LS Franklin. The plane is believed to have crashed into the sea killing the entire crew. F Morrison's grave is in Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery. AH Hall is buried in the St-Valery-sur-Somme Communal Cemetery. The other crew members are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

May 3, 1944: MZ596 "F" crashed on training flight. PJ Lapointe, G Ellwood, JH MacDougall, EW Michie, RJ Monaghan, HE Simmons, W Stobbart, GW Beer The crash site has never been found.

May 27, 1944: Attack on Bourg-Leopald: MZ502 "U" was shot down by a night fighter. Pilot B-Flight S/Ldr G Beall, nav F/O E Andrews, ba F/O J Robison, wop F/O D Woolley, ag Sgt W Stainton, ag P/O A Goodall, ag W/O2 J Mohler and eng Sgt W Hickox The plane crashed near Overpelt, Belgium. All are now interred in Haverlee War Cemetery.

June 7, 1944: Attack on Acheres: NA505 "J" was lost. Pilot F/O HR Jones, P/O DW Sammon, P/O GS Tanuck, Sgt J McGlase, Sgt J Hampson, F/O FG Tilt, P/O JF Yates, F/O DB Norton Assumed to have been shot down by a night fighter and crashed near Neufchatel-en-Bray. Four of the crew have graves in Poix-de-la-Somme graveyard and four are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

June 11, 1944: Attack on rail yards at Versailles: "E" was lost. P/O JW Chudzik, P/O FG Harrrop, F/Sgt H Waller, pilot P/O L Holoway, P/O RM Irwin, F/O JD Lancaster The plane crashed at Theuville. The crew members that died were buried in the Theuville Communal Cemetery. Two crew members, N Binnie and BE Brakes, were able to evade capture.

July 8, 1944: GA Kent

July 19, 1944: LK803 "H"? spun into the ground near the base while on fighter affiliaton training. Pilot F/O SJ Joplin, wop WO1 GH Minchin, muag Sgt WS Barnard, eng Sgt NJ Shand and ag Sgt GA Kent The crew, except for NJ Shand, are buried in Harrogate Cemetery.

July 24, 1944: Attack on Ferfay, France flying bomb site: MZ713 "U" crashed into the English Channel Pilot F/Lt DH Trickett, ba F/O K Heron, nav F/L RE Knight, wop F/O EW Monk, muag Sgt J Sutherland, ag Sgt N Cushman, eng Sgt EW Walton, under gun Sgt HR Hebert. The crash site is off the coast near Pas-de-Calais. The bodies of only two crew members were recovered. EW Walton is buried in Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery, Holland and RE Knight's grave is in Etaples Military cemetery, France.

July 28, 1944: Attack on Hamburg: MZ645 "N" was shot down by a night fighter. F/O VJ Hubbard, P/O N Novack, P/O J Unger, pilot F/Lt J Zavtiz, Sgt A Cracknell. The plane crashed Estoff. The memebers of the crew that perished were buried there. The other crew members, EH Smith, JD Wintemute and CS Batt were taken prisoners.

July 30, 1944: Attack troop movements at Amaye sur Suelles and Villers Bocage in support of the U.S army. NA-528 "G" crashed in southern England. wop F/Sgt C Cusack. The plane overshot the runway White Waltham and crashed causing a hung bomb to explode injuring pilot RA Kalle, GD Burton, LT Magson, W Haliburton, and DK Metcalfe. C Cusack was also injured and died later. He is buried in Oxford Cemetery. Two crew members, FV Harvey and RW Wallace were not injured in the crash.

August 12, 1944: Attack on Foret de Montichard: Flak shrapnel struck and killed the navigator in "M". nav P/O C Axford

August 16, 1944: Attack on Kiel:MZ-687 "L" did not return. pilot F/O GF Pritchard, 2nd Dickey P/O RH Davies, ba F/O Block, nav F/O Moffit, gun WO1 Surles, wop WO2 DBH Lorenz, ag F/Sgt AG Roski, and gun Sgt KG Boucock. Crashed into the North Sea. The eng EAJ Proud survived and became a POW. Of the remaining crew members only FW Moffit and DBH Lorenz have registered grave sites. Both are in the Kiel War Cemetery.

November 21, 1944: Attack on Castrop-Rauxel: HX-346"U" of B-Flight, crashed at a diversion base, Norton on Swale near Leeming. Killing one and injuring the crew. ba F/O F Yarush. He is buried at Harrogate Cemetery.

January 5, 1945: Attack on Hannover: MZ471 "V" was posted as missing. F/Lt LW Brand, P/O G Walker, P/O JW Vandenbergh Believed to have been shot down by a night fighter. The crew members that perished in the crash were buried in Hannover War Cemetery. F Noble was wounded in the crash but succeeded in evading capture for a time. When he was captured he was taken to Hohemark were he died. The remaining members of the crew; RW Lander, JH Warren and DO Palmer, became POW's.

January 16, 1945: Attack on Magdeburg. Four Halifaxes were reported missing "E", "L", "M" and "Q" with a loss of fifteen crew members: NA188 "E" F/O R Ireland, Sgt R Hutchinson F/O W Dennis, F/O W Webb, P/O L Penny. Thought to have been attacked by a night fighter. The crash site is near Alfeid. The killed crew members are buried in Hannover War Cemetery. FW Poole and S Cameron were taken POW's. NR205"L"- P/O R Harvey ,P/O J McCormick. The two dead crew members were burined in Becklington War Cemetery. The remaining crew members; PE Morissette, CF Bryce, RJ Wilson, D Reid and AJ Little were all captured and became POW's. NA183"M"- F/Lt E McCutcheon, F/O T Jones, F/O J Welk. Was successfully attacked by a night fighter. The crash site is near Bokensdorf. Those members who died in the crash are buried at Hannover War Cemetery. DW Rithcie, JG Skidmore, GA Haacke and DO Mackey were taken prisoner. NA192"Q" F/Lt E Watson, Sgt A Parker, P/O C Way, F/O Q Louie, P/O W Partridge. The crew members are buried in the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery. DJ Jacobi and T Lynch survived the crash and became POW's.

February 14, 1945: Attack on Chemnitz: NA-179 "B" returned early and crashed trying to land at the base. F/O W. Anderson, Sgt H. Evans, F/O J. Sinden, F/O L. Jones, F/O S. Hay, P/O E. Sills WH Gilles survived the crash with injuries. The other crew members were buried in Harrogate Cemetery and the body of H Evans was taken by his relatives for burial.

February 17, 1945: Attack on Wesel: NR-126 "X" crashed in England. F/O M. Stock, Sgt B. Crollie, F/O R. Trout, F/O R. Floripe, P/O T. O'Kane, F/O D. Neil. The plane crashed into a hill called Shillmoor. Only JA Beasom survived the crash with injuries. B Crollie was buried privately by his relatives. The rest of the crew were buried in Harrogate Cemetery.

March 5, 1945: Attack on Chemnitz: NA184 "W" crashed shortly after take off. Pilot P/O EW Clark, Sgt J Kirby, F/O W Oakes, P/O J Epoch. The plane was subjected to icing and crashed in Marrow Flat Farm. JB Kirby's body was taken by his relatives for burial. The remaining deceased crew members were buried at Harrogate Cemetery. DV Freed, HR Arnold and HM O'Connor survived the crash. NA190 "U" crashed shortly after take off. P/O R. Sollie, Sgt R. Dinnen, P/O W. Gaba, F/O E. Kaechele, F/O R. Smith, P/O R. Battler. Icing caused the plane to crash near Hazelwood Castle. Only JH Waugh survived the crash by baling out. The crew are buried in Harrogate Cemetery. NP959 "N" did not return. P/O J. Kastner J Kastner died shortly after being taken prisoner. He is buried at Choloy War Cemetery, France. The remaining crew members, VR Glover, DM Mottrick, HW Skipper, JR Gordon, VL McKinnion, DF Broadfoot and HE MacKenzie all became POW's.

March 18, 1945: Attack on Witten: MZ910 "Q" did not return. F/O DM Armstrong. "Q" crash landed near Barmen. DM Armstrong did not survive the landing and was buried at the site by the other crew members. His remains are now in Rheinberg War Cemetery. The other members of the crew; GJ Keeper, AV Padgham, RG Reid, AF Domke, AH Butler and WG Bridgeman became POW's.

April 18, 1945: Attack on Heligoland: NP946 "L" did not return. This was the last operational loss for the squadron during the war. Pilot P/O WJ Dunnigan, F/Sgt RA McDonald, f/Sgt GF Montgomery, Sgt LF Murphy, F/O DM Neilson, F/sgt DA Newman, F/O DF Ross The plane was seen to crash into the sea on the its way to target. Three bodies of the crew were found and buried at Brookwood Military Cemetery.