The following thread was started some time ago by our Paul Reed, but its post #16 that I have an interest in. A list of RAF losses during May 1940. If no one has any objection I would like to add a little more info to each loss (if I have said info and the time) I'll not delve too deeply, just use the details I have at hand. Ground crew losses might prove a bit difficult to log as they sadly are not documented with the same detail as aircrew. Regards Peter http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/war-air/4028-raf-losses-1940-a.html
BASS, FREDERICK JOHN 580902 Sergeant (Obs.) 01/05/1940 BUTTERY, HAROLD 650521 Aircraftman 1st Class 01/05/1940 GRAY, KENNETH NEIL 40342 Flying Officer (Pilot) 01/05/1940 DFC HART, ALFRED WILLIAM HENRY 632176 Aircraftman 1st Class (W. Op.) 01/05/1940 HOPPER, JOHN HAMILTON 518878 Sergeant (Pilot) 01/05/1940 102 Squadron Whitley V N1500 DY- Op. Ferry Crashed 1059 hrs while staging between Kinloss and Driffield. The aircraft came down on the northern slopes of Hill of Foundland 6 miles SE of Huntley Aderdeenshire, Scotland. BCL. Chorley
BELL, KENNETH 565626 Sergeant 01/05/1940 HAYTER, ALFRED HENRY 41289 Pilot Officer 01/05/1940 KELLY, GEORGE 522560 Sergeant 01/05/1940 WELSH, GEORGE 617385 Leading Aircraftman 01/05/1940 269 Squadron Hudson I N7278 Op. Bombing Sola Took off tasked with a bombing attack on Sola Aerodrome. Shot down about 10 miles west of the coast of Norway at 0823 hrs by Ltn G. Schirmbock of 4./JG77. CC Losses. McNeill
BOWEN, JAMES THOMAS 515101 Sergeant 01/05/1940 BRADFORD, RIDLEY LEWKENOR 33019 Squadron Leader 01/05/1940 BURNETT, ERIC WILLIAM 613517 Leading Aircraftman 01/05/1940 KNOWLES, BASIL ELLES SHARP 580790 Sergeant 01/05/1940 MORRISON, JAMES DOUGLAS 41096 Pilot Officer 01/05/1940 TYLER, PHILIP ANDREW 541348 Leading Aircraftman 01/05/1940 37 Squadron Wellington IA P9213 LF- Op. Stavanger Took off 1735 hrs Feltwell. Last seen in combat with enemy fighters off the Noregian coast. BCL. Chorley
BRENT, JOHN WILLIAM LEWIS GOLDIE 355953 Flight Sergeant (Pilot) 01/05/1940 CUNNINGHAM, PETER CHRIS 580784 Sergeant (Obs.) 01/05/1940 LILLEY, DONALD 631565 Aircraftman 1st Class (W. Op./Air Gnr.) 01/05/1940 MULLER, HERBERT GAGE 39558 Flying Officer (Pilot) 01/05/1940 O'SULLIVAN, MICHAEL JOHN 621221 Aircraftman 1st Class (W.Op./Air Gnr.) 01/05/1940 POOLE, GERARD ARTHUR HUGH 76015 Pilot Officer (Air Gnr.) 01/05/1940 99 Squadron Wellington IC P9276 LN- Op. Stavanger Took off 1800 hrs Newmarket. Believed to have been lost over the Wash. BCL Chorley
CLARKE, EDWARD JOSEPH TAYLOR 39375 Flying Officer (Pilot) 01/05/1940 MARSHMAN, JOHN 77039 Pilot Officer (Air Gnr.) 01/05/1940 115 Squadron Wellington IC R3154 KO-Q Op. Stavanger Took off 0315 hrs Marham. Crashed in poor visibility between Hutton-le-Hole and Lastingham, 7 miles NW of Pickering, Yorkshire. BCL Chorley
DITMAS, PATRICK HAROLD DEVEREUX 550777 Corporal 01/05/1940 HEAYES, CECIL ROBERT 562741 Flight Sergeant 01/05/1940 PEEL, HARVEY ALDERSON 527531 Sergeant 01/05/1940 ROBERTSON, DAVID 633753 Aircraftman 1st Class 01/05/1940 TOMLINSON, LEONARD FRANK 580338 Sergeant 01/05/1940 58 Squadron Whitley V N1465 GE- Op. Stavanger Took off 2045 hrs Linton-on-Ouse. Last heard on w/t at 2355 hrs. BCL Chorley
FRIEND, JACK ERNEST ANTHONY 40818 Pilot Officer (Pilot) 01/05/1940 FROST, CHARLES 580650 Sergeant (Obs.) 01/05/1940 GLOVER, CHARLES WILLIAM 39659 Flying Officer (Pilot) 01/05/1940 GREENALL, JOHN BELL 547006 Aircraftman 1st Class (W.Op./Air Gnr.) 01/05/1940 61 Squadron Hampden I L4119 QR- Op. Aalborg Took off Hemswell. Crashed 0440 hrs after more than 9 hours in the air, at Croxton Kerrial, Leicestershire, 6 miles SW of Grantham, Lincolnshire. BCL Chorley
GILMER, JOHN MARTIN 41690 Pilot Officer (Pilot) 02/05/1940 51 Squadron Whitley IV K9039 MH- Op. Oslo/Fornebu Took off 1900 hrs Dishforth. Crashed on a coll 1,350 ft above sea level between Burn fell and Dunsop Fell, 3 miles WNW of Slaidburn on the west Yorkshire moores some 16 miles west of Skipton. P/O Gilmer died from his injuries on 2 May 1940 while being treated at the Queen Victoria Hospital, Morecambe, Lancashire. BCL Chorley
BUTTERWORTH, JOHN LESLIE GILBERT 40798 Pilot Officer (Pilot) 03/05/1940 PEARCE, MAURICE GEORGE ARTHUR 565936 Sergeant (Obs.) 03/05/1940 WOOD, ROBERT ARTHUR 624992 Aircraftman 2nd Class 03/05/194 53 Squadron Blenheim IV L9329 Op. Recce Ruhr Shot down near Hornisgrinde. The Bristol Blenheim Warner [FONT="] [/FONT]
CARTER, REGINALD JOHN 78271 Pilot Officer (Pilot) 03/05/1940 LAMBERT, WILLIAM KIRBY 358419 Aircraftman 1st Class (W.Op./Air Gnr.) 03/05/1940 LONGLEY, JOHN MILLER 581463 Sergeant 03/05/1940 WADMAN, CHRISTOPHER ARTHUR 630909 Aircraftman 2nd Class (Air Gnr.) 03/05/1940 No.2 School of Army Co-operation Blenheim IV Engine cut just after take-off from Andover, aircraft stalled and spun into the ground. The Bristol Blenheim Warner
TOWNEND, ERNEST 535545 Leading Aircraftman (Air Gnr.) 03/05/1940 206 Squadron Hudson I N7319 VX-C Op. Reconnaissance Took off 0345 hrs Bircham Newton. Damaged by Me109s of II(J)TrGr 186 off the Elbe Estuary. The hydraulics were damaged by the machine-gun fire and the aircraft was belly-landed at 0800 hrs on the return. CC Losses McNeill
ARSCOTT, GORDON OWEN 41145 Pilot Officer (Pilot) 04/05/1940 BARFORD, GEORGE HARRISON 560547 Sergeant (Obs.) 04/05/1940 FROOM, PETER WILLIAM 619761 Aircraftman 2nd Class (W. Op/Air Gnr.) 04/05/1940 59 Squadron Blenheim IV L4857 Crashed attempting night overshoot at Poix and destroyed by fire. The Brisol Blenheim Warner
HEPBURN, ANGUS 620438 Aircraftman 1st Class (Air Gnr.) 04/05/1940 51 Squadron Whitley V N1406 Op. Oslo/Fornebu Took off 1835 hrs Dishforth. Abandoned 0500 hrs while lost and in cloud. The Whitley crashed at Easingwold on the A19 midway between York and Sowerby, Yorkshire. BCL Chorley
BACKSHALL, ERIC OWEN 751665 Leading Aircraftman (W.Op.) 06/05/1940 BECK, OSWELL 524300 Sergeant (Pilot) 06/05/1940 FOSTER, JAMES 552135 Aircraftman 1st Class (W. Op.) 06/05/1940 RAMSAY, KENNETH ALLAN 40430 Pilot Officer (Pilot) 06/05/1940 14 OTU Hampden I P1274 Op. Training Took off Cottesmore for night flying practice. Overshot the runway following a heavy landing and trying to go round again crashed 0050 hrs some 2 miles NNE of the airfield BCL Chorley
GIDDINGS, NORMAN FREDERICK FIDDLER 564658 Sergeant (Pilot) 06/05/1940 GODDARD, CYRIL JAMES 551885 Leading Aircraftman (W. Op. [Air]) 06/05/1940 88 Squadron Battle I RH- Op. Training Crashed near le Grand-Luce (Sarthe) 23 km SE of Le Mans, France. BCL Chorley
BERRYMAN, JOHN THEODORE 33506 Pilot Officer (Pilot) 07/05/1940 22 Squadron Beaufort I L4466 OA-U Op. Training Took off 1500 hrs North Coates. During the approach P/O. Berryman decided to make another circuit and started to make a turn without retracting the flaps. The aircraft stalled and crashed onto the beach at 1530 hrs, just off the aerodrome. CC Losses McNeill
DELAHUNTY, MYLES JOSEPH 636904 Aircraftman 2nd Class 07/05/1940 LUSK, DAVID JAMES THEODORE 70413 Flying Officer (Nav.) 07/05/1940 MILLS, SIDNEY WILLIAM 623774 Aircraftman 1st Class 07/05/1940 WOOLLATT, STUART PERCIVAL 39451 Flying Officer 07/05/1940 22 Squadron Beaufort I L4472 OA-G Op. Shipping Strike Took off 1452 hrs North Coates. Formated with other squadron aircraft to bomb an enemy cruiser of the Nuremberg class which had been reported between Norderney/Juist. Claimed to have been shot down by Uffz Kaiser of II(J)/TrGR186 into the North Sea off Norderney but may have been shot down by flak north of the Dutch Frisians. CC Losses McNeill
ALLISON, VICTOR 519436 Sergeant (Pilot) 08/05/1940 NEIRYNCK, VICTOR CHARLES EDWARD 645692 Leading Aircraftman (W. Op./Air Gnr.) 08/05/1940 SCHMID, ERIC OLIVER FERDINAND 746761 Sergeant (Nav./Obs.) 08/05/1940 235 squadron Blenheim IV-F P4844 Crashed at Bircham Newton when lost height in turn during night circuit and dived into the ground. The Bristol Blenheim Warner
FALCONER, DOUGLAS GORDON BONNAR 523067 Sergeant (Obs.) 09/05/1940 53 Squadron Blenheim IV R3634 Took off from Metz, Found fog around Poix on return at 0245 hrs. Sgt Falconer killed baling out. Aircraft crash-landed near Rossiers, no further injuries. The Bristol Blenheim Warner