Bircham Newton AFB

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1825LT on October 7 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Following a successful attack, the crew returned to his base but reported problems with the left engine. On final approach to RAF Bircham Newton, the airplane crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Ronald Arnold Hadley, pilot,
Sgt Charles Austin Wright, pilot,
P/O Richard Arthur Phillips, observer,
Sgt George Edgar Hall, wireless operator,
Sgt James Munro Ramsay.

The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton at 2315LT on September 30 on an operation to Berlin. Due to intense antiaircraft fire over the target area, the crew attacked another target then returned to his base at the end of the night. While overflying Terschelling, in the Netherlands, the left engine caught fire due to an oil leak and failed. Nevertheless, the crew was able to continue to RAF Bircham Newton but on short final at dawn, the airplane crash in Docking, north of the airfield. All four crew members were uninjured while the aircraft was destroyed.
Crew:
P/O D. E. F. Powell,
Sgt Martin,
Sgt R. E. Drake,
Sgt Green.

Shortly after a night takeoff from RAF Bircham Newton, the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed. All four crew members escaped unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
S/L Oxley,
P/O Hook,
P/O Pichel-Juan,
Sgt Fullerton.

The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton at 0130LT. The last contact was recorded at 0240LT and it is believed that it crashed into the sea between Yarmouth and Orford Ness. No trace was found.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Dick Gunn, pilot,
Sgt James Murray,
Sgt Sydney Gordon Twitchin,
Sgt Cyril Sydney Frank Beer, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton for convoy escort duties. While cruising along the shore in poor weather conditions, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Harwich. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Robert Lawson Patterson,
Sgt Lawrence Hugh Murrell Reece,
Sgt Ronald Yeaman Tucker.

The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton in a mine laying mission. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the Wadden Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Stanley John Lester, pilot,
P/O James Elmer MacKinnon, navigator,
Sgt Kenneth Everitt Lewis, air gunner,
Sgt Keith Stephen Bushell, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton in a mine laying mission. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the Wadden Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Selby Roger Henderson, pilot,
Sgt George Howard Goldsmith, navigator,
LAC John Lindsay Williamson, air gunner,
Sgt Gordon Clifton Sumner, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton at 1255LT on a reconnaissance mission over the IJsselmeer Lake. It was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed in Oegstgeest, in the suburb of Leyde. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Alan Roger Wales, pilot,
Sgt John Walter Needham, observer,
Sgt Thomas Charles Jordan, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton at 1255LT on a reconnaissance mission over the IJsselmeer Lake. It was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Hugh Spicer Pardoe-Williams, pilot,
Sgt Clifford William Thorley, observer,
P/O Edward Arthur Saunders, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton at 1255LT on a reconnaissance mission over the IJsselmeer Lake. It was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed in Waverveen, between Amsterdam and Utrecht. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
P/O John Richard Cronan, pilot, †
Sgt A. O. Lancaster, observer,
Sgt Philip Laurence Lloyd, wireless operator and air gunner. †