Bircham Newton AFB

The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton at 1255LT on a reconnaissance mission over the IJsselmeer Lake. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Egmond aan Zee. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Peter Weil, pilot,
Sgt Sidney Kendal Bartlett, observer,
Sgt Alan Kempster, wireless operator and air gunner.

Shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed into the North Sea off Schiermonnikoog Island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Michael Erskine Ryan, pilot,
Sgt William Martin, observer,
LAC Albert G. Smith, wireless operator and air gunner.

The twin engine airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton on a reconnaissance and anti-shipping patrol mission. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea. No trace was ever found.
Crew:
P/O Malcolm J. Giles, pilot,
P/O John A. Clark, pilot,
LAC Leonard J. Britton, observer,
AC1 James F. Peel, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton on a reconnaissance mission to locate enemy ship positions. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea some 50 km north of the Heligoland Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ernest Albert Judge, pilot,
Sgt William Jones, pilot,
Cpl Anthony John Metcalfe, observer,
AC1 Henry Charles Mewett, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton on a reconnaissance mission. Approaching Borkum Island, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Ian Lowrie Gray, pilot,
Sgt Montague Moore, pilot,
AC1 Benjamin Gill, observer,
LAC Reginald James Sloan, wireless operator and air gunner.

While performing a maritime patrol flight over the North Sea, the twin engine aircraft collided with a German fighter Bf.110. Both aircraft went out of control and crashed some 112 km north of Texel, in The Netherlands. All six crewmen in both aircraft were killed.
Crew (206th Squadron):
P/O John Henry Grimes, pilot,
Sgt Victor Donald MacMillan, copilot,
Cpl Harold John Cockayne,
AC1 John Charles Bagley.

Crashed upon landing at RAF Bircham Newton. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and there were no casualties.
Crew:
P/O L. M. Blanckensee.

The crew was completing a maritime patrol flight over The Channel. While cruising in poor weather conditions at night, both engines failed, forcing the pilot to ditch the aircraft off Calais. All four crewmen were rescued while the aircraft sank and was lost.
Crew (206th Squadron):
P/O H. M. F. Barnitt,
P/O R. T. Kean,
AC1 Caulfield,
LAC Thompson.

While approaching the German coast, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by a German fighter Heinkel He.115. The Anson crashed into the sea off the Borkum Island. A crew member was rescued while all three other occupants were killed.
Crew (206th Squadron):
P/O L. H. Edwards,
Sgt Alexander Oliver Heslop, †
AC1 Geoffrey Sheffield, †
LAC John Quilter. †

The crew was engaged in a local bombing exercice in the vicinity of the RAF Bircham Newton, in formation with four other similar airplanes. At the end of the exercise, the crew was returning to his base when the propeller blades of an Avro flying in a upper position from the K6210 impacted its tail. Out of control, K6210 entered a spin and crashed in a field located 1,5 km from the airport. All three crew members were killed while all other aircraft landed safely.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Norman Riddell,
Sgt David Peacock,
Cpl Charles Samson.