Cromer

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2309LT to lay mines off the Frisian Islands. It is believed that it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Cromer, Norfolk. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Frank Pikula, pilot,
W/O Kenneth Lendon McDowell, navigator,
Sgt Gordon Clelland, wireless operator,
Sgt William Thomson, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter Hopkins Webster, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2223LT on an operation to Essen. After being badly damaged by a German fighter near the Dutch coast, the crew decided to return to base but was eventually forced to ditch the airplane off Cromer. All six crew members were injured and rescued.
Crew:
F/O Tadeusz Mieczysław Czołowski, pilot,
Sgt Brunon Maleika, pilot,
F/O Jan Jezycki, observer,
Sgt Marian Zajac, wireless operator,
Sgt Czesław Poniatowski, air gunner,
Sgt Kazimierz Wziątek, air gunner.

The airplane departed Leeuwarden Airport on an operation to England. Approximately 20 miles northeast off the coast of Norfolk, while flying in heavy snow falls, it was approaching the HMT Flydea that was on patrol when it crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Alois Orth, pilot,
Ogfr Fritz Eckhardt, observer,
Uffz Adolf Betz, radio operator,
Ogfr Gerhard Bardeleben, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1755LT on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base in the evening, it suffered an engine failure and ditched in the sea some 12 miles off Cromer. A crew was killed and five others were rescued.
Crew:
F/O S. Stenocki, †
P/O E. A. Ladro,
P/O T. S. Skarzynski,
F/O Z. B. Sokolowski,
P/O T. Krzywon,
P/O L. K. Assmann.

The crew was completing a navigational exercise out from RAF Upwood. In unknown circumstances, the airplane crashed into the sea off Cromer. Two crew members were killed and a third was injured.
Crew:
Sgt Dennis Henry Farley, pilot, †
F/Sgt William Frederick Jeffery, observer, †
Sgt T. F. Heron, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2144LT on September 11 on an operation to Rostock. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and ditched into the sea off Cromer. All four crew members were rescued within an hour by HMS Garth.
Crew:
Sgt G. W. Hough,
Sgt A. D. C. Dedman,
Sgt N. T. Birkett,
Sgt F. Norman.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2000LT on September 6 on an operation to Hüls. It was damaged by a German fighter and crash landed near Cromer while trying to return to base. All five crew members were rescued.
Crew:
P/O Havelock,
P/O Watts,
F/S Hancock,
Sgt Fitzpatrick,
Sgt C. H. R. Ford.

The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2005LT on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base the following night, the crew encountered very bad weather conditions and abandoned the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in the area of Cromer. All six crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
S/L J. H. Sindall,
F/Sgt H. Johnson,
P/O J. A. P. Drummond,
P/O T. R. R. Wood,
Sgt Brooks,
Sgt Hart.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2259LT on July 25 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, it was ditched 9 miles northeast of Cromer. All six crew members were rescued.
Crew:
P/O Klecha,
P/O Gostomski,
F/O Surawski,
Sgt Wize,
Sgt Chanecki,
Sgt Tomaszewski.

The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 2230LT on July 23 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Cromer. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Lister Mowbray Megginson, pilot,
Sgt Herbert Thomas Holme, navigator,
Sgt William Martin Watt, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Robert Evans, air gunner.