Donna Nook AFB

The twin engine airplane was returning to base at RAF Donna Nook from a night patrol flight when it crashed upon landing following a too fast approach. Two crew members were injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt R. C. Kelly,
F/Sgt A. T. Thompson.

The crew departed RAF North Coates at 2240LT on a local training exercise. On final approach to RAF Donna Nook close to RAF North Coates, the twin engine airplane overshot, and the captain initiated a go around procedure and increased engine power. Climbing to a height of 300 feet, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a huge explosion on the Operation Center of the airbase. All four crew members as well as 13 RAF personnel were killed. The explosion upon impact was favored by the presence of bombs on board the airplane.
Crew (407th Squadron):
P/O Roland Edison Dann, pilot,
F/Sgt Harry Arthur Wilkins, pilot,
Sgt John Clifton Gaudet, observer,
Sgt John Edward Duval, wireless operator and air gunner.
Those killed on the ground were:
AC2 Marcel Pietro Belcher,
AC1 William Henry Bell,
LAC Walter Edward Cooper,
AC1 Archibald Cruddas,
LAC James Elliott,
LAC Stanley Walter Friend,
AC1 Thomas Heath,
LAC William Conway Langley Pink,
LAC John Render,
Sgt Gerald Edward Anijah Romain,
AC1 George Shorrock,
LAC George Douglas Thomas,
AC2 Sidney Alexander Herbert Thurlow.

The airplane was engaged in an operation to England when it was shot down by the British Flak over the Humber estuary. The pilot made an emergency landing near RAF Donna Nook. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and all four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Oblt Georg Voigt, pilot,
Uffz Otto Sassin, observer,
Uffz Wilhelm Zebuleck, radio operator,
Gefr Berthold Huchselmeier, air gunner.

While on a reconnaissance mission over Germany, the airplane was attacked by enemy fire. The pilot was able to evacuate the are, crossed the North Sea and was eventually forced to attempt an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed at RAF Donna Nook. A crew member was killed and two others were unhurt.
Crew:
P/O J. A. E. Monette, pilot,
Sgt John Abraham Humphries Potter, observer, †
LAC A. N. Whitehall, wireless operator and air gunner.