Feltwell AFB

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1130LT on a test flight to RAF Bassingbourn. About 15 minutes into the flight, it went out of control and crashed at Heath Farm near Stapleford, southeast of Cambridge. A crew was seriously injured and five others were killed.
Crew:
P/O Brian Patrick McNamara, pilot, †
P/O Alexander James Ryan, pilot, †
Sgt Richard Booth Elliot, observer, †
Sgt John Olive, wireless operator, †
Sgt Matthew Roy Ritchie, wireless operator, †
Sgt R. E. Ashby-Peckham.

The crew was completing a local training exercise at RAF Feltwell. Upon landing, the bomber skidded off runway and collided with a fire-tender. A crew was injured and two others escaped unhurt.
Crew:
AC1 P. McCurrie,
P/O E. Jackson,
LAC B. W. Bussey.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 2100LT on September 29 on an operation to Bitterfeld. At night, it was intercepted by searchlight and shot down by the pilot of a Me.110. It crashed in Malgarten, some 20 km north of Osnabrück. Five crew members were killed and a sixth occupant became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Arthur Collins Dingle, pilot, †
P/O Gerald Percy Turner, observer, †
P/O D. K. Hayes,
Sgt George Henry Taylor, wireless operator, †
Sgt Peter Archibald Young, wireless operator, †
P/O John Littlejohn, air gunner. †

The crew departed RAF Feltwell at 2050LT on September 1st on a bombing mission over Hanover. While returning to its base, the bomber went out of control and crashed into the North Sea off Wassenaar. Five crew members were killed while the captain was rescued by the crew of the HMS Niger two days later.
Crew (37th Squadron):
P/O M. S. Burberry,
P/O George Hauteville Jackson, †
P/O Henri Philippe, †
Sgt Cyril John Cooper, †
Sgt Thomas Chamberlain Molineux Browne, †
Sgt Peter William Barber. †

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell on an operation to Horst, northwest of Hamburg. At night, it crash landed in Barton Mills, smashing into a ridge. The pilot was killed and five other occupants were injured.
Crew:
S/L Wilfred Ira Collett, pilot, †
P/O A. G. L. Humphreys,
Sgt J. G. Simpkin,
F/Sgt E. O. Williams,
Sgt R. G. Holford,
P/O Ferris.

The crew departed RAF Feltwell in the evening of July 25 to bomb a marshaling yard in Kassel. While overflying the region of Amsterdam at night, the bomber was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in the Ijssel Lake, about one km off Uitdam. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (75th Squadron):
F/O William Harcourt Coleman, pilot,
P/O Frank Twain Poole, pilot,
Sgt Norman Wilson Brown, observer,
Sgt John Dowds, wireless operator,
Sgt William Eric Nevill, wireless operator,
Sgt William Donald Francis Annan, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell on a bombing mission over Gelsenkirchen. While cruising over German at night, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed in a field in Weseke. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Samuel Miles Mackenzie Watson, pilot,
P/O Edward Colin Joseph Cameron, pilot,
Sgt Gordon Murray Cumming, observer,
F/Sgt Ronald Alexander John Anderson,
Sgt John Lewis Owen,.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 2145LT on July 20 on a bombing mission over Gelsenkirchen. It crashed in unknown circumstances, maybe in the vicinity of the target area. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O George Hamilton Muirhead, pilot, †
Sgt Frederick John Baulch Winch, wireless operator, †
Sgt Frank Herbert Edward Phillips, air gunner, †
Sgt Trevor Ewart Stevens Alderwick,
Sgt James Albert Theed,
P/O J. Littlejohn.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell on a bombing mission over Hamburg. While cruising at night over Lower Saxony, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Beckedorf. Three crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew (37th Squadron):
Sgt John Francis McCauley, pilot, †
Sgt Sydney Chapman Kirkbride, pilot, †
Sgt Charles Edward Read, observer, †
Sgt T. Johnson,
Sgt George John William Grimson.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell on July 6 on a bombing mission over Bremen. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the vicinity of the Jever AFB. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Douglas Weatherall Lindsay, pilot,
P/O Ralph Alan Anthony Ball, pilot,
Sgt Alexander Aitken, observer,
Sgt John Henry Waterfall, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Alexander Glen, wireless operator and air gunner.