Hemswell AFB

While taxiing at RAF Hemswell on a local training flight, the aircraft suffered an undercarriage collapse. The airplane came to rest on its belly and was considered as damaged beyond repair. Both pilots were unhurt.

After touchdown at RAF Hemswell, a sudden gust of wind ballooned the aircraft back into the air. It landed heavily tail down and swung off the runway. All six crew members were unhurt while the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair.

The aircraft bounced and landing and was unable to stop within the remaining distance. It overran and came to rest in a drainage ditch. All five crew members escaped uninjured while the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair.

The crew was engaged in a training mission, completing some tests for a new radar system on behalf of the 199th Squadron based at RAF Hemswell. While cruising by night at an altitude of 17,000 feet over the region of the Bitburg Airbase, the four engine aircraft collided with a USAF Sabre registered 52-3933 and carrying one pilot. Following the collision, the pilot of the Sabre ejected and was found alive. Unfortunately, the Lincoln lost a part of a wing, dove into the ground and crashed in an uninhabited area located near the Luxembourg border, killing all six crew members. At the time of the accident, the crew of the Avro was flying without any navigation lights for undetermined reason.

The crew was engaged in a night training sortie in RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire. On final approach, the pilot reported that the Blind Approach Beam System (BABS) was out of service. Despite a poor visibility, he continued the approach and overshot the runway went control was lost. The aircraft overturned and crashed in flames in a field. Five crew members were killed while the sixth occupant was seriously injured.
Crew (100th Squadron):
M. A. C. Brown, pilot, †
W. P. Edgar, flight engineer, †
T. W. Brayshaw, navigator, †
B.T. Newland, navigator,
A. W. Rolfe, signaller, †
G. Sherratt, air gunner. †

The crew was completing a night training sortie from RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire. While cruising northwest of Great Yarmouth, the crew encountered very poor weather conditions with thunderstorm activity and heavy turbulence. The aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Mautby. All nine crew members were killed.
Crew (97th Squadron):
F/Lt Stanley Frederick Whitlock, pilot,
F/Lt Jack Anthony Guest, pilot,
F/Lt John George Cook, navigator,
F/Lt Ronald Vernon Havard, navigator and bomb aimer,
Albert Wattleworth, signaler,
Vincent Orville Woods, air gunner,
William Allison, flight engineer,
Roy Andrew Trundle, air gunner,
LAC Denis Frederick Cummings.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2353LT on June 2 on an operation to Essen. Over Belgium, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Postel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Wincenty Glowacki, pilot,
F/O Stefan Leopold Alojzy Praschill, pilot,
F/O Rajmund Kiwacz, observer,
Sgt Jarosław Zalewski, wireless operator,
P/O Jan Halastra, air gunner,
Sgt Wacław Żeligowski, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2243LT on June 1st on an operation to Essen. Just passing the Netherlands/German border, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Bracht. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt William Lang Tweedie, pilot,
W/O James Arthur Nutt, observer,
P/O Marian Eustachiewicz, bomb aimer,
Sgt Richard Arnold Brown, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Walter Straigis, air gunner.

The crew was completing a local training sortie at RAF Hemswell. Upon takeoff, the airplane failed to gain sufficient height, stalled and sank back onto the runway. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and both pilots were unhurt.
Crew.
Sgt Szychowiak, pilot,
Sgt L. Rebinski, pilot.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2255LT on May 3 on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the German coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Kaiser-Wilhelm-Koog. Five crew members were killed and a sixth became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Wacław Wolski, pilot, †
Sgt Stanisław Lis, pilot,
F/O Norbert Andrzej Lewald-Jezierski, observer, †
Sgt Zygmunt Samulski, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Bogusław Nowicki, air gunner, †
Sgt Josef Erdt, air gunner. †