Honington AFB

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2023LT on an operation to Cologne. At 2343LT, the crew indicated he was preparing to bail out the the airplane crashed in Neuwied, 12 km northwest of Koblenz. Two crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Gordon Ernest Heaysman, pilot,
Sgt Grant John Mavor, observer,
Sgt George Charles Balch,
Sgt Benjamin Hanlon,
Sgt Terence Lancaster,
Sgt Stanley Frederick Whitlock.

The crew consisting of one instructor and two student pilots were performing a training exercise at RAF Honington. After completing several manoeuvres in the vicinity of the airbase, the crew initiated a last turn to join the approach path when the aircraft stalled and crashed in a field. All three crew members were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.
Crew (311th Squadron):
P/O Stanislav Zeinert, pilot,
P/O Miroslav Švic, pilot,
Sgt Viktor Tégel, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2032LT on an operation to Berlin. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Veldhausen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O George Guy Sharp, pilot,
P/O John Norman Fisher, pilot,
P/O Richard Cardew Rendle, observer,
Sgt Cyril Bruce Parris, wireless operator,
Sgt Joseph Anderson, wireless operator,
P/O Walter Patrick Strickland, air gunner.

The crew (one instructor and three student pilots) were on a routine training mission from RAF Honington. On final approach to RAF Waddington, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field short of runway. All four crew members were injured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew (311th Squadron):
F/O J. Stransky +3.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 1943LT on an operation to Cologne. While flying over Belgium, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter. The crew send a mayday message and abandoned the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in Heusden-Zolder, about 12 km northwest of Hasselt. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O James Leslie Robert Long, pilot,
Sgt Ronald David Bews,
Sgt Norman David Richard Griffiths,
Sgt Richard Parkin,
Sgt H. J. Tomkins,
F/Lt John Talbot Lovell Shore.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 1936LT on an operation to Hamburg. Last heard on w/t at 2329LT then crashed in Versen. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Bernard Preston Hall, pilot, †
Sgt William James Manger, observer, †
Sgt John William Hammond, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Leslie Smith, wireless operator, †
Sgt J. R. Brown,
Sgt E. Collins.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2215LT on March 1st on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, approaching the coast of East Yorkshire, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Spurn Head. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Hugh Gavin Lydford Lawson,
Sgt James Noel Murray,
Sgt John Nevil Huddlestone,
Sgt Alfred Ernest Waters,
Sgt Eric Routledge,
Sgt Douglas Alfred Thomas Heslop, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 1919LT on February 10 on an operation to Hanover. While returning to base the following night and while some 30 miles off the East Anglia coast, the bomber was hit by AA fire from an Allied convoy. The pilot elected to divert to RAF Martlesham Heath but he overshot the runway and the airplane crashed in a pasture located in Bredfield, about five miles northeast of the airbase. All six crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt A. G. D. McKay,
Sgt Millington,
Sgt McRiner,
Sgt House,
Sgt Bevan,
Sgt Ainsbury.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 1739LT on an operation to Torino. While returning to base in the late evening, the aircraft was overflying the unoccupied east part of France when the crew encountered technical problems. The captain reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing in a snow covered field located in Mizérieux. The aircraft was partially destroyed by a post crash fire and all six crew members were uninjured.
Crew (9th Squadron):
Sgt Stuart Martin Parkeshouse Parkes, pilot,
Sgt Lionel Richard Willis, pilot,
Sgt Leslie Dennis Goldingay, observer,
Sgt Harold William Bratley, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Ronald Vivian, air gunner,
Sgt Reginald William Blaydon, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2015LT on December 21 to bomb an industrial area located in Porto Marghera, near Venice, Italy. While returning to base the following night, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in a field located in Lullington Court, some 12 km northwest of Eastbourne. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (9th Squadron):
Sgt Robert Norman Harrison, pilot,
Sgt James Frederick Gapp, pilot,
Sgt Leslie William Nichols, navigator and observer,
Sgt Maurice Holker, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt William Riley, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt John Docker, air gunner.