Honington AFB

The airplane departed RAF Honington on the evening of September 28 on an operation to Cologne. While flying over the area of Antwerp at night, the aircraft was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Antwerp. Five crew members were killed and a sixth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt C. W. Oliver,
Sgt Kenneth Bruce Gladwin, pilot, †
Sgt Leonard William Hardy, observer, †
Sgt Edward John Milsom, wireless operator, †
Sgt Jack Woods, wireless operator, †
Sgt Sydney George Brooker, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 1950LT on September 2 on a raid over Genova. The following morning, while returning to its base, it ran out of fuel and was ditched into the sea off Margate, Kent. All four crew members came ashore in their dinghy.
Crew:
S/L J. S. Bartlett,
Sgt F. M. Kerr,
Sgt Coubrough,
Sgt M. C. Caryll de Tilkin.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 1950LT on September 2 on a raid over Genova. The following morning, while returning to its base, it ran out of fuel and was ditched into the North Sea some 15 miles off Harwich, Essex. The crew took to their dinghy and while drifting off Aldeburgh, Suffolk, were rescued by HMS Pintail.
Crew:
P/O P. C. Elliott,
F/Sgt D. Moore,
Sgt M. R. Harvey,
Sgt J. F. Craig,
Sgt R. E. Connor.

The crew departed RAF Honington on a local night training flight. While flying in the vicinity of the airbase, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in a field located in Troston, about three km southwest of the airfield, bursting into flames. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Denis Bennett, pilot,
P/O Peter Roderick Bawtree Wanklyn, pilot.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2010LT on July 19 on a bombing mission over Wismar. While flying along the German coast, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in the Eckernförde Bay, some 25 km northwest of Kiel. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (9th Squadron):
S/L John Blackwell Sinclair Monypenny, pilot,
F/L Douglas Davidson Middleton,
Sgt Fred Watson,
Sgt Walter Robert Cowell,
Sgt Merle Gott,
P/O Harold Frederic Archidale Lees, air gunner.

The crew departed RAF Honington at 2015LT on June 21 on a bombing mission over Bremen. At night, the aircraft was hit by unknown fire and the pilot ditched the aircraft into the North Sea, in the vicinity of four British Navy ships. All six crew members were promptly rescued while the aircraft sank and was lost.
Crew (9th Squadron):
F/O G. W. N. Nicholson,
P/O N. E. Canton,
Sgt G. W. Watt,
Sgt J. P. Rayne,
Sgt J. McIntyre,
P/O S. Crawford-Marks.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2104LT on June 19 on a bombing mission over Ludwigshafen. It attacked port facilities at Antwerp as an alternative. On return, while approaching RAF Honington, from a south-westerly direction, the airplane crashed into a tree at Ampton Park, some three miles from the airfield. At the time of the accident, RAF Honington was under air-raid alert.
Crew:
F/O H. V. Smith,
P/O R. H. Thomas,
Sgt Godfrey,
Sgt Roberts,
LAC Cowie.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2150LT on June 18 on a bombing mission over Leverkusen. While cruising at night, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea. No trace was ever found.
Crew:
P/O Francis Charles Joseph Butler,
Sgt Raymond Graham Elliott,
Sgt Alan Thomas Legg,
Sgt Kevin Barry Brennan,
Sgt Charles Naylor,
Sgt Ian Maywood McCulloch.

The crew left RAF Honington on a bombing mission to Pont-de-l'Arche. En route, the bomber went out of control and crashed in unknown circumstances in Drosay, southwest of Dieppe. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (9th Squadron):
Sgt Robert Hewitt, pilot,
Sgt Frank Richard Edwards, pilot,
Sgt Leonard Wingate Routledge, observer,
Sgt Frederick Donald Hardy, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Selwyn Frederick Youngson, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Cecil Bertram Kircher, air gunner.

The crew departed RAF Honington at 2125LT on June 5 on a bombing mission over Duisburg. Shortly after entering the Dutch airspace, the aircraft was shot down by the German Flak. The captain ordered the crew to bail out and later attempted to make an emergency landing when the aircraft exploded in mid-air, disintegrated and crashed in a field located in Simonshaven, about 16 km southwest of Rotterdam. Four crew members became PoW while both pilots were killed.
Crew:
S/L George Ernest Peacock, pilot, †
P/O Bertram Arthur James, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Charles Hargrave, navigator and observer, †
Sgt A. K. Griffiths, wireless operator and air gunner,
P/O Sedgwick Whiteley Webster, air gunner,
LAC C. Murton, air gunner.