March

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 2328LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, the crew encountered poor weather and low visibility. The airplane collided with a Hampden registered P5321 and carrying a crew of four that just emerged from clouds. Both aircraft crashed near March. Two crew were killed and four others were injured.
Crew:
P/O Geoffrey Charles Foers, pilot,
Sgt Curtiss,
Sgt A. H. Warner,
Sgt George Bolton, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt A. W. H. Gamble,
Sgt Alan Caie, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Cottesmore at 2306LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, the crew encountered poor weather and low visibility. After emerging from clouds, the pilot saw another airplane, (a Halifax registered W1013 with six crew on board) but this was too late. Both aircraft collided and crashed near March. Three crew members on board the Hampden were killed while a fourth crew as injured. On board the Halifax, two crew were killed and four others were injured.
Crew:
P/O Donald Buchan Falconer, pilot,
W/O Cecil Holmes, observer, †
P/O John Henry Knowling, wireless operator and air gunner, †
P/O Harvey Strong Little, wireless operator and air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2127LT on April 12 on an operation to Essen. Over the target area, it was attacked by a German fighter and the starboard engine failed. The crew managed to return to England on the port engine. But when this unit overheated beyond its limit, a crash-landing was made at Milton School Farm near March. All six crew members were uninjured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
Sgt Alojzy Łozowicki, pilot,
Sgt Marian Jan Strączek, pilot,
F/O Jan Teofil Waciński, observer,
Sgt Ludwik Gibas, wireless operator,
Sgt Czesław Piniewski, wireless operator,
Sgt Wincenty Garbacz, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Marham on a training exercise. It crashed two miles north of March, following a low-flying accident during which the Wellington collided with a line of railway trucks on the March to Spalding line. All nine crew members were killed, among them three members of the ground staff who joined the flight for air experience flying.
Crew:
Sgt George Robert Bruce, pilot,
Sgt Percival Miles Taylor, pilot,
Sgt Henry Norman O'Shea, observer,
Sgt Percy George Crosbie, wireless operator,
Sgt William Myrddin Evans, wireless operator,
Sgt Ernest Alfred Lawrence, air gunner,
Cpl James Crosby Fox,
Sgt Jack Dix,
AC2 Gordon Sydney Wakefield.