Marham AFB

The twin engine aircraft was engaged in a special flight from RAF Northolt to RAF Marham, carrying two cameraman from the BBC and two crew members. Shortly after takeoff from RAF Northolt, while climbing, the left engine failed. Unable to maintain a safe altitude, the crew attempted an emergency landing when the airplane stalled and crashed on the roof of the Premier Foods egg packing building located in Victoria road in Ruislip, about 1,5 mile north of the airfield. Both passengers were unhurt while both pilots were seriously injured. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The crew was performing a training sortie from RAF Marham. While cruising by night at an altitude of 19,000 feet, the pilot-in-command lost control of the airplane that went into a dive. While plunging into the earth at a height of 850 feet, the aircraft disintegrated in the air and eventually crashed in an open field located near Llanarmon-yn-Iâl. The debris were found on an area more than five miles and all ten occupants have been killed. The crew was unable to send any sort of mayday message.
Crew:
S/L W. R. Sloane,
P/O C. B. Speller,
P/O M. J. Lightowlers,
Sgt E. F. Wheeler,
Sgt K. A. Reakes,
Sgt R. F. S. Anderson,
Sgt E. D. Pearton,
Sgt A. J. Martin,
Sgt M. J. Clifton,
Sgt R. G. Hughson.

Shortly after takeoff from RAF Marham, while in initial climb, the crew noticed a fuel leak on the right wing and decided to return for an emergency landing. Unfortunately, the visibility was limited due to poor weather conditions and the pilot-in-command was forced to complete the approach with its radio compass as sole reference as there were no ATC or ground navigation aids at that time. During a last turn to join the runway approach path, the airplane lost height and crashed in a field located five miles northeast of the airfield. Four crew members were killed while four others were injured.

During the final approach completed by night with the flaps fully deployed, the engine number three failed. The airplane stalled and crashed in a huge explosion short of runway 06 threshold. Five crew members were killed while the sixth occupant was seriously injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt B. Wejman, †
F/Sgt R. E. Griffith, †
Sgt W. Pickering, †
Sgt F. R. Edwards, †
F/O M. L. Chatterjee, †
Sgt J. F. Groom.

The crew was performing a local training flight at RAF Marham. While completing a low pass over the runway at a height of 50 feet, the twin engine aircraft nosed down and crashed onto a barrack. All four crew members were killed. The cause of the loss of control was not determined.
Crew:
F/L Anthony Gerard Quinton Brand,
Sgt George William Wright,
LAC James Moffat,
LAC William Regan.

The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2308LT on July 28 on an operation to Hamburg. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer some 10 km southwest of Lemmer. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Leonard Marton Mason, pilot, †
P/O Charles Frederick Thorpe, navigator,
Sgt James Anthony Brogan, bomb aimer, †
P/O Charles Bernard Frere Pilgrim, wireless operator,
P/O Joseph Armand Arthur Rondeau, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Marham on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Hohn, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Alan Campbell Williamson, pilot,
Sgt John Lovat Brydon, observer,
Sgt Robert Getgood McCrory, observer,
P/O Harold Douglas John Fitzsimons, air gunner,
Sgt William Hallyburton, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2343LT on July 28 on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 20 km north of Terschelling. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt James Cowen,
Sgt John Thomson Davidson,
Sgt Kenneth Haworth,
Sgt Douglas Bernard Henshaw,
P/O Frederick Charles Holloway,
Sgt John Lawton Johnson,
Sgt Dennis Edward Grahame Merritt.

The airplane departed RAF Marham 2253LT on July 26 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off Vlieland Island. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Frank William Dison-Wright,
F/Sgt William Martin Kostyshyn,
Sgt Fred Newbound,
P/O Alexander Johnston Stewart Ollar,
F/O John Frederick Stock,
P/O George Whittaker, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Marham on an operation to Hamburg. Over the target area, it was hit by the German Flak in the port engine. The crew elected to return to base but the airplane lost height and was ditched into the sea of Wadden off Langwarden. All five crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt James Courtney Robert Howells,
Sgt Cecil Raymond Lindridge,
Sgt William Shepherd,
Sgt William Frederick Waite,
Sgt William Lewis Walker.