Stradishall AFB

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 0051LT on a ferry flight to Luqa, Malta, carrying a crew of six. Shortly after takeoff, one of the engine failed. The crew elected to return to the base but the flaps failed and altitude could not be maintained. It is believed that the crew was attempting an emergency landing in an open field when the airplane collided with trees and crashed near Poplar Farm, bursting into flames. Two crew members were killed and four others were injured.
Crew:
S/L B. J. McGinn,
P/O J. A. Parker,
Sgt A. D. Brisbane,
Sgt R. Clarke,
Sgt John Raggenbass, wireless operator, †
Sgt Claude Horace Bain, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 1700LT on an operation to Berlin. It was lost without trace, probably after it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Edward Robert Matheson Pears,
Sgt Robert Charles Bishop,
Sgt Harold Wignell Brook,
Sgt Stanley Charles Chester,
Sgt Alfred Hyam,
Sgt Albert Edward Taylor.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 1750LT on an operation to Hamburg. While approaching the base in the evening, another Wellington cut across the flight-path of T2470, causing the pilot to lose control of the aircraft that entered a dive and crashed one mile east of the airbase. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Gilbert Ernest Turner, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Allan Wormald, pilot,
Sgt Charles McCulloch, observer,
Sgt Andrew William Hay, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Henry Sansum, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Kenny.

During the takeoff roll at RAF Stradishall, the airplane went out of control. It swerved on runway, veered off to the right and eventually collided with a hangar, bursting into flames. Four crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew (214th Squadron):
F/O Charles William A. Haughton Rafter, pilot, †
Sgt D. J. Capel, pilot,
Sgt George William Hunt, copilot, †
Sgt Richard Samuel Eastment, observer, †
Sgt Clifford A. Hellewell, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt C. D. Pownie.

The aircraft departed RAF Stradishall at 2150LT on September 27 on a bombing mission over Mannheim. While approaching the Belgian coast at night, the radio operator was able to send several mayday messages around 0433LT. Seven minutes later, the bomber crashed into the North Sea off the Belgian coast. Three crew members were rescued while three others were killed.
Crew (214th Squadron):
Sgt John Robert Hall, pilot, †
P/O John Rea, pilot, †
Sgt A. C. Peck,
Sgt Harry Edward Sambrook, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt T. F. William,
Sgt K. S. Thompson.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on the evening of August 30 on a bombing mission over Berlin. The following morning, while returning to base, low on fuel, it undershot the runway, ran into a ditch, lost its undercarriage and came to rest. All crew members evacuated safely.
Crew:
F/O R. R. O'Connor +4.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on a bombing mission over Mönchengladbach. While cruising at night over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and cashed in Angerlo. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth Richard Killey Smettem, pilot,
Sgt Alan Albert Horsfall, observer,
Sgt Eric William Joseph Skinner, air gunner,
Sgt Herbert Henry Best, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on a bombing mission over Berlin. While flying over The Netherlands at night, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in Zelhem, northeast of Doetinchem. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (214th Squadron):
F/O Lionel Montague Cragie-Halkett, pilot,
P/O Wilfred Bertram Stuart Cunynghame, pilot,
Sgt George Henry Bainbridge, observer,
Sgt George Edward Merryweather, air gunner,
Sgt Sydney John Haldane, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Burnham Puzey, wireless operator.

The crew was performing a training mission out from RAF Stradishall on behalf of the 148th Squadron. En route, while cruising in clouds, the pilot-in-command initiated a turn when he lost control of the airplane that nosed down and crashed in a field located in Milborne Port. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O York Plant Wilson,
P/O Ivor Russell Barton,
AC1 James Alexander Lowery.

On final approach to RAF Stradishall at night, the airplane impacted trees and crashed in a wooded area short of runway, bursting into flames. The aircraft was destroyed and both pilots were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Harry Augustus Smith,
P/O Aubrey Ward Jackson.