Waddington AFB

The crew departed RAF Waddington on a reconnaissance over the Elbe Estuary. While flying at night, the bomber crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew:
Sgt Stephen Alfred Williams, pilot,
Sgt Albert Richard Jones, observer,
Sgt Raymond Wilfred Cross, wireless operator,
AC1 Anthony Creighton Hamman, air gunner.

The crew departed RAF Waddington at 1915LT on March 16 on a maritime patrol flight off the Heligoland Island, Schleswig-Holstein. In the middle of the night, the crew was unable to return to his base because of the deterioration of the weather conditions, and was rerouted to RAF Leuchars, Fife. While cruising in limited visibility, the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Windy Gyle. The wreckage was found few hours later. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Vivian Howard Ayres, pilot,
P/O Peter Aubrey Forrester Addie, observer,
Sgt George Albert Rowling, wireless operator and air gunner,
LAC Allan Vincent Wallace, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1825 on February 26 on a maritime patrol flight off the German coast. While returning to England at night, the aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed three miles south of Grimsby. All four crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
S/L N. B. Norris, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Laidlaw Smith Smythe, pilot,
Sgt Percy Dryden Nixon, observer,
AC1 Hubert Everard Preston, wireless operator and air gunner.

The bomber was completing a flight from RAF Waddington to RAF Drem with four crew members on board. While cruising over the Firth of Forth in poor visibility due to bad weather, the airplane was mistakenly shot down by the pilot of an RAF Spitfire and crashed into the sea off North Berwick. All four occupants were rescued by fishermen.
Crew:
P/O R. J. Sansome,
Sgt E. L. Farrands,
Sgt H. R. Moyle,
AC1 J. Lyttle.

The bomber was completing a flight from RAF Waddington to RAF Drem with four crew members on board. While cruising over the Firth of Forth in poor visibility due to bad weather, the airplane was mistakenly shot down by the pilot of an RAF Spitfire and crashed into the sea off North Berwick. Three crew members were rescued by fishermen while the fourth occupant was killed.
Crew:
P/O P. F. Dingwall,
Sgt J. A. M. Reid,
Sgt W. K. Lodge,
LAC T. Gibbin. †

The crew as completing approached and landings at RAF Waddington. On final approach in poor visibility, the aircraft appeared out of the gloom flying at a height of about 10 feet off the ground and heading for the Watch Office. The pilot made a sharp turn to the right when he lost control of the airplane that crashed onto a hangar. All four crew members as well as four people working in the hangar were killed.
Crew:
S/L Percy McGregor Watt, pilot,
Cpl Thomas Alexander Keating, navigator,
AC1 Stanley Taylor, air gunner,
AC2 Frank Leslie Talbot, wireless operator and air gunner.
In the hangar:
LAC Walter Gerald Kelly,
LAC George Thomas Landing,
AC1 Leslie McGarvie,
Cpl Archibald McDonald Henderson.

Following a night takeoff from RAF Waddington, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed northeast of the airbase. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ralph Sunei Wallace Cordle,
AC1 Joseph Frank Burge,
AC2 Leonard James Penteny.

While taxiing at RAF Waddington, the airplane suffered a brakes failure, went out of control and collided with a hangar. The pilot was uninjured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
P/O R. Lloyd, pilot.

The airplane was engaged in a training sortie from RAF Waddington, carrying four crew members. En route, weather conditions deteriorated and the pilot became lost in clouds. The airplane ran out of fuel and crashed in Corby Glen, bursting into flames. All four occupants were killed.
Crew:
F/O David Ivan Jobson,
Sgt Pilot John Archibald Hawes,
Sgt Ernest Walter Jones,
AC1 Ronald James Andrews.

En route from RAF Evanton to RAF Waddington, while at cruising level, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in an almost vertical attitude in Boultham, in the south suburb of Lincoln. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Robert Alexander McAlister,
Sgt Walter Harry Freestone,
AC1 Norman Vincent Newsham,
AC1 Frederick Roy Greensill.