Waddington AFB

The airplane departed RAF Waddington on a navigation exercise. When it arrived over RAF Coltishall, it encountered poor visibility and circled for the next 30 minutes, before an engine failed, necessitating an immediate landing. In doing so, the airplane crash landed in a field, seriously injuring at least one airman.
Crew:
Sgt M. Gruber +3.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 0325LT on an operation to Le Havre. It failed to return to base and was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in The Channel.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Henry Atkinson,
Sgt Peter Hastings Bell,
Sgt Kenneth Amory Holmes,
Sgt Alexander Turner Laing.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1835LT on an operation to Bremen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
P/O William Hayward Budd, pilot,
Sgt Michael Joseph Hughes, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter Edward Austin,
P/O Donald Schafheitlin.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening of August 20 on an operation to Bremen. While cruising at night off the British coast, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea some 18 miles off Great Yarmouth. The body of P/O MacDonald was found few days later on a beach in France but no trace of the rest of the crew was ever found.
Crew (207th Squadron):
P/O John Charles Lancelot Ruck-Keene, pilot,
P/O George Sinclair MacDonald, copilot,
P/O Howard Stanley Ray, navigator,
F/Sgt John Stewart Cooper, bomb aimer,
Sgt David Donald Taylor, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt William Henry Cubbon, mid upper gunner,
Sgt Herbert Charles Gardner, rear gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following morning and passing over Belgium, the bomber was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a pasture in Beverlo. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew (207th Squadron):
P/O Lionel A. Paskell, pilot, †
Sgt Dennis V. Chant, flight engineer, †
F/S Kenneth H. L. Houghton, navigator,
F/S George H. Roberts, †
Sgt Arthur D. Smith, radio officer,
Sgt Cyril D. G. Walter, air gunner, †
Sgt Lewis J. Compton, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 0120LT on an operation to Cologne. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Waasmunster. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Edgar Owen, pilot,
F/Sgt Gerald Henry Edmonson, observer,
Sgt Gerrard Robert Ramsay, wireless operator,
Sgt Gordon Shearer, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening of October 13 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following morning and passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in a field located in Horion, southwest of Liege Airport. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew (207th Squadron):
P/O Joseph Unsworth, pilot, †
P/O Howard Bertram Carroll, copilot,
Sgt Gilbert Thomas Cox, radio operator,
P/O William E. Simpson, observer, †
F/S Ernest Moulding, wireless operator, †
Sgt Alexander F. Dickson, air gunner, †
P/O Frank Mason, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Waddington to attack a synthetic rubber factory located in Hüls. While returning to base and passing over Belgium at night, the airplane was shot down by a DO.215 and crashed in a pasture. A crewman survived and became PoW while six other occupants were killed.
Crew (207th Squadron):
P/O Brian Derek Bowes-Cavanagh, pilot, †
Sgt Robert Surfleet Stuart, pilot, †
F/Sgt Jack A. Cheeseman, observer,
Sgt Andrew Joseph Carter, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt John William Leason, air gunner, †
Sgt Ian Harry Deare Passy, air gunner, †
Sgt George Paul Spindler, wireless operator and air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1855LT on an operation to Dunkirk. Believed to have crashed near the target area. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Adam Anderson,
Sgt Joseph Paul Anthony Bonett,
Sgt George William Niblett,
Sgt Frank Ernest Wotton.

The pilot departed RAF Waddington on a solo training exercise. En route, weather conditions deteriorated and the pilot was instructed to bail out. He abandoned the airplane that entered a dive and crashed east of RAF Fulbeck. The pilot was uninjured.