Waddington AFB

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 west of RAF Fulbeck. The pilot was uninjured.

The crew was completing a training exercise out from RAF Waddington when he was forced to make an emergency landing for unknown reasons. The airplane crash landed in East Grinstead, ran into a hedge and came to rest. There were no injuries among the crew.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1835LT on September 15 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, it clipped trees and crashed on approach to base. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt J. Endersby, pilot, †
Sgt C. E. Musgrave, observer, †
Sgt Leslie Roy Cox, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Joseph Barry, air gunner.

While in the approach circuit to RAF Waddington, the airplane went out of control and crashed in a huge explosion in a field located few km from the airbase. All 10 occupants were killed.
Crew (207th Squadron):
F/O Ernest Edwin Gordon Crump, pilot,
P/O John Patrick Anthony Sawyer, pilot,
Sgt John Russell Clements, observer,
Sgt Norman Alan Mathison, wireless operator,
AC1 Reginald Boyd,
LAC Leslie Wilfred Carter,
AC2 James William Grace,
AC2 Jack Lister,
LAC John Frederick Riding,
LAC Harold Francis Winter.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2144LT on September 11 on an operation to Rostock. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and ditched into the sea off Cromer. All four crew members were rescued within an hour by HMS Garth.
Crew:
Sgt G. W. Hough,
Sgt A. D. C. Dedman,
Sgt N. T. Birkett,
Sgt F. Norman.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2115LT on a mine laying operation. Two minutes after takeoff, while in initial climb, it stalled and crashed at Branston Hall Farm near the airfield and exploded. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Archibald Allen Watt, pilot,
Sgt James Risdon Newcombe, observer,
Sgt Adrian Durrant Wimbush, wireless operator,
Sgt Eddy Stewart Cox, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening of September 7 on an operation to Berlin. At 2355LT, whilst outbound over the North Sea, it was damaged by a German fighter. The crew managed to reach Wilhelmshaven, where the bomb load was jettisoned, before turning for home. It subsequently force-landed on Ameland Island. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Wilfred John Lewis, pilot,
Sgt Charles Frank Hall,
Sgt Douglas Kingston,
Sgt Ronald Bruce MacLeod,
Sgt Erie Sinclair Miller,
Sgt Cottrell Samuel Powell.

The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 1935LT on September 2 on a mine laying operation. While returning to base the following night, it diverted to RAF Waddington where it crashed upon landing in poor visibility and collided with a parked Hampden. Both airplanes were damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
P/O Ferrie,
P/O Bartley,
Sgt Holland,
Sgt Hawkins.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2025LT on September 2 on an operation to Frankfurt. While over the target, the port engine failed and after struggling to return to base on one engine, the Hampden was abandoned at 02345LT near Dorking. It is believed that Sgt Stephens failed to leave the aircraft as his body was found close to the wreckage.
Crew:
Sgt James Stevens, wireless operator, †
Sgt F. G. Spanner,
Sgt K. Knight,
Sgt C. F. Churchill.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening of September 2 on an operation to Frankfurt. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Sant Wendel, about 45 km west of Kaiserslautern. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Dennis Napier Neville De Brath, pilot, †
Sgt Ronald Leslie Cole, observer, †
Sgt John Rawson,
F/Sgt Alan Abraham Goldstone.