Wilhelmshaven

On final approach to Wilhelmshaven-Mariensiel Airport, the crew was completing a last turn at an altitude of about 600 feet when the airplane struck tree tops located 600 meters short of runway threshold. The airplane lost height and crashed in flames 100 meters short of runway. The aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire and all four occupants were killed.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2000LT on March 28 on an operation to Lübeck. It was intercepted and shot down by a Me.110 and crash landed on a sandy area located north of Wilhelmshaven, bursting into flames. Two crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth Edward Hobson, pilot, †
F/Sgt Joseph Clarence Albert Marcotte, pilot,
F/Sgt Arnold Leo Flesch, observer, †
Sgt K. H. Paul, wireless operator,
F/Sgt S. J. Bailey, wireless operator,
P/O W. E. Broderick, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. It is believed that it crashed into the sea while approaching the target but no trave was ever found.
Crew:
P/O Angus Robson,
P/O David Leslie Wingate,
Sgt Hunter Chambers,
Sgt Arthur Alexander Wilmot.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth to bomb a synthetic oil plant in the region of Gelsenkirchen. It crashed in unknown circumstances at night near Wilhelmshaven. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Albert Edward Bowes,
Sgt Frank John Cecil Brown,
Sgt John Albert Kearey,
Sgt William Henry Mercer,
Sgt Ernest Harry Platts.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on a mission over Wilhelmshaven. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crash landed in a field. Three crew members became PoW and a fourth was killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Fleming Cowan,
P/O Alexander Herbert Gould,
Sgt John Neil Prendergast,
P/O David Stuart Carnegie, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on a mine laying mission off Wilhelmshaven. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea. Three crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt D. H. Davis, pilot,
P/O Maurice Roy Tagg, pilot, †
Sgt Frederic Stanley Waltho, wireless operator, †
Sgt Andrew McNab Cockburn, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell for a mine laying operation off Heligoland. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Wilhelmshaven. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O B. A. Taylor, †
P/O C. D. Frost, †
Sgt D. H. Dunt,
Sgt H. G. Cumpstey.

Took off from RAF Mildenhall at 0927LT. Shot down from 10,000 feet by a Messerschmitt Me.110 executing a beam attack at 1410LT. This was the first Wellington to be shot down during the operation and it was seen to dive vertically into the sea following a sharp explosion forward of the astrodome. All five crewmen were killed.
Crew (149th Squadron):
F/O J. H. C. Speirs,
P/O F. N. Lines,
Sgt R. R. Hammond,
LAC J. H. Sinton,
AC2 W. J. Ellis.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 0855LT on a reconnaissance flight. Approaching the German coast, the aircraft was probably shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Wilhelmshaven. No trace of the aircraft nor the five crew members was found.
Crew (9th Squadron):
P/O Eric Francis Lines, pilot,
F/S Alfred Kitto Fearnside, copilot,
AC1 Edward Malcolm George Polhill, wireless operator and air gunner,
LAC Alex Morrison Dickie, air gunner,
AC2 Clifford Walker, air gunner.

While on a reconnaissance mission, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter. The bomber went out of control and crashed into the sea off Wilhelmshaven. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (on behalf of 37th Squadron):
S/L Ian Victor Hue-Williams, pilot,
F/Lt Thomas Gaufrey Wearmouth Appleby, copilot,
F/O Arthur Richard Vaughan Williams, navigator,
Sgt Alister Raymond Norris, observer,
LAC John Arundel Barstow, wireless operator and air gunner,
LAC Ernest Lowe, air gunner.