Wyton AFB

While approaching RAF Jurby in poor weather conditions, the twin engine aircraft struck a hill and crashed at North Barulle, killing all six occupants. At the time of the accident, the visibility was poor due to low clouds.
Crew:
W/Cdr J. L. Aron,
S/Ldr C. Heseltine,
F/Lt H. D. Furness,
F/Lt B. H. Miller,
M/Tech E. N. Robinson,
F/Sgt R. J. Bridgeman.

The Viking was performing a flight from RAF Wyton with five crew members and a high ranking officer on board. On approach to RAF Oakington, at an altitude of 1,500 feet, the airplane collided with a RAF De Havilland DH.100 Vampire T.11 registered XD549 that just took off from RAF Oakington for a local training mission with two pilots on board. After the collision, both aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field located 4 miles southwest of the airbase. All eight occupants in both aircraft were killed. It is believed that both crew were responsible as they failed to pay sufficient attention to potential traffic.

The airplane landed heavily on one wheel at RAF Wyton. The pilot attempted to go around when the port engine cut and the Blenheim crash landed. The pilot was injured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur Harvey Rew, pilot.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2348LT on June 2 on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Herkenbosch, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/O Andrew Jack Cowlrick, pilot,
Sgt George Nixon, flight engineer,
Sgt Norman Frederick Webber, observer,
Sgt Frederick Gordon Crighton, wireless operator,
Sgt Eric Edwards Hayes, wireless operator,
P/O John Davidson Weir, air gunner,
Sgt Albert Moorcroft, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2255LT on May 29 on a mine laying operation off the Frisian Islands. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Heligoland Island. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Francis Kingsley Doyle,
Sgt William George Bond,
Sgt Frederick Arthur Morris,
F/O Frederick James Kennedy,
Sgt Ernest William McSparron,
Sgt Thomas Walter Soper,
Sgt Harry Doughty,
Sgt William Edmund Chambers.

The crew was engaged in a local training sortie at RAF Wyton. Following an approach in poor visibility, the airplane overshot the runway and crashed into a ditch. All eight crew members evacuated safely and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
S/L R. S. Gilmour,
Sgt F. Lewin,
P/O R. H. Hardy,
P/O G. B. Strang,
Sgt Gough,
P/O C. G. S. Bain,
Sgt Fish,
Sgt Laundon.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton on a local test flight with a crew of eight on board. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing, the airplane suffered an engine failure. In the last few seconds before impact, the bomber rolled onto its back and crashed nearby RAF Graveley, after colliding with trees bordering a road. Seven occupants were killed and two others were injured. One survivor died the next day from injuries sustained.
Crew:
Sgt Albert Douglass, pilot, †
Sgt David Winston Lewis, flight engineer, †
Sgt Reginald James Sharp, observer, †
F/Sgt Norman Frank Payne, wireless operator, †
P/O Lionel Adrian B. Hack, bomb aimer,
Sgt Harold Vincent Edmonds, air gunner, †
Sgt Noel Cash, air gunner, †
AC2 Thomas Arthur Edwards, air gunner, †
ELC2 Charles Evans Woodhouse, electrician. †

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2140LT on May 17 to lay mines in the Danish Sound. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in a wooded area located 2 km west of Middelfart. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L John Charles Hall, pilot,
F/O John Patrick Ryan, pilot,
F/Lt Neville George Richardson Booth, pilot,
Sgt Anthony Spriggs, flight engineer,
Sgt Ronald Maycock, observer,
Sgt John Bernard Butterworth, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Leslie Sharp, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald John Jeffs, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Nicholson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2216LT on May 8 on an operation to Warnemünde. Over Germany, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Brodersby, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ivan Lee, pilot,
Sgt William Craig Brodie, pilot,
Sgt John Ernest Baillie, flight engineer,
Sgt Kenneth Archibald Evans, observer,
Sgt Humphrey Charles Knipe, wireless operator,
Sgt Victor Frank Munt, wireless operator,
Sgt Archibald Mounteney, wireless operator,
Sgt Algernon Guy Strickland, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton on an operation to Rostock. Over Denmark, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a field near Tinglev. Two crew members were killed and six others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O John Edwin Marcell Conran, pilot,
F/O Airey Birley Bateman, pilot,
W/O Raymond Thomas Stephen, flight engineer,
P/O Alan Herbert Hammond Young, navigator,
Sgt Ronald Rees Lawson, bomb aimer,
Sgt David John East, wireless operator, †
Sgt Gordon Herbert Surridge, wireless operator, †
Sgt Ronald Albert James Skinner, air gunner.