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 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.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2343LT on April 14 on an operation to Dortmund. While returning to base the following morning, the crew encountered technical problems with the undercarriage. He diverted to RAF Newmarket where the airplane belly landed and was damaged beyond repair. There were no injuries among the crew.
Crew:
F/O Neville Arthur Bennitt, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Sawyer, flight engineer,
Sgt Gordon Lewis John, navigator,
Sgt Henry William Aldridge, air gunner,
Sgt Cornelius Johannes Du Preez, air gunner,
F/Sgt K. W. R. McMillan,
Sgt Sullivan,
Sgt Worley.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2130LT on April 13 to lay mines off Wanderooge. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Ronald Victor Neal McKay,
F/Sgt Robert Henry Higgins,
Sgt Walter Cobell,
Sgt John Patterson Smith Worling,
Sgt Harry Humm,
Sgt Ronald David Steer,
Sgt Harry George Kingston,
Cpt John Cecil Noel.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2235LT on an operation to Essen. It was badly damaged by the German Flak but the crew managed to return to England. On approach to RAF Wyton at night, the crew was forced to go around when control was lost. The airplane stalled and crashed in Godmanchester. Six crew members were injured and two others were killed.
Crew:
S/L Matthew Drummond Henderson Wilson, pilot, †
Sgt David Southy, pilot,
Sgt Leonard John Gornall, flight engineer,
F/O Clifford Reeve, navigator,
Sgt Sidney John Jordan, bomb aimer,
Sgt Daniel Lammie, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt William Edmund Chambers, air gunner,
Sgt Edgar George Spencer Gould, air gunner. †

The airplane was engaged in a local test flight. It crashed almost immediately on takeoff after developing an uncontrolled swing. The aircraft came to a stop and a fire broke out in one of the engines on the port wing. No serious injuries reported.Crew:
F/Sgt J. J. Rigby.

The airplane was on a transit flight when it was wrecked at 1234LT after landing in poor visibility at RAF Wyton. Shortly after touchdown, and while still travelling at speed, the pilot tried to make a sharp turn and the undercarriage gave way under the strain. All eight crew members evacuated safely and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
W01 T. W. Hare,
Sgt F. W. Cooper,
Sgt R. Thompson-Horan,
P/O Henry,
Sgt K. Taylor,
Sgt E. R. C. Oakley,
Sgt R. W. Golder,
Sgt G. Stephenson.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 0035LT on an operation to Essen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed three km west of Loenen. All nine crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt George William Nicholson, pilot,
P/O Ronald Max Disley, pilot,
F/Sgt William Andrew Cross, pilot,
Sgt Douglas Francis Hooper Tuck, flight engineer,
P/O Albert John Rampton, observer,
Sgt Harry Walter Trevor Bidgood, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Carl Stuart CAarruthers, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald McCallum, air gunner,
F/Sgt John Leonard Hartley Phillips, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2337LT on February 25 on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base the following night, the airplane went off course. Due to lack of fuel, the crew diverted to RAF Mildenhall but the engine failed on approach. It crash landed in a field and came to rest against a stone wall, about 200 yards from the airbase. Seven crew members escaped uninjured while the front gunner was killed.
Crew:
S/L Matthew Drummond Henderson Wilson, pilot,
Sgt Robert Lorraine Melville, copilot,
Sgt Ely, flight engineer,
F/O Clifford G. Reeve, navigator,
Sgt Daniel Lammie, bomb aimer,
Sgt Johnnie Noel Spalding, air gunner,
Sgt William Edmund Chambers, air gunner,
Lt Louis Bingham Murray, air gunner. †