Cambridgeshire

The crew was completing a local training mission at RAF Bassingbourn on behalf of the 11th OTU. On approach, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in a field located few km from runway threshold. Both pilots were killed.
Crew:
P/O Herbert Henry Boler, pilot,
Sgt Frank Fulford, pilot.

The airplane departed Gilze-Rijen AFB on an operation to England. While cruising at night, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Thorney. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Ogefr Wilhelm Beetz, pilot,
Gefr Rudolf Kronika, radio operator,
Gefr Johann Mittag, air gunner.

The crew departed RAF Upwood on a night training exercise. The pilot got lost and as the airplane ran out of fuel, he attempted an emergency landing when it crash landed in a field located near RAF Bourn. All three crew members were injured. The pilot died from injuries sustained.
Crew:
Sgt J. R. Perkins, †
Sgt A. J. Reid,
Sgt J. Gibbons.

The crew was performing a local night training exercise at RAF Upwood. While completing a turn at low height, the airplane collided with a light pole and crashed onto the flare path. Both crew members were injured while seven airmen on the flare path were critically injured. Five of them died from injuries sustained.
Crew:
Sgt D. G. Knight, pilot,
Sgt Owen, observer.
Those killed on ground were:
Sgt Sidney Mcleod Wells, observer,
LAC Donald George Francks,
AC1 Laurence Frederick Roy Trickett,
AC1 George Allan Firth,
AC2 John Broen Tait.

The airplane departed RAF Alconbury at 1940LT on March 23 on an operation to Berlin. Over the target area, it was hit by the German Flak which damaged the hydraulics. While returning to base the following night, at 0330LT, while making a second attempt to land, the bomber overshot the runway and collided with a wooden hut and a nearby office trailer. Three crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt D. F. Youldon,
Sgt A. E. Varnsverry,
Sgt J. W. Crook,
P/O P. Billyeald,
P/O A. G. Gill,
Sgt A. E. Williams.

The crew was performing a Blind Approach Training Flight at RAF Bassingbourn. While flying in the vicinity of the airbase, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances east of the airfield. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (9th BATF):
F/Lt Philip H. Buckley, pilot,
P/O Henry J. Clements,
Sgt William H. Glover,
AC2 Henry F. Johnson,
AC2 Walter J. Kenneth,
Sgt Victor C. Dennant, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald A. Poyser, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Marham at 1823LT on February 11 on an operation to Bremen. It was abandoned by the crew for unknown reasons while flying over Cambridge, dove into the ground and crashed onto houses located in Histon Road. Three ladies on the ground were killed while all six crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
P/O Clarke,
Sgt Douglas,
Sgt Tilson,
Sgt White,
Sgt Hoy,
Sgt Campbell.
Those killed on ground were:
Mrs. Catherine Allen
Mrs. Anne Warland,
Mrs. Ada Sara Blackwell.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1130LT on a test flight to RAF Bassingbourn. About 15 minutes into the flight, it went out of control and crashed at Heath Farm near Stapleford, southeast of Cambridge. A crew was seriously injured and five others were killed.
Crew:
P/O Brian Patrick McNamara, pilot, †
P/O Alexander James Ryan, pilot, †
Sgt Richard Booth Elliot, observer, †
Sgt John Olive, wireless operator, †
Sgt Matthew Roy Ritchie, wireless operator, †
Sgt R. E. Ashby-Peckham.

The pilot was completing a local solo training flight at RAF Upwood. On final approach, the airplane suffered a loss of engine power, stalled and crashed. The pilot was uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Sydney Herbert Bayford, pilot.

The airplane departed RAF Wittering in the evening of December 7 to proceed with a check of the blackout over Peterborough. During the patrol, weather conditions deteriorated and the crew encountered storm. The pilot apparently lost control of the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Elton, southwest of Peterborough. Two crew members were killed and a third was injured.
Crew:
F/Lt John McCulloch Middlemore Hughes, pilot, †
Sgt F Blenkharn, observer,
Sgt Jack Richard Friend, wireless operator and air gunner. †