Suffolk

While cruising at low level on a training sortie, the airplane collided with a power line and crashed. Two crew members were killed and a third was injured.
Crew:
F/O Standish Cecil Mottram, †
Sgt Alfred Ellis Mawdsley, †
Cpl R. Hartland.

The crew departed RAF Newmarket at 1830LT on a leaflet dropping mission over Germany (operation 'Nickel'). En route, weather conditions deteriorated, forcing the crew to return to his base. On approach to RAF Mildenhall in heavy rain falls, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in Barton Mills, southeast of the airbase. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (99th Squadron):
P/O Alexander Stewart, pilot,
P/O John Nemours Carter, copilot,
AC1 Peter William Corvan, wireless operator and air gunner,
LAC James Crawford Forster,
AC2 Frank Hart, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Kenneth Saxon, observer.

The crew was engaged in the reconnaissance's mission named 'Nickel' over Bremen, Germany. Some 11 minutes after takeoff from RAF Mildenhall, while climbing, the left engine failed. The crew elected to return when he lost control of the aircraft that crashed in a field located in Burnt Fen, some 11 km northwest of RAF Mildenhall. All six occupants were killed.
Crew (149th Squadron):
F/O Leo Reginald Field, pilot,
Sgt Maurice Wiffen, copilot,
Sgt James Chalmers Murdoch, observer,
LAC Ernest Harry Prior, wireless operator and air gunner,
AC2 Laurence Bruce Hughson, wireless operator and air gunner,
AC2 Thomas Edgeley Smith, air gunner.

The left main gear collapsed on landing at RAF Wattisham. All three crew members evacuated safely and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
P/O P. V. Ardenne,
Sgt Evans,
LAC J. Tippett.

The crew was performing a reconnaissance mission off the Wangerooge Island, in Germany. In flight, it was attacked by the pilot of a German Messerschmitt Me.110. Crew was able to leave the combat area and could return to his departure point. However, on final approach, the aircraft crashed in a field near the airbase. Three crew (among them the captain) were killed while three others were injured.
Crew (99th Squadron):
F/Lt Eugene John Hetherington, pilot, †
P/O Payne, pilot,
AC1 Ronnie Entwistle, wireless operator and gunner, †
AC2 A. D. F. Craig, gunner,
Cpl Andrew Sharp, gunner, †
Sgt L. W. Parton, observer.

The crew was completing a local low-level training exercice out from RAF Wattisham. In flight, the crew lost control of the airplane that crashed in a pasture located in Barking Tye, two miles east of the airbase. A crew member was seriously injured and the second was killed.
Crew:
P/O Philip Samuel Goulder, pilot,
Sgt Victor Brunsden Thorne, observer. †

The crew was performing a training exercise on behalf of the 9th Squadron. While cruising at a height of 800 feet in the vicinity of RAF Honington, the aircraft collided with another RAF Vickers 290 Wellington registered L4288 and carrying a crew of five. Both aircraft plunged into a marshy ground close to Sapiston Rectory, less than three miles from the airbase. All nine occupants in both aircraft were killed.
Crew (9th Squadron):
F/O John Frank Chandler, pilot,
P/O Colin Charles Cameron, observer
AC2 Leonard George Dicks, wireless operator and air gunner,
AC2 Walter James Chapman, air gunner.

The crew was performing a training exercise on behalf of the 9th Squadron. While cruising at a height of 800 feet in the vicinity of RAF Honington, the aircraft collided with another RAF Vickers 290 Wellington registered L4363 and carrying a crew of four. Both aircraft plunged into a marshy ground close to Sapiston Rectory, less than three miles from the airbase. All nine occupants in both aircraft were killed.
Crew (9th Squadron):
S/L Stanley Lennox, pilot,
F/O Peter Edward Torkington-Leech, observer,
Sgt Cyril Arthur Bryant,
LAC Stanley Hawkins, wireless operator and air gunner,
AC1 Edward Grant, air gunner.

The aircraft was damaged beyond repair after its undercarriage collapsed while taking off from RAF Wattisham. The pilot was uninjured.
Crew:
P/O J. K. Buchanan.

The crew was completing a navigation exercise out from RAF Honington. While flying southwest of Thetford at a too low altitude, the aircraft hit tree tops and crashed in a wooded area, bursting into flames. All five occupants were killed.
Crew (9th Squadron):
P/O Harold Rosofsky, pilot,
P/O Bruce Innes Clifford-Jones, observer,
AC1 Hugh M. McGreevy, wireless operator,
AC1 Thomas Purdie, wireless operator,
AC2 William Charles Hilsdon, air gunner.