West Raynham AFB

The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 1305LT on an anti-shipping operation. It was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea some 15 km northwest of Texel Island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt James Wilson Bradley, pilot,
P/O Raymond Herbert Batten, observer,
Sgt Eric Douglas Kennedy, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 0745LT on an anti-shipping operation. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in the North Sea some 130 km west-northwest of Den Helder. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Christian Samuel Balzer,
Sgt Howard Lee Elliott,
Sgt Victor Frederick William Slade.

The crew departed RAF West Raynham on a navigation training exercise. The airplane crashed for unknown reasons at Clenchwarton, west of King's Lynn. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William John Anstey, pilot,
Sgt Anthony James Southwood, observer,
Sgt Jack William Kerrison, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2045LT on August 27 on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base the following night, the crew diverted to RAF West Raynham where the airplane crashed while trying to land in heavy rain and poor visibility, bursting into flames. All six crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O Foster,
Sgt Soames,
Sgt Lewis,
Sgt McKay,
Sgt Gregory,
Sgt Nuttall.

The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 1720LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in the North Sea some 35 km off Vlieland Island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr James Lauder Nicol, pilot,
F/Sgt Edward Thomas William Jones, observer,
F/O Herbert Joseph Madden, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 1720LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in the North Sea some 35 km off Vlieland Island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Reginald Kenneth Clarke, pilot,
P/O Ronald Arthur Stratton, observer,
Sgt Peter Arnold Davies, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 1715LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in the North Sea some 35 km off Vlieland Island. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Harry Roderick Bentley, †
P/O Roderick Urquhart McCracken, †
Sgt Alexander Clague.

The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 0910LT to attack the Knapsack Power Station in Cologne. While returning to base, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off Vlissingen. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Douglas Joseph Wheatley, pilot,
Sgt John Stead, observer,
Sgt John Lenden West, bomber.

The crew was completing a local training flight at RAF West Raynham. While trying to make an emergency landing for unknown reasons, the airplane crashed at the airbase. The observer was killed and the pilot was injured.
Crew:
Sgt F. V. Clarke, pilot,
Sgt John Mons O'Grady, observer. †

The crew was engaged in an experimental flight and departed RAF West Raynham at 1610LT. The purpose of the flight to allow physiological research and tests to be done at high altitude. While cruising at FL330, the four engine airplane entered a cumulonimbus. The temperature of the airplane dropped by some 20° and pieces of ice entered through the open rear gun ports. After a minute in such conditions, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and the port wing spar failed at an altitude of about 25,000 feet. A crew member was able to bail out before the aircraft crashed in a field and was totally wrecked. All seven other crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O John Charles Michael Hawley, pilot, †
F/Lt John Bernard William Humpherson, pilot, †
1st Lt Follett Bradley Jr., pilot, †
Sgt Horace Philip Black, observer, †
F/Sgt George James Garwood, wireless operator, †
S/L David Alan Hoper Robson, †
Sgt Thomas James Wills, wireless operator, †
F/Lt William Kilpatrick Stewart.