East Wretham AFB

The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 0024LT on an operation to Aachen. While returning to base and flying southwest of Cambrai at an altitude of 5,400 metres, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Metz-en-Couture. The pilot survived and became PoW while six other crew members were killed.
Crew (115 Sq):
F/O Rodney Boyd Larson, pilot,
Sgt Mervyn Jones, flight engineer, †
P/O Chester Armstrong, navigator, †
F/O Frederick Leonard Yates, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Arthur Williams, wireless operator, †
Sgt Derick Murphy, air gunner, †
Sgt John Albert Thomas Newton, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 2359LT on July 13 on an operation to Aachen. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Les Hayons. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew (115 Sq):
S/L Robert Alexander G. Baird, pilot, †
Sgt Johannes Ernest Conraad Odendaal, flight engineer,
F/O William James Moorcroft, navigator, †
F/Sgt Robert Alfred Walker, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Edwin Smith, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Nicholas Auber Benjamin Robinson, air gunner, †
Sgt Harold Matthews, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 2357LT on July 3 on an operation to Cologne. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the target area. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Bennett Stokes-Roberts, pilot, †
Sgt David Oliver Wilcox, flight engineer, †
Sgt Dennis Arthur Crowsley, wireless operator, †
F/O Robert Leonard Donovan, navigator, †
Sgt Thomas Frederick Shevels, bomb aimer,
Sgt George Thomson, air gunner, †
Sgt Stanley Eric Finch, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 2354LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Den Helder, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Frederick Rashley, pilot,
Sgt Frank Lynford Beeston, flight engineer,
Sgt Clyde Maxwell Sibbald, navigator,
Sgt Alexander Corns, wireless operator,
F/O Gideon Davidson, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ernest Green, air gunner,
Sgt Albert Worsdale,air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 2250LT on June 25 on a mine laying operation in the French waters off Lorient. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near the Château de la Beuvrière located about 4 km southwest of Grez-Neuville. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Alan Whitehead, pilot,
Sgt Leslie Frederick Price, flight engineer,
Sgt Patrick Edward Glover, navigator,
F/O Frederick Parry, bomb aimer,
Sgt Eric Ryder Richardson, radio operator,
Sgt Edward Gordon Baker, air gunner,
Sgt William McIlwee McGowan, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 2119LT on June 19 on a mine laying operation off La Rochelle. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and abandoned by the crew before crashing in Ingrandes-le-Fresne-sur-Loire. The pilot was killed, two crew evaded and four others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Derek Frank Paston Brown, pilot, †
Sgt Alexander Suttie Davidson,
P/O Charles Neville Pitchford,
Sgt A. H. Sheppard,
Sgt C. F. Trott,
Sgt R. Gould, air gunner,
Sgt L. King, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 0002LT on an operation to Bochum. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Waddenzee 15 km northeast of Den Oever. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ian Richard Victor Ruff, pilot,
Sgt John Frederick Mustchin, flight engineer,
Sgt Norman William Procter, navigator,
Sgt Paul Dalralph Deck, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Renwick Glendinning, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Anthony Rush, air gunner,
F/Sgt Frederick Cuffey, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 0027LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Mill, 18 km south southwest of Nijmegen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Douglas Parr Fox, pilot,
Sgt Peter Francis Nixon, flight engineer,
W/O Kenneth Loren Spring, navigator,
F/Sgt Philip Arthur Chapman, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Alan Morton Johnson, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert Derek Bulmer, air gunner,
F/Sgt Alan Seblery Spires, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 2350LT on May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal. It was very badly shot about by a German fighter whose fire damaged the port outer engine, port rudder and fuselage. During the engagement, the air gunner was killed. The airplane was able to return to base where it crashed upon landing the following night. All other six crew members survived.
Crew:
F/O J. F. Andrews, pilot,
F/Sgt T. C. Wellock,
P/O E. B. Pidgeon,
Sgt W. Reid,
Sgt C. Skripsy,
Sgt W. Mitchell,
Sgt John James Glazzard, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 2356LT on May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hechtel-Eksel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Roughead Fleming, pilot,
Sgt Hopkin George Thomas, flight engineer,
Sgt Robert Adair, navigator,
P/O Charles Kenneth Coker, bomb aimer,
Sgt James Currie, wireless operator,
Sgt Kenneth George Berry, air gunner,
Sgt Arthur Raymond Tickner, air gunner.