Great Massingham AFB

On final approach to RAF Great Massingham, while on a local training exercise, the airplane went out of control and crashed. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.
Crew:
Lt G. A. A. de Gramont, pilot.

The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1121LT on an operation to Eindhoven. It was badly shot about by the German Flak and crash landed at base. The airplane slid, wheels up, through an airfield defense position and was damaged beyond repair. All four crew members were injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt G. E. T. Nichols, pilot,
Sgt R. J. Hathaway,
Sgt L. H. R. Osborne,
Sgt W. J. Leslie, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1122LT on an operation to Eindhoven. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 6 km west off Katwijk aan Zee. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Peter Hiley Dutton, pilot,
F/Lt Norman Henry Shepherd, observer,
F/Lt Robert William McCarthy, wireless operator,
P/O M. Louis Delanchy, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1122LT on an operation to Eindhoven. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea, probably off the North Beveland Island. Lost without trace.
Crew:
W/O Alan Johnstone Reid, pilot,
F/O Derrick Redvers Redbourn, navigator,
F/Sgt William John Alton Spriggs, wireless operator,
P/O John William Beck, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1122LT on an operation to Eindhoven. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Ouddorp. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Cecil Albert Maw, pilot,
F/Sgt Harold Eric Wilson, observer,
Sgt Ronald Arthur Barnes, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1554LT on an Air Sea Rescue operation, searching for a missing Mosquito raid on Vlissingen. The airplane failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew.
F/O Francis Charles Hammond, pilot,
Sgt Charles McCreedy,
F/Sgt Kenneth Elwood Stilborn,
Sgt George Tough.

The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1313LT on an operation to Le Havre. Approaching the target area, it collided with a second RAF Boston registered Z2164 and also carrying four crew members. Both airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea off Le Havre. All eight crew members in both airplanes were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Robert Norval Davidson, pilot,
F/O James Allan Logan, navigator,
Sgt Gilbert George May Battison, wireless operator,
Sgt James Watt Fenton, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1320LT on an operation to Le Havre. Approaching the target area, it collided with a second RAF Boston registered AL284 and also carrying four crew members. Both airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea off Le Havre. All eight crew members in both airplanes were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Hugh McManus, pilot,
Sgt John Bell,
Sgt Alan Frank Goff,
Sgt Howard Yorke Torr, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1400LT on an operation to Courtrai-Wevelgem Airport. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near the airfield. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Philip Rex Barr, pilot,
F/O Walter Barford, navigator,
P/O Thomas Trotter, wireless operator,
W/O Neil Seymour Hunter Phillips, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1127LT on an operation to Pont-à-Vendin, near Lens. Over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Houthulst. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Henry Philemon Collings, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Tebbutt, navigator,
Sgt Stanley Walter Nash, wireless operator,
Sgt Francis Rex Pickering, air gunner.