Great Massingham AFB

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.

The airplane departed RAF Melbourne at 0002LT on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following morning, the crew diverted to RAF Great Massingham. After landing, the Halifax ran off the end of the runway, went through the boundary fence and came to rest with its undercarriage smashed. All seven crew members escaped unhurt.
Crew:
F/O K. Munro,
Sgt A. L. Longworthy,
Sgt C. M. Arriett,
Sgt G. T. Butler,
Sgt F. S. Devereux,
Sgt Robinson,
Sgt G. C. McDougle.

The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1608LT on an operation to Vlissingen. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed in Breskens. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Geoffrey Peter Corah, pilot,
P/O Frank Edward Allen, observer,
P/O Arthur Alan Hewson Lindley, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1607LT on an operation to Vlissingen. It was hit by the German Flak and ditched, with the port engine on fire, off the English coast. Two crew members were rescued and a third was killed.
Crew:
Sgt Bernard Francis Quinn, observer,
P/O L. J. Skinner,
Sgt B. Bernstein.

The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 2201LT on an operation to Alkmaar Airfield. Over the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Krommedijk. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Richard Anderson Russell, pilot,
Sgt Siddele Henry Schofield, observer,
Sgt Joseph Eric Percival, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Robert Collins, air gunner.

The crew was performing a local night training flight at RAF Great Massingham. For unknown reasons, the airplane overshot and crashed. A crew was injured.
Crew:
Sgt Albert Leonard Lush, pilot,
Sgt William Wallace Collens, observer,
Sgt Eric Walter Cole, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1909LT on an operation to Dunkirk (Operation Circus 186). Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and was later ditched some 15 km off the coast of Kent into The Channel. All four crew members were rescued, among them two were injured.
Crew:
P/O L. J. Skinner,
Sgt R. Foster,
Sgt B. Bernstein,
Sgt G. Mann.

The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1809LT on an operation to Dunkirk. Over the target area, it was badly shot about by antiaircraft fire. The crew was able to evacuated the area but was eventually forced to abandon the airplane that crashed into The Channel some 15 km off the coast of Kent. All four crew members were later rescued, among them one was injured.
Crew:
F/O Leonard John Skinner, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Foster, observer,
Sgt B. Bernstein, wireless operator,
Sgt G. Mann, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham on an operation to Abbeville. Over the target area, it was hit by the German Flak and badly damaged. Nevertheless, the crew was able to return to England but the airplane crashed upon landing at Gatwick Airport and was damaged beyond repair. All four crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
F/Lt Hadley James Houghton, pilot,
W/O Walter George Davies, observer,
F/Sgt William Stanley Dossett, wireless operator,
Sgt James Gerald Edward Ploughman, air gunner.