Honington AFB

The airplane departed RAF Leeming to bomb an aircraft components factory in Berlin. While returning to base the following night, at an altitude of 5,000 feet, the right engine failed and the crew abandoned the aircraft that entered a dive and crashed near RAF Honington. All five crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
P/O Bridson,
Sgt Griffin,
Sgt Burton,
Sgt Marshall,
Sgt Lucas.

The airplane departed RAF Honington in the evening of December 7 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Stene near Ostend Airport. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Desmond Geoffrey Stanley,
Sgt Robert Coates Parker,
Sgt John James Coulsham Nanson,
Sgt Anthony Arthur Rogers,
Sgt Joseph Alan Grocott,
Sgt William Humphrey Pontin.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 1724LT on November 14 to bomb the Schlesiger Station in Berlin. While returning to base the following night, the bomber was hit by enemy fire while cruising over Bremen. The crew bailed out and abandoned the airplane that crashed into the IJssel Lake off Enkhuizen. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew (9th Squadron):
S/L Stanley Ggraham Pritchard,
P/O Percy Ainsworth Ward Thomas,
Sgt Harold Newall,
Sgt Alfred Hunt,
Sgt Ronald Francis Akerman,
P/O Roye Vincent Derbyshire.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 1931LT on November 7 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it clipped a line of trees and crashed. The pilot initiated a go around procedure when the airplane slid through a hedge and came to rest, bursting into flames. All six crew members were slightly injured.
Crew:
P/O P. E. Berry +5.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 1800LT on October 16 on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base at night, the crew encountered poor weather conditions over East Anglia and diverted to RAF Abingdon. On approach, the airplane collided with trees and crashed in Toddington, northwest of Luton. All four crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt F. Bevan,
Sgt W. F. Jones,
Sgt H. Rossiter,
Sgt J. M. McLean.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2005LT on October 14 on an operation to Magdeburg. While cruising at night, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed in Salzwedel, about 85 km northwest of Magdeburg. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L John Olding Hunks, pilot,
P/O Guy Paul Wentworth Austin, pilot,
Sgt Albert Edgar Skidmore, observer,
Sgt Colin Hay, wireless operator,
Sgt Eric Nield, wireless operator,
P/O John Edward Bartlett, air gunner.

The crew was completing a local training flight at RAF Honington. For unknown reasons, the airplane landed at high speed, overshot and crashed into a pile of bricks. All crew members evacuated safely.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 1831LT on a bombing mission to Berlin. While flying over the North Sea, the aircraft was badly shout about by an enemy night-fighter and the captain decided to fly back and to divert to RAF Honington. After touchdown, the aircraft went out of control and crashed, bursting into flames. All six crew members were uninjured and the aircraft was destroyed.
Crew (99th Squadron):
P/O Topham +5.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 1820LT on October 1st on an operation to Berlin. While returning to its base at night, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Lowestoft. All six crew members were killed and no bodies were recovered.
Crew:
F/Lt Charles Douglas Fox,
Sgt Donald Bannerman Fleming,
Sgt Charles Hugh Le Blanc Newbery,
Sgt John Devine Robertson,
Sgt Reginald Philip Sweett,
Sgt Ronald Edwin Thompson.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2125LT on September 28 on an operation to Hanau. On the return flight, while approaching the airbase at night, the aircraft crashed. Both pilots were killed and four others were injured.
Crew:
P/O Michael Ivor Nichols, pilot, †
F/Lt Anthony Howard Caldicott Cox, pilot, †
P/O C. M. Gamon,
Sgt H. G. Beckman,
Sgt A. MacPherson,
Sgt A. Holmes.