Honington AFB

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.

The airplane departed RAF Honington on the evening of September 28 on an operation to Cologne. While flying over the area of Antwerp at night, the aircraft was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Antwerp. Five crew members were killed and a sixth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt C. W. Oliver,
Sgt Kenneth Bruce Gladwin, pilot, †
Sgt Leonard William Hardy, observer, †
Sgt Edward John Milsom, wireless operator, †
Sgt Jack Woods, wireless operator, †
Sgt Sydney George Brooker, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 1950LT on September 2 on a raid over Genova. The following morning, while returning to its base, it ran out of fuel and was ditched into the sea off Margate, Kent. All four crew members came ashore in their dinghy.
Crew:
S/L J. S. Bartlett,
Sgt F. M. Kerr,
Sgt Coubrough,
Sgt M. C. Caryll de Tilkin.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 1950LT on September 2 on a raid over Genova. The following morning, while returning to its base, it ran out of fuel and was ditched into the North Sea some 15 miles off Harwich, Essex. The crew took to their dinghy and while drifting off Aldeburgh, Suffolk, were rescued by HMS Pintail.
Crew:
P/O P. C. Elliott,
F/Sgt D. Moore,
Sgt M. R. Harvey,
Sgt J. F. Craig,
Sgt R. E. Connor.

The crew departed RAF Honington on a local night training flight. While flying in the vicinity of the airbase, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in a field located in Troston, about three km southwest of the airfield, bursting into flames. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Denis Bennett, pilot,
P/O Peter Roderick Bawtree Wanklyn, pilot.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2010LT on July 19 on a bombing mission over Wismar. While flying along the German coast, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in the Eckernförde Bay, some 25 km northwest of Kiel. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (9th Squadron):
S/L John Blackwell Sinclair Monypenny, pilot,
F/L Douglas Davidson Middleton,
Sgt Fred Watson,
Sgt Walter Robert Cowell,
Sgt Merle Gott,
P/O Harold Frederic Archidale Lees, air gunner.

The crew departed RAF Honington at 2015LT on June 21 on a bombing mission over Bremen. At night, the aircraft was hit by unknown fire and the pilot ditched the aircraft into the North Sea, in the vicinity of four British Navy ships. All six crew members were promptly rescued while the aircraft sank and was lost.
Crew (9th Squadron):
F/O G. W. N. Nicholson,
P/O N. E. Canton,
Sgt G. W. Watt,
Sgt J. P. Rayne,
Sgt J. McIntyre,
P/O S. Crawford-Marks.