Lowestoft

The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2325LT on June 29 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it suffered an engine failure and was ditched into the North Sea some 64 km east of Lowesotf. A crew was killed and five others were rescued.
Crew:
P/O K. J. Stanford, pilot,
Sgt L. F. G. Darlington, observer,
Sgt F. Cooper, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William Linwood, wireless operator, †
Sgt D. McIver, air gunner,
Sgt D. Gardiner, air gunner.

The airplane was shot down by a British fighter and crashed into the sea some 30 km east of Lowestoft. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Ofw K. Fischer, pilot,
Cpt H. Schmidt-Hederich, observer,
Uffz H. Hartmann, radio operator,
Ofw G. Höhenrieder, mechanic.

The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 1825LT on October 20 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it was ditched in the North sea, coming down off Lowestoft. All six crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt F. B. Morgan,
Sgt D. A. Macauley,
P/O R. E. Wagstaff,
Sgt H. F. Price,
Sgt J. H. Cline,
Sgt J. K. Bartlett.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1900LT on September 29 on an operation to Stettin. While returning to base the following night and approaching the British coast, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea some 40 miles northeast of Lowestoft. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Alexander Fletcher, pilot,
Sgt Douglas Edward Coyle, pilot,
Sgt James Tucker, flight engineer,
F/O William Henry John Thompson, observer,
Sgt Albert Edward Burrows, wireless operator,
Sgt Herbert Henry Mansfield, air gunner,
Sgt Hugh John Walker, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2057LT on April 17 on an operation to Berlin. During the course of the next five hours, a number of w/t signals were received, the last being at 0058LTZ when SOS was heard. At this stage, the bomber was plotted 30 miles off Lowestoft. It is believed that the bomber crashed into the sea but no trace of it nor the crew was ever found.
Crew:
Sgt Frank Weldon Baker,
Sgt George Gibb,
Sgt Harry Franklin Hurt,
Sgt John Ernest Johnson,
Sgt John William Nightingarl,
Sgt Robert Donald Cowan Stark.

The crew departed RAF Horsham St Faith in Norwich at 1020LT on an operation to Germany. On return, and while crossing the East Anglia coast at 1220LT, the crew failed to give any recognition signals and the Blenheim was promptly engaged by AA fire from naval ships. Shortly afterwards the tail assembly broke away and the bomber dived into a field 250 yards from the police house at Oulton, 2 miles west-northwest of Lowestoft. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Guy Jerrold Menzies, pilot,
Sgt Edwin Jones Bonney, observer,
Sgt Roy Tribick, wireless operator.

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 Waddington on an operation to Szczecin (Stettin), Poland. It was ditched off Lowestoft after running out of fuel. The crew were saved, uninjured, by a passing patrol vessel.
Crew:
P/O D. Romans,
P/O A. R. Kerr,
Sgt H. Logan,
Sgt Simons.

The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 2205LT on 19 August to attack Antwerp. While returning to his base, the crew was forced to ditch the airplane off Lowestoft. A crew was drowned and two others were rescued.
Crew:
P/O N. H. Bicknell,
Sgt U. S. Gingell,
Sgt John Henry George.

The airplane departed Vitry-en-Artois on a reconnaissance mission. While approaching the British coast, it was shot down by a Spitfire and crashed into the sea some 30 km off Lowestoft. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw E. Knobloch, pilot,
Lt O. Kliffken, observer,
Gfr H. Fricke,
Gfr H. Keil,
Fw M. Eiblmeier.