Marham AFB

The twin engine aircraft was engaged in a special flight from RAF Northolt to RAF Marham, carrying two cameraman from the BBC and two crew members. Shortly after takeoff from RAF Northolt, while climbing, the left engine failed. Unable to maintain a safe altitude, the crew attempted an emergency landing when the airplane stalled and crashed on the roof of the Premier Foods egg packing building located in Victoria road in Ruislip, about 1,5 mile north of the airfield. Both passengers were unhurt while both pilots were seriously injured. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The crew was performing a training sortie from RAF Marham. While cruising by night at an altitude of 19,000 feet, the pilot-in-command lost control of the airplane that went into a dive. While plunging into the earth at a height of 850 feet, the aircraft disintegrated in the air and eventually crashed in an open field located near Llanarmon-yn-Iâl. The debris were found on an area more than five miles and all ten occupants have been killed. The crew was unable to send any sort of mayday message.
Crew:
S/L W. R. Sloane,
P/O C. B. Speller,
P/O M. J. Lightowlers,
Sgt E. F. Wheeler,
Sgt K. A. Reakes,
Sgt R. F. S. Anderson,
Sgt E. D. Pearton,
Sgt A. J. Martin,
Sgt M. J. Clifton,
Sgt R. G. Hughson.

Shortly after takeoff from RAF Marham, while in initial climb, the crew noticed a fuel leak on the right wing and decided to return for an emergency landing. Unfortunately, the visibility was limited due to poor weather conditions and the pilot-in-command was forced to complete the approach with its radio compass as sole reference as there were no ATC or ground navigation aids at that time. During a last turn to join the runway approach path, the airplane lost height and crashed in a field located five miles northeast of the airfield. Four crew members were killed while four others were injured.

During the final approach completed by night with the flaps fully deployed, the engine number three failed. The airplane stalled and crashed in a huge explosion short of runway 06 threshold. Five crew members were killed while the sixth occupant was seriously injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt B. Wejman, †
F/Sgt R. E. Griffith, †
Sgt W. Pickering, †
Sgt F. R. Edwards, †
F/O M. L. Chatterjee, †
Sgt J. F. Groom.

The crew was performing a local training flight at RAF Marham. While completing a low pass over the runway at a height of 50 feet, the twin engine aircraft nosed down and crashed onto a barrack. All four crew members were killed. The cause of the loss of control was not determined.
Crew:
F/L Anthony Gerard Quinton Brand,
Sgt George William Wright,
LAC James Moffat,
LAC William Regan.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall in the evening of September 21 on a mine laying operation. It failed to return to base and is believed to have been shot down by a German fighter and to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Derek Henry Evans,
F/Sgt Russel Quince Leatherman,
F/Sgt William Bradley Martin,
F/Sgt Robert Elmer Paudash,
Sgt Douglas Thomson Simpson.

The airplane departed RAF Marham at 1941LT on September 18 on a mine laying operation. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Richard David Owen, pilot,
Sgt Alan James Calderwood, observer,
P/O Frank Henry Ellis, wireless operator,
Sgt Herbert Marmaduke Williams, air gunner,
Sgt Jack Arthur Hunter, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Marham at 1958LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. In the late evening, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the North Sea off Lower Saxony, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Frank Bruce Boaden, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth John Warner, pilot,
Sgt Laurence Arthur Shepherd, observer,
Sgt Frank John Sears, wireless operator,
P/O Frank Gordon Roy Jeffries, air gunner,
Sgt Herbert Arthur Roberts, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2014LT on an operation to Duisburg. It exploded following the ignition of the photo flash and crashed at Blofield. Three crew members were killed and two others were seriously injured. One of the survivor died 48 hours later from injuries sustained.
Crew:
F/Sgt Charles Henry Lanceley, pilot, †
Sgt Stanley Walter Scott, navigator, †
Sgt N. C. Hands, observer,
Sgt Melvyn Ralph Constable, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Lester Owen Colbran, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Marham on an operation to Bremen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Papenburg. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Gerald Arthur Keith,
Sgt Roger Spalton,
F/Sgt Alexander Stevenson,
Sgt John William Strickland,
Sgt Arthur Graham Winton.