Methwold AFB

The airplane departed RAF Methwold at 1127LT on an operation to Eindhoven. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near the Philips factory building. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Kenneth Samuel Smith, pilot,
F/Lt Wallace Martin, observer,
Sgt Walter Percy Gregory, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Thomas Milton, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Methwold at 1127LT on an operation to Eindhoven. Approaching Woensdrecht Airbase, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed 3 km west of Rilland. A crew was killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Herbert Thomas Bichard, pilot,
Sgt Roy Charles Lamerton, navigator, †
Sgt Derek Ansor Clift, wireless operator,
P/O Adrian Lancelot Saunders, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Methwold at 1401LT on an operation to Terneuzen. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea off Vlissingen. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
W/O Victor Roy Henry, pilot, †
Sgt Patrick Whelan, navigator, †
W/O Geoffrey Caleb Blackett, wireless operator,
Sgt Stephen Edwards, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Methwold at 1355LT on an operation to Den Helder. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea of Wadden, 5 km east off Den Helder. The air gunner was killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt John Edgar Harrison, pilot,
P/O Howard John Luck, observer,
F/Lt Colin Ward Dawson Hunt, wireless operator,
Sgt William Joseph Atkinson, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Methwold at 1355LT on an operation to Den Helder. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Bergen aan Zee. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Leslie George Oliver Smith, pilot,
F/O Allan Ernest Kench Perry, observer,
F/Sgt Norman Alexander Gardner, wireless operator,
F/O Robert Walter Neill, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Methwold on an operation to Maasluis, west of Rotterdam. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Spijkenisse. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Crew:
F/O David Ogilvie Brown, pilot,
F/Sgt Bernard Bruce Shipton, observer, †
F/Sgt Ronald Geoffrey Rowe, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt D. J. Reynolds, air gunner.

The crew was performing a training flight at RAF Methwold. On final approach, the airplane stalled, collided with tree tops and crashed. All three crew members were injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt T. R. Lewis,
Sgt P. Menzies,
Lac A. B. F. Bryant.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell on an operation to Bremen. Shortly after takeoff, the airplane was seen on fire, dove into the ground and crashed near RAF Methwold, bursting into flames. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Robert Bertram, pilot,
Sgt Joseph Guy Quin, observer,
Sgt Richard John Grenfell, wireless operator,
Sgt Norman Mitchell, air gunner,
Sgt George Walter Matthew Archer, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 0520LT on an operation to Brest. Ten minutes later, while climbing, it went out of control and crashed near RAF Methwold, bursting into flames. Five crew members were killed and a sixth was injured.
Crew:
F/Lt Douglas Roy Richardson, pilot, †
Sgt Robert Louis Nathaniel Simmons, pilot, †
Sgt Eric Ewings, observer, †
Sgt Victor Haig Mountstephens, wireless operator, †
Sgt Lawrence Joseph Roe, wireless operator, †
P/O S. G. Carter, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton in the evening of October 20 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it crashed at 0130LT at Catsholm Farm near RAF Methwold. The crew bailed out but one was killed as a result of doing so.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Lurring Aiken, wireless operator, †
Sgt A. Spriggs,
Sgt De Ville,
Sgt Scott,
Sgt Rigby,
Sgt Cook,
Sgt Bain.