Oakington

While completing training manoeuvres in the vicinity of RAF Oakington, the twin engine airplane collided with a private Cessna 150 registered G-ATKF. The pilot of the Cessna was able to perform an emergency landing as well as the crew of the Varsity who landed at RAF Oakington. Nevertheless, the aircraft was later considered as damaged beyond repair.

The Viking was performing a flight from RAF Wyton with five crew members and a high ranking officer on board. On approach to RAF Oakington, at an altitude of 1,500 feet, the airplane collided with a RAF De Havilland DH.100 Vampire T.11 registered XD549 that just took off from RAF Oakington for a local training mission with two pilots on board. After the collision, both aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field located 4 miles southwest of the airbase. All eight occupants in both aircraft were killed. It is believed that both crew were responsible as they failed to pay sufficient attention to potential traffic.

The crew was engaged in a local training sortie at RAF Oakington and was due to complete an approach with the engine number one voluntarily off, followed by a go around procedure. While flying over the airfield at an altitude of some 150 feet, the aircraft stalled and crashed in a huge explosion. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (242nd Squadron):
F/Lt Douglas S. Cameron,
F/Lt Basil C. Hanson,
F/Lt John D. Hughes,
2nd Cl Raymond B. Hollis,
F/O George H. Salt.

While on a training sortie in RAF Oakington, the aircraft belly landed and slid for several yards before coming to rest. All four crew members were unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

On touchdown, an undercarriage collapse. The aircraft skidded for several yards before coming to rest. There were no injuries but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. It appears that, for undetermined reason, the undercarriage were partially deployed and not locked upon landing.

The aircraft left RAF Oakington at 2124LT to attack the railway network at Laon, France. After dropping the bombs by night, the aircraft was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a field located in Maizy. All seven crew members were killed. Claim by Uffz Konrad Beyer 1/NJG4 at an altitude of 2,800 meters.
Crew (7th Squadron):
P/O Percy Aslett, pilot,
F/S James Wilfred Bott, flight engineer,
P/O Hugh Boyd Cooper, navigator,
F/S Thomas Horton, air bomber,
F/S Laurence Alfred Scott, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Francis William Ingham, air gunner,
P/O Leon Francis George Noakes, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2334LT on June 24 on an operation to Wuppertal. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea 15 km west of Ostend. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Arthur Joseph Davis, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey Thompson, flight engineer,
Sgt Frederick Fazackerley, navigator,
Sgt Anthony Robert John Hunt, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Charles Carter, air gunner,
F/O John Filmer Hanrahan, air gunner,
Sgt Henry Raymond Glover, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2328LT on June 24 on an operation to Wuppertal. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 80 km west of Katwijk aan Zee. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L John Ronald Savage, pilot,
P/O Frederick John Haines, copilot,
F/Sgt Godfrey Hippesley Cox, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Sidney James Barnes, navigator,
Sgt Sydney Arthur Errington, bomb aimer,
Sgt Arthur Ashton Caley, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Norman Robert Morrison, air gunner,
Sgt Derek Richard Spanton, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2321LT on June 24 on an operation to Wuppertal. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Rilland. Three crew members were killed, one evaded and three became PoW.
Crew:
W/Cdr Robert George Barrell, pilot, †
P/O Harold John Hudson, flight engineer,
F/Lt Frederick Hilton, navigator, †
F/Lt Joseph Arthur Emery, bomb aimer,
P/O Sydney George Keatley, wireless operator,
W/O James Alexander Pearson, air gunner,
W/O Edward George Jimmie Pointer, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 0007LT on an operation to Krefeld. While passing over Belgium at an altitude of 11,000 feet, it was shot down by two German fighters. The Stirling lost altitude and the captain attempted to make an emergency landing when the airplane stalled and crashed on the bank of a canal, bursting into flames. The captain and the navigator were killed while five other crew members became PoW.
Crew (7th Squadron):
F/O Robert Bruce Meiklejohn, pilot, †
Sgt Frank William Coles, flight engineer,
F/O Charles Henry Gerrard Redwood, navigator, †
Sgt Frank Hugo, bomb aimer,
Sgt Leslie Edward Ellingham, wireless operator,
Sgt John Kilfoyle, air gunner,
F/Sgt Edgar Andrew Brown, air gunner.