Wyton AFB

While approaching RAF Jurby in poor weather conditions, the twin engine aircraft struck a hill and crashed at North Barulle, killing all six occupants. At the time of the accident, the visibility was poor due to low clouds.
Crew:
W/Cdr J. L. Aron,
S/Ldr C. Heseltine,
F/Lt H. D. Furness,
F/Lt B. H. Miller,
M/Tech E. N. Robinson,
F/Sgt R. J. Bridgeman.

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 airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2304LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Oberhausen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Maurice Edgar Rust, pilot,
Sgt Leslie Ashworth, flight engineer,
Sgt James Munro Hurson, navigator,
Sgt Sydney Williams, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ernest Charles Stally, wireless operator,
Sgt George Charles Chapman, air gunner,
Sgt Frederick Francis Foden, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2308LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Oeffelt. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Dennis Walter Cleveland Fletcher, pilot,
Sgt Eric Lidster, flight engineer,
P/O Leonard Arthur Charles Angell, navigator,
Sgt Albert Ernest McWilliam, bomb aimer,
Sgt Leonard Victor Tanner, wireless operator,
Sgt Ralph Metcalfe, air gunner,
F/Sgt Gordon Conrad Wickson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2320LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off the Frisian Islands, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Howard Mappin, pilot,
Sgt Clarence Edgar Wiggett, flight engineer,
Sgt Arthur John Boar, navigator,
Sgt George Alfred Livett, bomb aimer,
Sgt Arthur Allan Crank, wireless operator,
Sgt William Anderson, air gunner,
Sgt Francis William Turner, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 1010LT on a training flight with a crew of nine on board. It crashed in unknown circumstances at High Gate Farm near Swaton. All crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Max Keiran Cummings, pilot,
Sgt John Roughley, navigator,
Sgt Francis William Wilcox, navigator,
Cpl Thomas John Bond,
Sgt Harry William Cheshire, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry Whitfield Luker,
Cpl Francis Neville Sloss,
F/Sgt Robert Allan Taylor, air gunner,
Sgt Norman Woodcock, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2307LT on June 16 on an operation to Cologne. North of Jülich, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Broich. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Charles Murray, pilot, †
Sgt Frederick William Brown,
Sgt Dennis Chapman,
F/O Kenneth Francis East,
Sgt Jack Holt,
Sgt Raymond Douglas Prichard, air gunner,
F/O John Galloway Mackay, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2301LT on June 12 on an operation to Bochum. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Eric Arthur Tilbury, pilot,
P/O Arthur Bertram Smart, flight engineer,
P/O Harold Elvin Howsam, navigator,
P/O Arthur Gordon Fletcher, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Raymond Edward Moore, wireless operator,
F/O Gordon Robert Sugar, air gunner,
P/O Charles Frederick John Sprack, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2322LT on June 11 on an operation to Münster. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea west of Bergen aan Zee. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L James Eric Swift, pilot,
Sgt Norman Greenwood, flight engineer,
F/Lt Cornelius Vincent Joseph Geary, navigator,
F/O Daniel Owen Thomas, bomb aimer,
F/O Christian Godfrey Miller, wireless operator,
Sgt James Joseph Anderton, air gunner,
W/O Charles Arthur Nash, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2154LT on an operation to Plzeň. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Eesterga, 16 km southwest of Heerenveen. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Anthony Steven Renshaw, pilot, †
Sgt Frederick Arthur Worsnop, flight engineer, †
Sgt Joseph Edward Lecomber, navigator, †
Sgt Henry Rochead Williamson, bomb aimer, †
F/O Stanley Wilfred Gould, wireless operator,
Sgt James McGhee Hargreaves, air gunner, †
Sgt Jack Richard Stone, air gunner. †