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 2123LT on April 20 on an operation to Szczecin. After passing over Copenhagen, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Klagshamn, southwest of Malmö. All seven crew members were rescued and interned.
Crew:
P/O C. P. McDonald, pilot,
Sgt T. J. Parrington, flight engineer,
P/O Victor William Joseph Nunn, navigator,
Sgt C. M. Paley, bomb aimer,
Sgt M. A. Coles, wireless operator,
F/O John Percival Crebbin, air gunner,
F/Sgt C. J. Ford, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2117LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Pontavert. The pilot was killed and six other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Glen Alexander McNichol, pilot, †
W/O George Christopher Mott, flight engineer,
F/O Henry Harold Beaupre, navigator,
F/O Thomas William Lewis, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt George Stanley MacFarlane, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry Richard Willis, air gunner,
F/Sgt Charles Erskine Hobbs, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2129LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Dobřany, 10 km southwest of Plzeň. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Frank Cyril Milton, pilot,
F/Sgt Roy Beaven, flight engineer,
F/O Norman Milton McLellan, navigator,
F/Lt Walter Basil Wells, navigator,
Sgt Alex Podolsky, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Jack Rodgers, air gunner,
Sgt Maurice Kleinhorn, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 1950LT on an operation to Essen. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the city. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Robert Bernard Hope, pilot,
Sgt Ronald George Pegg, flight engineer,
W/O Leo Neil McArthur, navigator,
Sgt Cedric Leslie Billington, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt James Spy Keay, wireless operator,
Sgt Dennis Brennen, air gunner,
Sgt William Billington, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2010LT on an operation to Essen. Approaching Düsseldorf, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Mönchengladbach. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Cyril Desmond Calvert, pilot,
Sgt Robinson Bee, flight engineer,
P/O George Mackay, navigator,
Sgt James Carleton Aston, bomb aimer,
P/O John Horace Ridd, wireless operator,
Sgt Raymond O'Brien, air gunner,
Sgt Leonard Ralph Tomlinson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 1940LT on an operation to Essen. It was later shot down over the Netherlands and crashed in Winterswijk, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L Frank Thompson Flower, pilot,
F/Sgt Frank William Thomas Routledge, flight engineer,
F/O Frederick Albert Southon, navigator,
Sgt Douglas McEwen, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Leslie Fieldhouse, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Eric L'Estrange Lightfoot Shandley, air gunner,
W/O Clarence Malcolm McGregor Coghill, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2135LT on an operation to Berlin. At 2233LT, the crew was forced to return after encountering severe weather. The airplane failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Noel Charles Johnson, pilot,
F/O William Francis Coldwell,
Sgt Douglas Hayden Harper,
Sgt Gordon Barrie McFarlane,
F/Sgt Alvin Harold Penner,
Sgt George Thomas Still,
F/Sgt Robert Desmond McCullagh, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2031LT on March 11 on an operation to Stuttgart. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sogny-en-l'Angle. Two crew members were killed, two evaded and three became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Norman Alexander John Mackie, pilot,
Sgt Ralph Henderson, flight engineer,
F/Lt Allan MacPherson Ogilvie, navigator,
F/Sgt William Eric Barrett, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Lewis Edward James Humber, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Alexander Lynch, air gunner, †
Sgt Kenneth William Chipchase, air gunner. †