Vlissingen

Crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea off Vlissingen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Edward David Levens,
F/O Peter Frank McDonald,
P/O Richard Hartlebury Morris,
F/Sgt Sym Darroch,
F/Sgt Joseph Arthur Etheridge,
Sgt Edward Thomas Joseph Keay,
Sgt Thomas Malcolm Ward.

The crew was returning to RAF Binbrook following a bombing mission. While cruising over The Netherlands, the aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea few km off Vlissingen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (460th Squadron):
F/Sgt John Parr Ion,
Sgt Ronald Tomkinson,
F/Sgt Ronald Robert Curphey Morris,
P/O Linley Joseph Grey,
W/O Robert Le Gay Brereton,
F/Sgt Rex Coates,
F/Sgt William Edward Hathaway.

The four-engine aircraft left RAF Polebrook on a bombing mission to Frankfurt. While overflying The Netherlands, the aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in a field located 3 km southeast of Vlissingen. All ten crew members were killed.
Crew (351st BG):
1st Lt Daniel D. Nauman, pilot,
2st Lt William R. Keister, copilot,
1st Lt Walter A. Blair, navigator,
S/Sgt Mario Suozzo, bombardier,
T/Sgt Foy A. Rush, flight engineer,
T/Sgt Robert F. Martin, radio operator,
S/Sgt William R. Towsley, air gunner,
S/Sgt Lewis W. Burgess Jr., air gunner,
S/Sgt Ralph G. Robeson, air gunner,
S/Sgt Willard O. Hunter, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on 'Operation Fuller'. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off Vlissingen. Six crew members were killed and a seventh became PoW.
Crew:
W/Cdr Richard Denis Barry MacFadden, pilot, †
P/O James Wood, pilot, †
F/Lt Patrick Roderick Hughes, navigator, †
Sgt Robin Murray, wireless operator,
Sgt Andrew Paton Everett, wireless operator, †
S/L Martin Tyringham Stephens, air gunner, †
Sgt George Ingate Taylor, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 0213LT on an operation to Aachen. While returning to base at the end of the night, it was shot down by the German Flak and is believed to have crashed into the sea off Vlissingen. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Bernard Athelstan Basevi, †
P/O Derek Jacobs, †
P/O Anthony Leslie Parsons,
Sgt George Wiscombe.

The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island on a mine laying operation off Boulogne-sur-Mer. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the Schelde Estuary off Vlissingen. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Harry Fletcher Binns,
Sgt David Adams Campbell,
P/O Ian Good Mitchell,
Sgt Thomas Penrice.

The airplane departed RAF Horsham St Faith (Norwich) to attack the Knapsack Power Station in Cologne. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Vlissingen. All three crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Adam Francis Hirst Mills,
Sgt Leslie Charles Mitchell,
P/O William Arthur Staniland.

The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 0910LT to attack the Knapsack Power Station in Cologne. While returning to base, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off Vlissingen. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Douglas Joseph Wheatley, pilot,
Sgt John Stead, observer,
Sgt John Lenden West, bomber.

The airplane departed RAF Horsham St Faith (Norwich) at 0920LT to attack the Knapsack Power Station in Cologne. Approaching the Schelde Estuary, it collided with high tension cables and crashed into the sea off Vlissingen. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Albert Charles Cutler, wireless operator,
P/O Bernard Frederick West Matthews,
P/O Malcolm Thomas Kershaw Walkden.

The airplane departed RAF Manston on a maritime patrol flight. Approaching the Dutch coast, it crashed in unknown circumstances 11 km west of Vlissingen. A crew was killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Howard Dulwich,
F/Lt Arthur Philip Culverwell,
W/O Harold Charles Friend,
W/O Ronald Tanfield.