Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

The airplane departed RAF Polebrook on an operation to a railway marshalling yard in Emden. While returning to base and flying along the Frisian Islands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 80 km north of Ameland Island. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Joseph A. Meli Jr., pilot,
2nd Lt Robert P. Cooper, copilot,
2nd Lt Jack Howell, navigator,
2nd Lt Howard E. Lewis, bombardier,
S/Sgt Stanford W. Henry, flight engineer,
T/Sgt Bernard A. Guenzig, radio operator,
S/Sgt Dewey K. Bishop, air gunner,
S/Sgt Louis M. Hilscher, air gunner,
S/Sgt Melvin E. Hugo, air gunner,
S/Sgt Charles D. Summers, air gunner.

Suffered an engine failure in flight and crashed 5 km southeast of Karnack. All nine crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt John R. Heckman,
2nd Lt Samuel J. Cleaver,
2nd Lt Kyriakos K. Passopulo,
2nd Lt Edward F. Smith,
F/O George C. Harsa,
Cpl Roy E. Cox,
Cpl William M. Nowell,
Pvt Aubrey C. Terry,
Pvt Russell R. Werdon.

The airplane departed RAF Framlingham to attack a General Motors factory in Antwerp. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed 800 metres south of Kats. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt James E. McKinley, pilot,
2nd Lt James L. White, copilot,
2nd Lt James M. Smith Jr., navigator,
2nd Lt John A. Payne, bombardier,
T/Sgt Cecil G. Trent, flight engineer,
T/Sgt Frank A. Skwiat, radio operator,
S/Sgt Arthur R. Pascoe, air gunner,
S/Sgt Russell B. Readding, air gunner,
S/Sgt John R. Hilliard, air gunner,
S/Sgt James A. Conlin, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Molesworth on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Heligoland Island. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Ross C. Bales,
1st Lt Rhude Mark Mathis Jr.,
1st Lt Daniel A. McColl,
1st Lt Walter E. Dooley,
S/Sgt Francis W. O'Reilly,
S/Sgt Jack D. Snell,
S/Sgt Edward A. Van Ravenstein,
S/Sgt Joseph G. Zsampar,
T/Sgt Raymond K. Winter Jr.,
T/Sgt Raymond H. Kilgore.

The airplane departed RAF Bassingbourn on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off Amrun Island. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt William H. Broley,
2nd Lt Joseph M. Darmiento,
2nd Lt Albert H. Davies,
2nd Lt Armando H. Ambalagi,
S/Sgt Kenneth T. M. Donovan,
S/Sgt Kenneth S. Greer,
S/Sgt Edward H. Jones,
T/Sgt Edward K. Clyne,
T/Sgt Lowell A. Dawson,
Sgt Edward S. Casparriello.

The airplane departed RAF Chelveston on an operation to a Potez Aircraft Factory near Amiens. Approaching the target area at an altitude of 20,000 feet, it was shot down by a German fighter, exploded and crashed 3 km north of Lucheux. Six crew members were killed, three became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
1st Lt Harold C. Pierce, pilot, †
2nd Lt Austin W. Borlen, copilot, †
T/Sgt Albert John Brandt, flight engineer,
2nd Lt Robert T. Ramsaur, navigator,
T/Sgt Ralph E. Olbert, radio operator, †
2nd Lt Joseph E. Wemheuer, bombardier,
S/Sgt Kenneth E. Brooks, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Guadelupe R. Ramirez, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Earl S. Tharp, air gunner, †
Sgt Robert Joseph Vertefeuille, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bassingbourn on an operation to a Potez Aircraft Factory near Amiens. After crossing the French coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Allery, 16 km south of Abbeville. Eight crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt Lawrence J. Stark, pilot, †
1st Lt John T. Evins, copilot, †
T/Sgt Tom W. Bagwell, flight engineer,
2nd Lt Walter H. Sypherd Jr., navigator, †
1st Lt Neill E. Oakley, observer, †
T/Sgt Wallace Lyle Mooney, radio operator,
2nd Lt Arthur H. Nicholls, bombardier, †
S/Sgt John J. Arihood, air gunner, †
Sgt Robert H. Reynolds, air gunner, †
Sgt Richard K. Wirt, air gunner, †
Sgt Edward Marion Brummal, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bassingbourn on an operation to a Potez Aircraft Factory near Amiens. Over the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Méaulte. Six crew members were killed, three became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
1st Lt Homer C. Biggs Jr., pilot, †
2nd Lt Theodore O. Hayes, copilot, †
T/Sgt John J. Williams, flight engineer, †
1st Lt William H. Blakeney, navigator,
T/Sgt Paul L. O'Brien, radio operator, †
2nd Lt Douglas Charles Hoehn, bombardier,
Sgt James B. Roden, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Enio J. Valerio, air gunner, †
Sgt Anthony J. Denefrio, air gunner,
S/Sgt James J. Cronk, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Grafton Underwood on an operation to Saint-Omer. The crew had been warned about the possibility of being attacked while taking off or landing. Consequently, the machine guns were charged. When the pilot banked the aircraft during the Group assembly, the right waist gun discharged about 50 rounds resulting in the aircraft's right horizontal stabilizer being shot off and cutting the control cable to the right aileron. The tail gunner and a waist gunner had been wounded by this action. The damage was so severe, the aircraft was very difficult to fly but was brought back over base where six crew bailed out. The pilots then took the aircraft towards the coast where the bombs and armament were jettisoned over The Wash, then turning back over land so that the bombardier and navigator could bail out safely near King's Lynn. Next, the pilot and copilot took their crippled plane back out to sea to ditch it away from built-up areas. They both bailed out somewhere off Blakeney, Norfolk. The copilot was picked up by an RAF rescue launch. The pilot had been in the freezing North Sea for some time before the Sheringham Lifeboat found him, unconscious. He did not survive.
Crew:
Cpt Derrol W. Rogers, pilot +9.

The crew departed Lowry AFB on a flight to Great Falls. While cruising under VFR mode west of Fort Collins, the pilot encountered marginal weather conditions. He apparently decided to return when the airplane impacted Mt Buckhorn located 21 km west of Fort Collins. The airplane was destroyed and both crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt William T. Averitt, pilot,
Cpl Stanley S. Luxenberg, flight engineer.