Vickers 424 Wellington IV

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby in the evening of August 27 on an operation to Kassel. Believed to have crashed near the target area but the exact location of the crash remains unknown.
Crew:
P/O Melvin Florin Johnson, pilot,
F/Sgt Thomas Rooney, observer,
P/O Byron Stanley Biden, wireless operator,
P/O Walter Lewis Quinn, wireless operator,
Sgt Leslie Mellor Tewtley, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2040LT on August 27 on an operation to Kassel. Believed to have crashed near the target area but the exact location of the crash remains unknown.
Crew:
P/O Charles William Keddy, pilot,
F/Sgt James Paterson, observer,
F/Sgt Arnold Herbert Amlin, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Herbert Carl Empey, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Dickenson Fletcher, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2053LT on August 27 on an operation to Kassel. It is believe that it crashed near Duisburg but the exact location of the crash is unclear. A crew was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Alwyne Edward Rees, observer, †
Sgt Samuel Henry Ebsary,
F/Sgt Robert Roy Henderson,
F/Sgt Terence Edward McCormick,
Sgt Dennis Leslie Frederick Toombs.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2030LT on August 27 on an operation to Kassel. Over Cologne, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the city. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Alfred Henry Paget, pilot, †
P/O Franklyn Richard Samuel Pye, observer, †
Sgt Eric Tupholme, observer, †
Sgt James Bellinger, wireless operator, †
Sgt Francis Churchill Weighhill, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Breighton at 2007LT on an operation to Kassel. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Dalfsen. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Cyril Charles Viney, pilot, †
Sgt Warren Wallace Jarrett, navigator, †
Sgt Horation Irwin Munckton, bomb aimer,
Sgt Colin Hugh Mackenzie Smith, wireless operator, †
Sgt Henry Thomas Augustus Turner, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Breighton at 2006LT on an operation to Kassel. It is believed that it crashed near the target area but the exact location of the crash remains unclear. Five crew members were killed and a sixth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Noel Gordon Bass, †
Sgt Robert James Munro, †
F/O Frank Edward Parsons, †
F/O Frederick Charles Pinfold, †
F/O John Frederick Summers, †
Sgt Warwick Hilliard Tubman.

The airplane departed RAF Ingham 2101LT on August 24 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Marcy-sous-Marle. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt B. Koscien,
F/O M. Daab,
Sgt J. Glodkowski,
F/Sgt M. Gadek,
Sgt W. Krzyzanowski.

Then airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2100LT to lay mines off Brest. Passing over the Ile-de-Sein Island at an altitude of 700 feet, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and was ditched into the sea off the island. All six crew members were rescued six hours later by a French fishing boat and later became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Kazimierz Borowski,
F/O Stefan Karol Lintzel,
Sgt Adam Barszcz,
F/Sgt F. B. Ratajski,
Sgt E. Pelc,
Sgt W. Raginis.

The airplane departed RAF Ingham at 2157LT on August 17 on an operation to Osnabrück. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Emlichheim. A crew was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Izydor Konderak, †
F/O K. Zakrzewski,
F/Sgt W. Vandalli,
Sgt J. Hmenia,
F/Lt Kasimierz Zakrzewski-Rucinski.

The airplane departed RAF Breighton at 2208LT on August 12 on an operation to Mainz. Over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Eisden, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O William Alexander Clegg,
Sgt Allen Holland,
Sgt Reginald James Mayne,
Sgt Lewis Kershaw McMichael,
Sgt Ronald David Smith.