Ameland Island

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 1838LT on an operation to Hamburg. While cruising along the Frisian Islands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 30 km north of Ameland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Martin Claridge Johnsen, pilot,
Sgt Alexander Campbell, flight engineer,
Sgt Albert George Snow, navigator,
Sgt Norman Phillip Taylor, bomb aimer,
Sgt Leslie Charles Pearson, wireless operator,
Sgt Cyril Davies, air gunner,
Sgt James Arthur Barnard, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1814LT on an operation to Hamburg. While cruising along the Frisian Islands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 30 km north of Ameland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O William Ronald Golding, pilot,
Sgt Royston Robert Isaac Webber, flight engineer,
F/O Leslie Alexander Allan, navigator,
Sgt Raymond Leonard Colverson, bomb aimer,
Sgt George Charles Daniel Sayer, wireless operator,
Sgt Keneth Hitchen, air gunner,
Sgt John Jocelyn Thompson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 1850LT on an operation to Berlin. While cruising along the Frisian Islands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Arthur James Herriott, pilot,
Sgt Arthur David Cherkinsky, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Wilfred George Francis, navigator,
F/Sgt Albert Leroy Bateman, bomb aimer,
Sgt James Nicol Gray, wireless operator,
Sgt John Kowalski, air gunner,
F/Sgt Alexander Trevor Woodhouse, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bourn at 1810LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. While flying along the Frisian Islands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 10 km north of Ameland Island. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Charles Monteith, pilot,
Sgt Edward William Oxenbridge, copilot,
Sgt Bertram Wallace Willbourn, flight engineer,
Sgt Cyril Noel Goodchild, navigator,
Sgt John George Ethelston, bomb aimer,
Sgt Jack Lewis Richardson, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Duncan Elwin Seeley, air gunner,
F/O Patrick Brennan, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leconfield at 1621LT to lay mines in the Nectarines area. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt R. V. Babington, pilot,
Sgt J. A. Austin, copilot,
F/Sgt H. W. Stewart, navigator,
Sgt L. H. Tabner, observer,
Sgt M. Harris, wireless operator,
Sgt A. J. Chester, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 1752LT on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base in the evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 35 km north of Ameland Island. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Thomas Richard Norman Fetherston, pilot,
Sgt Charles Cyril Brook,
P/O Thomas Edwin Dunlop,
Sgt Frederick William Hope,
F/Sgt Gerald Anthony Neville,
F/Sgt James Kelleher Player,
Sgt Milton Victor Riddle,
F/Sgt Nicholas Sidorchuk.

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 1912LT on an operation to Osnabrück. While returning to base in the late evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt James Porter, pilot,
Sgt P. B. J. Butcher, flight engineer,
P/O R. Whitelock, navigator,
P/O A. G. Richards, bomb aimer,
F/O B. C. H. King, bomb aimer,
Sgt R. Carson, air gunner,
F/Sgt B. J. Hardesty, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 0050LT on an operation to Duisburg. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea some three km north of Ameland Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alfred Henry Davies, pilot,
P/O Thomas Whiteside Kenyon, observer,
F/Sgt Douglas James Popple, wireless operator,
Sgt Roy Donald Peters, air gunner,
Sgt Sidney Frederick Ogeley Blackmore, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2359LT on July 8 on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 30 km northwest of Ameland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth James Broderick, pilot,
Sgt Ottiwell Francis Lodge, pilot,
F/Sgt Robert Ward Woolner, navigator,
Sgt William Leslie Schlater Rees, bomb aimer,
Sgt Keith Edward Dare, wireless operator,
Sgt William Henry Curtis, air gunner,
Sgt Sidney Arthur Roberts, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell on the evening of June 29 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Walter Jack Monk, pilot,
Sgt Douglas Haig Randle, observer,
Sgt John Gordon George Hegan, wireless operator,
Sgt Ernest Francis Sydney Moncrief, air gunner,
Sgt Murdoch Gordon McGregor, air gunner.