Castricum

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2343LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 65 km west of Castricum. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Mieczysław Bronicki, pilot,
Sgt Mieczysław Glass, navigator,
Sgt Stanisław Nogacki, bomb aimer,
Sgt Stefan Jama, wireless operator,
Sgt Jan T. F. Lezuch, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Rougham (Bury St Edmunds) to attack power stations in IJmuiden. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea 8 km west of Castricum. Five crew members were killed and the air gunner became PoW.
Crew (450th BS):
1st Lt Joseph H. Jones, pilot, †
2nd Lt Anthony A. Alaimo,
2nd Lt Norris K. Calkins, †
S/Sgt Milton E. Littrell, †
T/Sgt Robert P. Steffen, †
Sgt Marvin L. Harbour. †

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2147LT on May 16 and headed for the Möhne Dam and dropped its weapon, as briefed. Set course, as deputy leader, for the Eder Dam before heading for base. It was shot down by the German Flak while clearing the Dutch coast and crashed into the sea off Bakkum (Castricum). All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Henry Melvin Young, pilot,
Sgt David Taylor Horsfall, flight engineer,
F/O Vincent Sanford MacCausland, observer,
F/Sgt Charles Walpole Roberts, navigator,
Sgt Lawrence William Nichols, wireless operator,
Sgt Gordon Arthur Yeo, air gunner,
Sgt Wilfred Ibbotson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Burn at 2355LT on May 13 on an operation to Bochum. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 40 km west of Castricum, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L Thomas Bingham Marshall, pilot,
F/O Douglas Samuel Gooderham, observer,
F/O Daniel Coales, wireless operator,
Sgt Alfred Edward Quaife, air gunner,
F/O David John MacMillan, air gunner.