Den Helder

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 1735LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 40 km north of Den Helder. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Edgar Heaton Burgess, pilot,
F/Lt Torkel Torkelsson Lundberg, flight engineer,
F/Sgt John Stewart Hill, navigator,
F/Sgt Kenneth George Curtis, bomb aimer,
Sgt George Henry Anderson, wireless operator,
Sgt Sidney Edward Perry, air gunner,
Sgt Douglas Paterson Kerr, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 1802LT on an operation to Fallersleben. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the Marsdiep off Den Helder. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Leonard Clarence Shepherd, pilot,
Sgt Cyril Martin Taylor, flight engineer,
Sgt Stanley Holmes, navigator,
Sgt Alan John Claude Lavers, bomb aimer,
W/O Joseph Noel Charles Hornidge, wireless operator,
Sgt Alan Frank Copplestone, air gunner,
Sgt Glyn Price, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Methwold at 1355LT on an operation to Den Helder. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea of Wadden, 5 km east off Den Helder. The air gunner was killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt John Edgar Harrison, pilot,
P/O Howard John Luck, observer,
F/Lt Colin Ward Dawson Hunt, wireless operator,
Sgt William Joseph Atkinson, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2029LT on a mine laying operation. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Den Helder. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Stanisław Bielec, pilot, †
F/O Jan Stapor, †
Sgt S. Szczepanski, †
Sgt Stanisław Sapeta, †
Sgt Stanisław Chudy, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 2045LT on August 27 on an operation to Kassel. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 30 km southwest of Den Helder. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Ronald Berryman McCarthy, pilot,
F/Sgt Henry Millen Russell, pilot,
Sgt Harold Forshaw, flight engineer,
P/O Thomas Patrick Scanlan, observer,
Sgt Louis Arthur Jones, bomb aimer,
P/O Vincent Charles William Trowbridge, wireless operator,
Sgt Gordon Francis Medhurst, air gunner,
F/Sgt Joseph Ronald Bird, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 2341LT on July 21 on an operation to Duisburg. In unknown circumstances, it crashed into the sea east of Den Helder. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Robert Wishart, pilot,
Sgt Robert Spencer Doherty, observer,
F/Sgt John Beverly Pleasence, wireless operator,
P/O Thomas Reginald Ashton, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2331LT on June 27 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 some 20 km southwest of Den Helder. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O William Lawrence Scott, pilot,
Sgt George Bertram Tatham, flight engineer,
W/O Gordon McLean Phillips, observer,
P/O John James Hughes, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt James Edward Cole, wireless operator,
Sgt Sidney Bertram Rowland, air gunner,
P/O Joseph Harvey Milton Lacelle, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Honeybourne at 2236LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following morning, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 10 km southwest of Den Helder. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Marsden Cole, pilot,
P/O Sidney Arthur Cheeseman, observer,
P/O Harry William Blackford, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Peter Christopher Omilianouski, air gunner,
Sgt William Percy Rixon, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Thornaby at 2315LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the Sea of Wadden off Den Helder. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew (1st OTU):
P/O David Reed Farnham, pilot, †
F/O William Denman Whatley, pilot, †
S/L William Derek Hodgkinson,
F/Sgt Victor Frank Cave.

The airplane departed RAF Marham 2306LT on June 3 on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Den Helder. Seven crew members were killed and the eighth became PoW.
Crew:
P/O James Garscadden, pilot, †
P/O John Douglas Insch, observer, †
F/Sgt Harold Cyril Frederick Broadbent, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Leo Louis Joseph Farley, wireless operator, †
Sgt Keith Rowland Cox, air gunner,
Sgt Norman Cyril Frederick Sibley, air gunner, †
Sgt Leonard James Smith, air gunner, †
P/O John Richard Webber, air gunner. †