Grubbenvorst

The airplane departed RAF Ludford Magna in the evening of June 24 on an operation to Wuppertal. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the River Maas in Grubbenvorst. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Edward William Lane, pilot,
Sgt Ronald William Ridgley, flight engineer,
Sgt Terence William Connor, navigator,
Sgt Stanley Frank Barker, bomb aimer,
Sgt Stanley Ernest Williams, wireless operator,
Sgt Norman Fotheringham, air gunner,
Sgt Albert Twohy, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2356LT on May 25 on an operation to Düsseldorf. At 0132LT, when southwest of the target, it was shot down by the German Flak. Bombs were jettisoned and two crew members bailed out. At 0215LT, it crash landed in an open field located in Grubbenvorst. Three crew members were killed and four other occupants became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Jack Oliphant Wilson, pilot, †
Sgt Ronald William Pittard, flight engineer, †
P/O Brian Edward Cooper, navigator,
Sgt Patrick Arnott, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Sidney John Maxted, wireless operator,
Sgt Everett Franklin Seabolt, air gunner,
Sgt Arthur William Edgeley, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Newton at 2305LT on June 26 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Grubbenvorst, on the west bank of the River Maas. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Winston Sievers, pilot,
P/O Christopher Reginald Herbert, pilot,
P/O Alan George St. John Ross, observer,
Sgt Hector George Burgess, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William John Grieve, wireless operator,
Sgt Francis Joseph Hart, air gunner.