Haamstede

The airplane departed RAF Alconbury at 0004LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base few hours later and approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Haamstede. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Reginald Woof, pilot,
F/Sgt Alfred Maurice Illingworth, observer,
Sgt Snowdon Coulson, bomb aimer,
Sgt Laurent Harry Chessun, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Peter Welburn Rawcliffe, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2329LT on June 8 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Haamstede. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Angus Carr Mackenzie, pilot,
Sgt Edward Edwin Charles Evans, flight engineer,
Sgt John Edward Bottomley, navigator,
Sgt Albert Charles Schofield, bomb aimer,
Sgt Harold Reginald George Elliott, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Gordon John Sharman, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Stanton Harcourt in the evening of June 1st on an operation to Essen. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Haamstede. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Stanley Sinclair Martin, pilot,
Sgt Bernard Joseph Daley, pilot,
F/Sgt Thomas William Belton, observer,
Sgt Thomas Inglis McKenzie, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Albert Marvell, wireless operator,
Sgt George Campbell Falconer, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 0020LT on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base with one engine inoperative, it crashed near the lighthouse at Haamstede. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Douglas William Drummond Faint, pilot, †
P/O Garth Campbell Frew, observer, †
Sgt Alfred John Childs, wireless operator, †
Sgt Kenneth Herbert Price, wireless operator, †
Sgt William George Morton,
P/O Wilfred Arthur Wise.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham in the evening of July 30 on an operation to Cologne. Approaching the Dutch coast, it went out of control and crashed into the sea off Haamstede. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Donald Brook,
Sgt Peter Thomas Giblett,
P/O Charles Dale Hewson,
P/O Frank Edward Pratt, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1930LT on March 1st on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, just after it passed the Dutch coast, it crashed into the sea off Haamstede. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alfred Charles Hoare,
Sgt Philip Henry Woodbridge,
P/O Alan Addison Florigny,
Sgt Charles John Woods,
Sgt Alfred Coates.

The airplane departed Eindhoven on an operational sortie. While cruising along the Dutch coast, it suffered an engine failure and crashed into the sea off Haamstede, on Schouwen-Duiveland Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt O. Bieger, pilot,
Gfr Herndeck,
Fw Heimeier,
Gfr Bauer.

The airplane departed RAF West Raynham to attack aerodromes when it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed near Haamstede. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Harold Davies, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Roy Bryant, observer,
Sgt Warren Seymour Barrett, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Horsham to attack airfields. It was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed in Haamstede. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Douglas Goode, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Alexander Will, observer,
Sgt Victor St George Barrow, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wattisham with instructions to bomb an airfield near Bernburg. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Haamstede. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Clifford Charles Hayward, pilot,
Sgt Leslie Alfred Nevison Walker,
Sgt Israel Winberg.