Harlingen

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse 1853LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Waddenzee some 10 km west of Harlingen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Clifford Arthur Milan, pilot,
Sgt Owen Joseph Trainor, flight engineer,
F/O Charles George Hitt, navigator,
P/O Ernest John Fry, bomb aimer,
Sgt Haydn Winston Edwards, wireless operator,
Sgt Horace Clarence Cope, air gunner,
W/O Russell Benson Van Buren, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Shipdham on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. As the crew encountered poor weather conditions, it was decided to change the target and to bomb the Lemmer harbor in the Netherlands. Flying in poor visibility, the airplane collided with a German fighter that struck the left wing of the bomber that entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed into the Waddenzee off Harlingen. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Nolan B. Cargile, pilot,
1st Lt Kenneth H. Moore, copilot,
S/Sgt Paul M. Crane, flight engineer,
S/Sgt Saul Suskind, flight engineer,
S/Sgt Michael Geriok, radio operator,
Cpt Oscar H. Wilkinson, navigator,
1st Lt Paul H. Keilman, bombardier,
S/Sgt Verne C. Stewart, air gunner,
S/Sgt Arthur A. Van Cleef, air gunner,
S/Sgt Solomon I. Wise, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Harwell at 2244LT 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 sea off Harlingen. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt James Stewart Leather, pilot,
Sgt Harry Bloor, pilot,
Sgt John McKelvie Dunn Oliver, observer,
Sgt Ronald Thomas Fage, wireless operator,
Sgt David Thomson Stanners, air gunner,
Sgt Gordon Lake, air gunner.

The crew left RAF Harwell in the day on a bombing mission to Bremen, Germany, with 1,066 other aircraft. Following an uneventful mission, the aircraft was returning to UK and was overflying The Netherlands when it was shot down by the German Flak. It went out off control and crashed into the Wadden Lake, off Harlingen. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (15th OTU):
Sgt James Stewart Leather, pilot,
Sgt Harry Bloor, pilot,
Sgt John McKelvie Dunn Oliver, observer,
Sgt Ronald Thomas Fage, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt David Thompson Stanners, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Gordon Lake, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2314LT on June 3 on an operation to Bremen. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Harlingen. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Adams Philp, pilot,
Sgt John Battersby, flight engineer,
Sgt Frank Edwin Ormerod, observer,
P/O Robert Samuel Mulhauser, wireless operator,
Sgt James Henry Harte, air gunner,
Sgt Willie Watson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2305LT on October 10 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following morning, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Waddenzee of Harlingen. A crew was killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Douglas Charlton Hedley, pilot,
Sgt George Mitchell, observer,
Sgt William Albert Brooks, wireless operator, †
Sgt Edward Wilfred Ernest Gough, air gunner.