Harwich

The airplane departed RAF Dalton at 2335LT on June 2 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off Harwich. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Frank Alex Holmes,
Sgt William Longster Crowther,
W/O George Henry Herbert Marks,
Sgt Stanley Arnett,
F/Sgt Fred Booth,
Sgt George Francis Jenkins,
Sgt David Boddy, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Chipping Warden at 2320LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, it was ditched into the North Sea off Harwich. Two crew members were rescued while three others were killed.
Crew:
P/O Robert Leslie William Ferrer, pilot, †
P/O Albin Lucki, navigator, †
Sgt Kenneth Howard Buck, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Ronald Grundy, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Draper McKenzie, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1720LT on an operation to Rotterdam. It was shot down by AA fire from trawlers and crashed into the sea off Harwich. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Douglas Reid Campbell,
Sgt Denis Curnick,
Sgt Ronald Welburn Dobson, wireless operator,
Sgt Alan Neal Williams,
P/O David Llewelyn Williams.

The airplane departed RAF Alconbury at 2010LT on September 2 on an operation to Ostend. While returning to base the following night, it crashed for unknown reasons into the sea some 10 miles off the port of Harwich. Two crew members were killed and four others were rescued.
Crew:
P/O Arthr Robert Fitch, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Robertson, wireless operator, †
Sgt T. Stabler,
Sgt A. C. S. Delgado,
Sgt W. V. Parslow,
P/O A. Kinniburgh.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2040LT on August 31 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, it crashed for unknown reasons into the sea some 25 miles east of Harwich. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Stafford Arthur Harvey,
Sgt Richard Kellett Hayes,
F/Sgt John Ernest Phillips,
Sgt Harold Alvan Taylor.

The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 2047LT on April 20 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night and approaching the British coast, it collided with a barrage balloon cable and crashed into the sea of Harwich, some 3,000 yards offshore. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Wilfrid Edgar Bowden,
P/O Frank Henry Cook,
Sgt Brinley Morgan Evans,
P/O Rex Mulligan Morrow, observer,
Sgt Maurice Alfred John Savage,
Sgt Frederick George Hindrup, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 0153LT on an operation to Hamm. It ditched in the sea some 10 miles east of Harwich. Two crew survived and were rescued by the crew of a British destroyed while a third crew was killed.
Crew:
P/O Metcalfe,
Sgt Martin,
Sgt Sydney Richard Merrett. †

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 1950LT on September 2 on a raid over Genova. The following morning, while returning to its base, it ran out of fuel and was ditched into the North Sea some 15 miles off Harwich, Essex. The crew took to their dinghy and while drifting off Aldeburgh, Suffolk, were rescued by HMS Pintail.
Crew:
P/O P. C. Elliott,
F/Sgt D. Moore,
Sgt M. R. Harvey,
Sgt J. F. Craig,
Sgt R. E. Connor.

The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton for convoy escort duties. While cruising along the shore in poor weather conditions, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Harwich. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Robert Lawson Patterson,
Sgt Lawrence Hugh Murrell Reece,
Sgt Ronald Yeaman Tucker.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington on a bombing mission over Emmerich. While returning to its base at night, the airplane collided with a barrage balloon cable and crashed into the River Orwell of Harwich. A crew survived while three others were killed.
Crew:
Sgt E. J. Spencer,
Sgt Samuel Patrick Connell, †
Sgt Albert Gross Kendrew, †
P/O Reginald William Roots. †