Kattegat

The airplane departed RAF Burn at 1855LT on an operation to Duisburg. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the Kattegat and was lost. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt George Hadley Eades, pilot,
F/Lt Allen Myrick Hill, flight engineer,
F/Lt Norman Joseph Gardner, bomb aimer,
W/O Benjamin Victor Lloyd Ducker, wireless operator,
W/O Joseph Michael Rogal, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bourn at 2000LT on September 18 to lay mines in the Undergrowth and Yew Tree area. Passing over the Kattegat, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O James Edward Land, pilot,
Sgt Robert Frederick Lowrie, flight engineer,
Sgt George Hayes, navigator,
F/Sgt William Douglas Probert, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Frank Edward Davidson, wireless operator,
Sgt Gordon Frederick Eldridge, air gunner,
F/Sgt Charles Robert Bee, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bottesford to lay mines in the Silverthorn area. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Kattegat. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Milton Wilbur Atkins,
F/Sgt Lionel George Cladis,
F/O Gordon Easley,
F/O Stanley Glazebrook,
P/O Raymond Raynes Hartell,
Sgt Clifford William Musto,
F/O John Garfield Speir.

The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath to lay mines in the Silverthorn area. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Kattegat. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Norman Percy Gregson,
F/Sgt Claudius William Samuel Oliver,
Sgt Leonard Robert Sims, observer,
F/Sgt Garnet Floyd Smith,
Sgt James Henry Storey, air gunner,
Sgt William Henry Streater,
P/O William Charles Sutton.