Schouwen-Duiveland Island

The airplane departed RAF West Wickham at 2310LT on June 24 on an operation to Wuppertal. While returning to base the following morning, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 25 km west of Schouwen-Duiveland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Minorgan Steel, pilot,
Sgt William Noble Nisbet, flight engineer,
Sgt Alan Norman Cooper, navigator,
Sgt William Arthur Taylor, bomb aimer,
Sgt Harry Taylorson, wireless operator,
Sgt Cyril William Dixon, air gunner,
Sgt John Campbell Gardner, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Elvington at 2305LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Schouwen-Duiveland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Colin Carswell Marshall, pilot,
Sgt William Frederick Eades, flight engineer,
Sgt Peter Mytton Thornycroft, navigator,
Sgt George Roland Hill, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Edward Hughes, wireless operator,
Sgt Gordon Robert Hazell, air gunner,
Sgt William Cecil Lewis, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leconfield at 1824LT on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base and after passing the Dutch coast at an altitude of 3,000 metres, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea 20 km off Schouwen-Duiveland Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Robert Fairweather Milne, pilot,
P/O Morgan David Fox, navigator,
F/O Thomas Clinton Stuart Wood, bomb aimer,
W/O Glenn Greaves Clark, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Duncan McIntyre, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1729LT on an operation to Essen. While returning to base in the evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Schouwen-Duiveland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt G. Lyons, pilot,
Sgt B. Simmons,
Sgt R. L. Chitty,
Sgt H. Cowlishaw,
Sgt S. Coates,
Sgt Arthur Joseph Kenny, air gunner,
Sgt A. Rees, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 1420 on 'Operation Fuller'. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed off the Schouwen-Duiveren Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Arthur John Heneage Finch, pilot,
F/Sgt Albert Henry Leeds Jackson, observer,
Sgt David Yule Fyfe, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas McNeill, air gunner.

The airplane departed Soesterberg AFB on an operation to England. It crashed in unknown circumstances off the Schouwen-Duiveland Island, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Lt H. Ungerer, pilot,
Gefr R. Fischer, observer,
Ogfr R. Schwab, radio operator,
Ogfr P. Bookschulte, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Manston at 2315LT on August 31 to attack the airbase of Gilze-Rijen in the Netherlands. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea. Two crew were killed and the pilot was injured and became PoW.
Crew:
P/O William Edward Thomas, pilot,
Sgt Royston Sidney Bryer, observer,
F/Sgt William David McAdam, air gunner.

Due to a fuel exhaustion, the crew was forced to attempt an emergency landing. The airplane crash landed on the island of Schouwe-Duiveland and was damaged beyond repair. The crew escaped uninjured.

The airplane departed Gilze-Rijen AFB on an operation to England when it suffered an engine failure and crashed into the sea off Schouwen-Duiveland Island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz V. Alt, pilot,
Uffz H-G. Suckow, radio operator,
Uffz E. W. Korn, mechanic.

The airplane suffered an engine failure and crash landed in the sea off the Schouwen-Duiveland Island. A crew was killed and three others were rescued.
Crew:
Uffz K. Brückner, mechanic +3.