Terschelling

The crew was involved in a bombing mission. While approaching the Dutch coast, the bomber christened 'Pride O The Yanks' was hit by antiaircraft fire. The pilot attempted to make an emergency landing but the aircraft eventually crashed into the sea off the Terschelling Island. Seven crew members were injured while three others were killed.
Crew (388th Bombing Group):
J. L. Patrick, pilot,
A. A. McDonell, copilot, †
J. F. Spear, navigator, †
E. K. Bingham, radio operator,
R. Rarick, engineer,
A. Vuksta, bombardier,
Frank L. Heiden, air gunner,
J. E. Ford, air gunner,
D. J. Harter, air gunner,
R. J. Rupe, tail gunner. †

The crew was returning to his base in England following a bombing mission over Bremen. While cruising over the North Sea, the aircraft collided with another USAF B-17 registered 42-31113 and also carrying a crew of 10. Both aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea west off Terschelling Island. There were no survivors among the 20 occupants on both aircraft.
Crew (96th BG):
2nd Lt George Valentine Bleyle,
Sgt Donald Richard Denmead,
2nd Lt Floyd Waldo Eakman,
S/Sgt Benjamin Lester Haynes Jr.,
1st Lt Lewis Merrill Kerrick,
S/Sgt Stanley Joseph Maruso,
2nd Lt Lloyd Thompson,
S/Sgt Alton B. Walker,
S/Sgt Charles Paul Wilder,
T/Sgt Raymond Wilfred Wright.

The crew was returning to his base in England following a bombing mission over Bremen. While cruising over the North Sea, the aircraft collided with another USAF B-17 registered 42-30872 and also carrying a crew of 10. Both aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea west off Terschelling Island. There were no survivors among the 20 occupants on both aircraft.
Crew (96th BG):
2nd Lt Thomas Brooks Blackwell,
S/Sgt Leonard Melvion Branam,
2nd Lt Harry Emil Creutzmann,
T/Sgt Floyd Wayne Gauss,
T/Sgt John Mancina,
Cpt Harold Raymond Mott,
S/Sgt Andrew Robert Nichols,
S/Sgt Paul J. Santillan,
2nd Lt Angus Douglas Stewart,
S/Sgt Warren Monroe Sturdevant.

The bomber left RAF Grimsby at 2244LT on a bombing mission to Hamburg. While approaching the Dutch coast, the aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea some 10 km off Terschelling. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (100th Squadron):
F/Sgt J. Lynch 6.

The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 2252LT on May 27 on an operation to Essen. Flying along the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 70 km north of Terschelling. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt William David Mills, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Smith, flight engineer,
F/O William Vincent Fitzgerald, navigator,
F/Sgt Geoffrey Alan Mathias, bomb aimer,
Sgt Henry Thomas George Hubbard, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Moore, air gunner,
P/O James Bernard True, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2241LT on May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down a the German fighter and crashed into the Waddenzee some 10 km off Terschelling. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O James Leonard Drysdale, pilot,
Sgt John Finsterbush Lester, flight engineer,
F/O William Allan Marsden, navigator,
F/Sgt Horace William Enoch Hyett, bomb aimer,
Sgt Samuel Jones, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Sidney Bushill, air gunner,
P/O Francis Aloysius Doherty, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford in the evening of May 11 on Operation Leek 7 / Catarrah 12 and headed for Holland (Special Operation Executive). Approaching the Dutch coast, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea, probably off Terschelling. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Jan Polnik, pilot,
F/Sgt Bronisław Wojno, pilot,
Sgt Edward Piatkowski, flight engineer,
F/O Jerzy Polkowski, navigator,
Sgt Jerzy Kurzak, bomb aimer,
Sgt Karol Germansinski, wireless operator,
Sgt Piotr Bednarski, dispatcher.

The airplane departed RAF Newmarket at 2153LT for mine laying duties in the Nectarines area off the Frisian Islands. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea 20 km northwest of Terschelling. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Reginald Francis Westwood, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Horace Bennetton, flight engineer,
P/O Robert Henry Waldron Bentley, navigator,
Sgt Erwin Henry Reubin Lamb, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Harkness, wireless operator,
Sgt Gilbert Humphreys Rogers, air gunner,
Sgt John McLaren Boswell, air gunner.

The airplane departed Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport on a reconnaissance mission. It was shot down by a British fighter and crashed into the sea 20 km west of Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz R. Wolf, pilot,
Lt G. Listing, observer,
Uffz F. Weiner, radio operator,
Uffz R. Becker, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Breighton at 2044LT on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 50 km northwest of Terschelling. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Donald Ian MacDonald, pilot,
Sgt Allan Keith Meadows, flight engineer,
Sgt Mark Hoofe, navigator,
F/Sgt John Henry Dodgshun, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt James Lowrie Forrest, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William Frederick Jones, air gunner,
F/Sgt William Frederick Allsopp, air gunner.