Vlieland Island

While returning to England, following a bombing mission, the aircraft went out of control and crashed into the North Sea, some 1 km off Vlieland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt R. J. Hogg,
F/S J. Webster,
Sgt B. Brodie,
Sgt J. Harrison,
F/S C. Morton,
Sgt L. Kennedy,
Sgt E. Bricknell.

In unknown circumstances, the aircraft crashed into the sea off Vlieland Island while on a maritime patrol flight. All five crew members were killed.

The airplane departed RAF Dalton at 2030LT on April 4 on an operation to Kiel. The following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 50 km northwest of Vlieland Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Robert George Tighe, pilot,
F/O Howard Clinton Irwin, observer,
F/Sgt Kenneth Willard Rosevear, bomb aimer,
P/O William Daylor Heslip, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Lawrence Dennis Ryan, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1945LT on an operation to Essen. The following night, while returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 60 km northwest of Vlieland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Robert Hodgson Perry Gamble, pilot,
Sgt Robert Walton Barker, flight engineer,
W/O Donald Leslie Jarrett, navigator,
P/O Charles Noola Black, bomb aimer,
P/O Kenneth Septimus McColl, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert James Hawkins, air gunner,
F/O Edmund Rothell Ray, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2154LT on March 29 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following night, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea off Vlieland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Leslie Jack Cursley, pilot,
Sgt Frederick James Platt, flight engineer,
W/O James Taylor, navigator,
P/O Thomas Edwards, bomb aimer,
Sgt Albert Bartram Boyd, wireless operator,
P/O Robert Graham Wright, air gunner,
F/Sgt Rodney Warren MacNeill, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 1853LT on an operation to Berlin. While cruising along the Frisian Islands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Vlieland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Frank Austin, pilot,
P/O Alfred Frederick Reif, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Peter George Roberts, navigator,
Sgt Derrick Norman Duckers Waite, bomb aimer,
Sgt Kenneth Herbert Chapman, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald Edward Joseph Boland, air gunner,
Sgt Edward John Cook, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1854LT on an operation to Berlin. While cruising along the Frisian Islands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Vlieland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Harry Mathew Champion, pilot,
Sgt Robert Kirby Hall, flight engineer,
W/O James Joseph Rooney, navigator,
Sgt Abraham Lawson Brown, bomb aimer,
Sgt Percy John Folker, wireless operator,
Sgt Phillip William Garnham, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Wrightson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 1757LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. While cruising along the Frisian Islands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea north of Vlieland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt James Barnett Michie, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Bailey, flight engineer,
F/O William Kadison Komaiko, navigator,
Sgt Jack Sydney Turner, bomb aimer,
Sgt George McLoughlin, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Harry Lyle Brown, air gunner,
Sgt Reginald Alfred John King, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Warboys at 1807LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. While cruising along the Frisian Islands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea north of Vlieland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Thomas Edward Case, pilot,
Sgt John William Denby, flight engineer,
P/O Harry William Welch, navigator,
Sgt Elias Cuthbert, bomb aimer,
Sgt Hugh Alexander McLennen, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Percy George Bayliss, air gunner,
P/O Pierre Yves Camille Tremblay, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1829LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 30 km northwest of Vlieland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Denis Paul Langley, pilot,
Sgt John Robert Pyper, flight engineer,
Sgt William McCarron, navigator,
W/O Edward Trezise Bunt, bomb aimer,
Sgt Peter Anthony Waller, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick Charles Smith, air gunner,
Sgt Samuel Frederick Watt, air gunner.