Wuppertal

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2245LT on May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the target area. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Hugh Richard Belcher Whyatt, pilot,
Sgt Louis Thomas Delorme, flight engineer,
Sgt Reginald Francis Coverdale, navigator,
Sgt Eric William Cosnett, bomb aimer,
Sgt Maurice William Moore, wireless operator,
Sgt Joseph Leadbetter, air gunner,
Sgt Anthony William Chapman, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Melbourne at 2302LT on May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal. It failed to return to base and have crashed in the target area. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Ernest Clarke, pilot,
Sgt Jasper Robert Cranham, flight engineer,
F/Sgt William Robert Scott, navigator,
Sgt John Hayden Pickles, bomb aimer,
Sgt Robert Henry Harris, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Arthur Saunders, air gunner,
Sgt James Wingate Sellars Birrell, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Dalton at 2234LT on May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal. The exact circumstances of the mishap remains unclear. It is believed that the airplane was approaching the target area when it was abandoned by the crew and crashed. All six crew members parachuted to safety and became PoW.
Crew:
P/O John Ambrose Ferguson, pilot,
F/Sgt John Dywan,
Sgt John Hamilton Edwards,
Sgt David Crawford Smith,
F/O Gerald Ferdinand Tallman,
Sgt Joseph Gerard Sylvester, air gunner.

The airplane departed Metz at 1145LT on a reconnaissance mission over the Siegfried Line. En route, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter. The crew was able to make an emergency landing in a field and became PoW.
Crew:
P/O H. R. Bewlay,
Sgt S. McIntyre,
AC1 T. P. Adderley.