Zelhem

The crew left RAF Kirmington on the evening of June 12 on a bombing mission to Gelsenkirchen. While overflying The Netherlands by night, the bomber was shot down by the pilot of a German night fighter, went out of control and crashed in a field. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (166th Squadron):
F/O W. G. Grant, pilot,
Sgt J. E. Bawtree, flight engineer,
F/O J. H. Stopp, navigator,
F/O H. W. Davies, air bomber,
F/S L. T. Hunt, wireless operator,
F/O H. A. B. Brown, mid upper gunner,
F/O K. J. Moses, rear gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2315LT on June 11 on an operation to Münster. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Zelhem. The pilot was killed and six other occupants became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Stanley George Howe, pilot, †
F/Sgt Alan Henry Mundy, flight engineer,
P/O Wilfred Henry Burgess, navigator,
F/Lt George Peter Watts, bomb aimer,
P/O Hector Alfred Jamieson, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Frederick William Barry, air gunner,
F/Sgt George Buchan, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on a bombing mission over Berlin. While flying over The Netherlands at night, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in Zelhem, northeast of Doetinchem. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (214th Squadron):
F/O Lionel Montague Cragie-Halkett, pilot,
P/O Wilfred Bertram Stuart Cunynghame, pilot,
Sgt George Henry Bainbridge, observer,
Sgt George Edward Merryweather, air gunner,
Sgt Sydney John Haldane, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Burnham Puzey, wireless operator.