Belgium

The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1127LT on an operation to Pont-à-Vendin, near Lens. Over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Houthulst. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Henry Philemon Collings, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Tebbutt, navigator,
Sgt Stanley Walter Nash, wireless operator,
Sgt Francis Rex Pickering, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 1842LT on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base in the late evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wintershoven. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Bayley, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey Charles Willis, navigator,
Sgt Alec Gordon Willans, navigator,
F/O Jack Johannesen, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Edward Freese Martin, air gunner,
F/Sgt Edmund St Aubin Richardson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1855LT on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base in the late evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Waterloo, south of Brussels. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt John A. Longley, pilot,
Sgt Albert V. Milot, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Arhur G .Lee, observer,
F/O Mansell M. Tomlinson, observer,
F/Sgt F. Levi, radio operator,
F/Sgt Gerald E. Lewis, air gunner,
Sgt Irving Arbuckle, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Thurleigh to attack the Compagnie de Fives steel plant in Lille. It bombed the secondary target of the Luftwaffe airfield at Courtrai, Belgium.While approaching the target area, it was hit by the German Flak, causing the engine n°3 to catch fire. The copilot managed to extinguish the fire as the plane went over the target when four bombs hung up preventing the closing of the bomb bay doors. With only three engines operating, the formation made a 360° turn over enemy territory, encouraging enemy fighters to attack. The bomber started to lag behind the formation and tried to reach the English coast as it was being attacked by four Fw 190s. In an attack 20mm cannon shells ripped into the cockpit as the pilots lost control sending the plane into a flat spin. Some of the crew bailed out before it crashed near the village of Néchin. Six crew members were killed, two evaded and one became PoW.
Crew:
Cpt John W. Olson, pilot, †
2nd Lt Joseph N. Gates, copilot, †
T/Sgt Thomas W. Dynan Jr., radio operator, †
T/Sgt Erwin Derold Wissenback, mechanic,
2nd Lt William John Gise Jr., navigator,
2nd Lt Albert W. LaChasse, bomb aimer,
S/Sgt Bert E. Kaylor, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Bruce C. Nicholson, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Truman C. Wilder Jr., air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1838LT on an operation to Aachen. Over Belgium, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Heusy, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Keith Arthur Peters, pilot,
Sgt James Francis Killilea, flight engineer,
F/O Bryan Glendenen Robinson, observer,
Sgt Alan Waring, observer,
F/Sgt Thomas Idris Raglan Owen, wireless operator,
Sgt Victor Joseph Coombs, air gunner,
Sgt Albert Edward Holding, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 1900LT on an operation to Aachen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Rosmeer. Three crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth Fraser Edwards, pilot, †
Sgt M. A. Mead,
Sgt George Green, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt Gordon H. Mellor, observer,
F/Sgt R. G. Hawthorn,
Sgt D. C Giddens,
Sgt H. J. Richards,
Sgt Norman Tolson McMaster. †

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 1833LT on an operation to Aachen. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Stockel, in the east suburb of Brussels. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O R. E. Williams, pilot,
Sgt J. N. Bourne,
Sgt J. Thorpe,
F/O L. F. McRae,
Sgt F. R. Scott,
Sgt R. Morgan,
Sgt Thomas Eric O'Connell.

The airplane departed RAF Edgehill at 1953LT on September 16 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Spalbeek, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Stanley W. Dodge, pilot,
Sgt Herbert C. Roake, pilot,
P/O Claud C. Hendley-Cross, observer,
Sgt Kenneth D. Downing, wireless operator,
Sgt Armand E. Confait, air gunner,
Sgt Kenneth J. Smith, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wing at 2019LT on September 16 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Beerst, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt P. L. Looney,
Sgt J. Clayton,
Sgt J. T. Pate,
Sgt A. E. W. Butler,
Sgt C. G. Calcutt.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall 2058LT on September 16 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Bomal. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
W/O Stephen Austin Levenson, pilot, †
Sgt George Bullimore Melton, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt Stuart Spencer Newcomb, observer, †
Sgt William James Davies, wireless operator, †
Sgt Laurence Charles Tillin, wireless operator, †
Sgt Gordon Archibald Barrow, air gunner,
Sgt Richard John Cox, air gunner.