Belgium

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1737LT on an operation to Munich. While returning to base in the late evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kakebeke. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Ronald Alfred Bowles, pilot, †
Sgt Cecil Raymond Stubbs, flight engineer, †
F/O Alexander Eric Mulholland, navigator, †
Sgt Maurice Charles Pearman, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Arthur Leslie Abraham, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Arthur Drain, air gunner, †
Sgt P. B. Pickford, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1741LT on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base in the evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sauvenière. Six crew members were killed and one evaded.
Crew:
F/Lt Hugh Arnott, pilot, †
P/O Roland Leslie Boyes, navigator, †
Sgt Ernest Albert Brookes, †
F/O Herbert Frederick Perrot, observer, †
F/Sgt Alan John Wilson, wireless operator, †
Sgt John William Simmons, air gunner, †
Sgt W. McLean.

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 0145LT on an operation to Frankfurt. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Tellin, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Harry Morrissey, pilot,
Sgt Robert Francis Hughes Kenyon, pilot,
Sgt John Martin Beart Albrecht, flight engineer,
F/O Donald Edward Pike, bomb aimer,
Sgt Erlin Leslie Ross Brown, observer,
Sgt George Allen Robson, wireless operator,
Sgt John William Taylor, air gunner,
Sgt Thomas McCallum, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1839LT on an operation to Stuttgart. In the late evening, while returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Tourinnes-Saint-Lambert, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Jack G. Ashton, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Stansfield, flight engineer,
Sgt Allan McKinlay, navigator,
Sgt Leonard E. Webber, observer,
Sgt Frederick A. Jones, wireless operator,
Sgt Clyde Neilson, air gunner,
Sgt Gordon T. Chisholm, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1400LT on an operation to Courtrai-Wevelgem Airport. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near the airfield. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Philip Rex Barr, pilot,
F/O Walter Barford, navigator,
P/O Thomas Trotter, wireless operator,
W/O Neil Seymour Hunter Phillips, air gunner.

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.