Germany

The airplane departed RAF Ridgewell at 2039LT on February 25 on an operation to Nuremberg. After passing the French/German border, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sandweier. Seven crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Wilfred Roy Major, pilot, †
F/Sgt Francis John Miles, pilot, †
Sgt Arthur Vivian Derrick Hines, flight engineer, †
Sgt George Pettinger, navigator, †
Sgt John Henry Dyer, navigator, †
Sgt William Hughes Bevan, wireless operator, †
Sgt Eric Howeth Holmes, air gunner, †
Sgt John Carrick, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 1940LT on February 25 on an operation to Nuremberg. Passing the French/German border, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed on the east bank of the Rhine River, in Rheinau. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Raymond William White, pilot,
Sgt James Christopher Wade, flight engineer,
W/O George Mathews, navigator,
Sgt Lloyd Lincoln Stuart, bomb aimer,
Sgt Harry Victor Werner, wireless operator,
W/O Sgt Kenneth Ian Young, air gunner,
Sgt John William Hearn, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bassingbourn on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak. The engine n°4 caught fire then the airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt John T. Swais,
1st Lt Harry O. Green,
2nd Lt Ralston E. Bixler,
2nd Lt Cassius Brandenburg,
S/Sgt Robert A. De Barbrie,
S/Sgt Herbert E. Fisher,
S/Sgt Gregg Nesemeier,
S/Sgt Arthur A. Sullivan,
T/Sgt Everett Gause,
T/Sgt Walter E. Gilroy.

The airplane departed RAF Chelveston on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. Flying between the Frisian Islands and Heligoland Island, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Isaac D. Benson, pilot,
2nd Lt Martin L. Mjellem, copilot,
2nd Lt Stanley Waliszewski, navigator,
2nd Lt Leo L. Winters, bombardier,
S/Sgt Paul I. Kleinschrodt, flight engineer,
S/Sgt William J. Peteritas, radio operator,
Sgt William D. Hise, air gunner,
S/Sgt Ward S. Johnson, air gunner,
S/Sgt Austin W. Routhier, air gunner,
S/Sgt Charles F. Jackson, air gunner.

An American group of B-24s and B-17s were dispatched to take out the Focke-Wulf aircraft factory in Bremen, Germany. The skies over Bremen were overcast and the bombing run had to be diverted to a secondary target, the submarine pens at Wilhelmshaven. Approaching Oldenburg at an altitude of 8,000 metres, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter, entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in an open field located 15 km north of Bad Zwischenhahn. Two crew members parachuted to safety while nine other occupants were killed, including Robert Post, reporter for the New York Times. He was part of a group of eight reporters, known as the Legion of the Doomed or the Writing 69th, selected to fly bomber missions with United States Eighth Air Force.
Crew:
Cpt Howard Adams, pilot, †
2nd Lt Stanley McLeod, copilot, †
2nd Lt Wayne Gotke, navigator,
2nd Lt William Hannan, bombardier, †
T/Sgt Robert Vogt, flight engineer, †
S/Sgt Linwood Jones, radio operator, †
S/Sgt Donald Bowie, air gunner, †
S/Sgt James Mifflin, assistant radio operator,
S/Sgt Scott Brewer, air gunner, †
Sgt William Welsh, air gunner. †
Passenger:
Robert Perkins Post, reporter for the New York Times.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1900LT on an operation to Nuremberg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Neunhof, about 8 km north northwest of Nuremberg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Donald Joseph Curtin, pilot,
F/O Reginald John Frederick Windsor, pilot,
P/O Antony Frederick Lear, navigator,
S/Lt Patrick Myles McGrath, bomb aimer,
Sgt Vincent Edward Jack, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry Rigby, air gunner,
Sgt Kenneth Owen Court, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 1946LT on an operation to Nuremberg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Weisendorf, some 25 km northwest of Nuremberg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Maxwell Phillip Stewart, pilot,
Sgt Robert McKenzie Wylie, flight engineer,
F/Lt Oscar Gladwin Rowcroft, navigator,
Sgt Edward O'Kane, observer,
W/O Robert Stanley Woolley, wireless operator,
Sgt Richard Wiggins, air gunner,
W/O Joseph Louis Bernard Larin, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe on an operation to Nuremberg. After bombing, the crew was returning home when the airplane was shot down by the German Flak. All seven crew members bailed out. Four parachuted to safety and became PoW while three others were killed - two died after their parachutes failed to open and a third was shot.
Crew:
Sgt Eric Ashley Yates, pilot, †
Sgt H. C. May,
W/O Harry Siddell Peel,
Sgt Francis Robert Anton,
Sgt Arthur Cave McBay, wireless operator, †
F/O Ambury Newton Jarvis, air gunner, †
Sgt David Allan, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Langar at 1950LT on an operation to Ludwigshafen. Approaching the target area at an altitude of 4,000 metres, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Maudach. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt William Alexander Stevenson Elder, pilot,
F/O Murray Kerr Sexton, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Roy Johnson, flight engineer,
F/O George Howard Wheeler, observer,
Sgt Kenneth Herbert Hogarth, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Stanley Fayle, wireless operator,
W/O Robert Stanley Hannah, air gunner,
W/O Percy Gordon Williams, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Nuremberg. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed 1 km northeast of Traunfeld. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O J. A. Mitchell, pilot, †
Sgt E. S. K. Dobson,
Sgt G. H. Quiney,
P/O E. W. Sanger,
Sgt J. F. Cutler,
Sgt W. K. Lawson,
P/O Victor Charles Sherring, air gunner. †