Germany

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 1700LT on an operation to Essen. In the evening, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Dortmund, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Thomas Wiltshire, pilot,
Sgt Ernest John Chapman,
Sgt Gordon Joseph Smale,
F/Sgt James Sydney Durward,
Sgt John Carr,
F/O Kenneth Stanton Kibble,
Sgt Matthew Irons Sharpley, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1720LT on an operation to Berlin. Passing over Neumünster at night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Bahnhof Kleinkummerfeld, some 7 km southeast of Neumünster. All seven occupants were killed.
Crew:
P/O Anderson Storey, pilot,
Sgt Harold Claude Griffin, flight engineer,
F/O Gordon Hunt McMillan, navigator,
Sgt Robert Francis Matthews, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Ralph Calasanctis Morris, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick William Cater, air gunner,
Sgt Albert Clavey Spear, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1704LT on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Flensburg. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Gordon Sidney Jeffreys, pilot, †
F/O Christopher Anthony Watts, navigator, †
Sgt Ronald Sidney Fermor,
F/Sgt Nelson Edward Mortimer,
P/O Daniel Joseph Robertson,
Sgt Hamilton Cowan, air gunner, †
Sgt James Edward Harrison, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 1649LT on an operation to Berlin. Passing over Neumünster at night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Bahnhof Kleinkummerfeld, some 7 km southeast of Neumünster. All seven occupants were killed.
Crew:
P/O Harry Frederick Fansher, pilot,
Sgt Roy Francis Poole, flight engineer,
P/O Kenneth Frank Butler,
Sgt Edward Cadden,
P/O John Fallis,
Sgt William John Smith, air gunner,
F/Sgt Frederick Cecil Marsh, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 1705LT on an operation to Berlin. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Ribnitz-Pütnitz. All seven crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Robert Leslie Featherston, pilot,
Sgt Steve Granville Bacon,
Sgt Frederick Henry Cooper,
Sgt John Albert Maurice Edelson,
F/Sgt T. C. Fouracres,
Sgt Laurence Hickson,
F/Sgt Charles William Roberts, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1654LT on an operation to Berlin. It crashed in unknown circumstances 3-4 km north of Zerbst and was destroyed. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Eldon Galbraith, observer, †
Sgt Joe Herbert Wejies De Silva, air gunner, †
Sgt Andrew Gordon Carswell,
Sgt Claude Earlton Clemens,
Sgt Henry Campbell Hipson,
Sgt James Wyllie Martin,
Sgt Edward James Phillips.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1642LT on an operation to Berlin. Passing over Kiel, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the Hohenzollernplatz just behind the Lutheran church in Kiel. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O James Woolford, pilot,
Sgt Francis Bernard Andrews,
Sgt John Henry Worrow,
Sgt Kenneth Edward Slade,
Sgt Lister Noble,
Sgt Ronald Waudby,
Sgt Gavin McMurray Hair, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1637LT on an operation to Berlin. Passing north of Hamburg at night, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in a meadow near Glashütterstrasse in Lemsahl-Mellingstedt, some 17 km north north-east of Hamburg city center. All seven occupants were killed.
Crew:
P/O David Alan Gold, pilot,
P/O Alfred William Stevenson,
Sgt Arthur Donald Tidmarsh,
F/Sgt Charles Albert Gruchy,
Sgt Douglas Robertson Dewar,
Sgt John Ward,
P/O Albert Harry Piggs, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 1647LT on an operation to Berlin. It crashed in unknown circumstances near Wittmund, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Leslie Jenkinson, pilot,
Sgt Fred Raithby Scargall,
Sgt Fred Nuttall,
Sgt Harry Reginald Wakley,
Sgt Phillip Joseph Newman,
F/Sgt William Douglas Henderson,
Sgt Bernard Hannaway, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 1707LT on an operation to Berlin. Believed to have been shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Kiel. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt A. J. G. Timmins, pilot,
F/O Angus Mackay Murray, †
Sgt George Albert Newman, †
Sgt L. Goldwyn,
Sgt James Sidney Atkin, †
Sgt Ronald William Read, †
Sgt Joseph Martin, air gunner. †