Bombing

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1800LT on an operation to Hamburg. After passing south of the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Lüdershausen, 37 km southeast of Hamburg. The pilot was killed while six other occupants became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt William Andrew Black, pilot, †
Sgt Samuel Eardley, flight engineer,
Sgt Bert Gordon Howe, navigator,
F/Sgt France Waite, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Albert Taplin, wireless operator,
Sgt Jean Sylvio Albert Aubry, air gunner,
P/O Ian Gordon Imrie, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1805LT on an operation to Hamburg. After passing south of Bremen, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Lichtenmoor, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Philip Noel Reed, pilot,
Sgt Francis McNeil, flight engineer,
P/O Cecil Gordon Jones, navigator,
Sgt Roy Edward Cooke, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Joseph Rosario Arthur Coulombe, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur William Thomas, air gunner,
Sgt Kenneth Loach, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 1847LT on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Zoutelande. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Stanley Leonard Treves, pilot,
F/O Peter Clyde Astrosky, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Hargreaves, flight engineer,
F/O George Charles Bellman, navigator,
Sgt John Gallagher, bomb aimer,
Sgt Charles Henry Yoxall, wireless operator,
Sgt James Trueman Bostock, air gunner,
Sgt George Thomas Kennington, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bourn at 1815LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed northwest of Nijmegen. A crew was killed and seven others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Aynsley Stuart Forbes, pilot,
Sgt William Robert Lincoln Torrance, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Thomas Lax, flight engineer, †
Sgt George Arthur Howard, navigator,
Sgt Peter Herbert Ward, bomb aimer,
Sgt Edwin Burton Mossman, wireless operator,
Sgt Richardson Knox Hempseed, air gunner,
Sgt Noel Stuart Craddock, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 1834LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Odoornerveen, northwest of Emmen. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Jack Douglas Mackenzie, pilot, †
Sgt William Peter Duthie, flight engineer, †
Sgt William Nelson Garnet, navigator,
Sgt Eric Raymond Marquand, bomb aimer,
W/O Raymond Hepton Hill, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Alexander Henry Milton, air gunner,
W/O Lennox Alwin Gonnett, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 1838LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Brokstreek. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Maurice William Lofthouse, pilot, †
Sgt Arthur Short, †
P/O Ralph Leonard Alexander, †
Sgt Wilfred Strachan Thompson, †
Sgt B. H. Winnard,
Sgt W. B. Haxby,
Sgt J. W. Crouch, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 1835LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Deelen AFB. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Leslie Joseph Dodd, pilot,
Sgt Matthew Bean Holden, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Richard Charles Selby, observer,
W/O Robert John Thomas Lynn, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Frank Campbell Stewart, wireless operator,
Sgt Denis Graham Heath, air gunner,
F/Sgt Howard William Traver, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Newmarket at 1823LT on an operation to Hamburg. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Enter. Four crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O John McCullough, pilot, †
P/O Raymond William Henderson,
Sgt Francis Frederick Allen, †
F/Sgt W. E. Gibbes,
Sgt Terence Austin Murphy, †
Sgt K. J. S. Smith,
Sgt K. E. Kimberley,
Sgt Paul Rodney Trevayne, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Chedburgh at 1827LT on an operation to Hamburg. Passing over Amersfoort, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Leusden, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Denis Hedley Smith, pilot,
P/O Derek Gordon De Garis, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Frank Evans, flight engineer,
W/O William McKenzie Murdoch, observer,
F/O John Irven Mackenzie, navigator,
W/O William Obadiah Powell, wireless operator,
P/O Daniel O'Neill, air gunner,
F/Sgt Arley Henry Thiessen, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Newmarket at 1821LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Ingen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth Howard Blincoe, pilot,
P/O Andrew James Newell Scott, pilot,
Sgt Desmond David Hayward, flight engineer,
Sgt George Wood Cook, navigator,
Sgt Frank Arthur Boese, navigator,
F/O Harold Lowe, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Edward McDermott, air gunner,
Sgt Desmond Clearwater, air gunner.