Bombing

The goal of the mission was to bomb stores. Approaching Dili, the twin engine airplane was attacked by the pilot of a Japanese Zero fighter. Bullets hit the tail and some instruments. The aircraft entered a dive and crashed into the sea 8 km offshore. All five occupants were killed.
Crew (2nd Squadron):
F/O Mervyn W. Johns, pilot,
P/O John F. Nixon, navigator,
Sgt Jack D. Horseman, wireless operator,
Sgt Keith Ross, air gunner,
Sgt Donald L. Tyler, air gunner.

The airplane departed Iron Range Airfield at 2200LT on an operation to Rabaul. Upon takeoff, it clipped trees and crashed nearby the runway, bursting into trees. All 10 occupants were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Roy B. Kendrick, pilot,
2nd Lt Joe F. Compton, copilot,
1st Lt Walter B. Packwood,
S/Sgt Lee C. Castille,
S/Sgt George Sarrat III,
Sgt Chalmers D. Yeilding,
Sgt Wendel V. Sokolovic,
Sgt David C. Constant,
Pvt Donald E. McAndrews,
Pvt Paul S. Shrives.

The aircraft was on a shipping raid near Nova Ancora when it was attacked and shot down by a Japanese fighter. With an engine on fire, the aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea 2,5 km off Cape Lore. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (13th Squadron):
F/O G. P. Thomson,
Sgt R. M. Clark,
Sgt J. M. Dunbar,
Sgt K. G. Chote,
Sgt R. S. West.

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford at 2245LT on December 22 on a Nordpol Spiel operation Marrow 12. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Punthorst. Six crew members were killed and two became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Gervase Francis Benton Newport-Tinley, pilot, †
Sgt Ben Michael Pick, pilot, †
Sgt Brenard Stearman Nixon, flight engineer, †
W/O Charles Anthony Howard, navigator, †
F/Sgt Henry Charles Taylor, wireless operator, †
Sgt Cyril Clifford Hayes, air gunner, †
Sgt W. H. Bloxham, air gunner,
Sgt Francis Otterson Tierney, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton at 2230LT on December 22 on an operation to the Netherlands. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt James Lloyd Ellam, pilot,
W/O Joseph Lucien Gaucher, observer,
Sgt E. F. Willson, wireless operator,
F/O Charles Walter Woodward, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Langar at 1715LT on an operation to Munich. Just after midnight, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Elst, 28 km southeast of Utrecht. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Douglas Robert Bannerman, pilot,
Sgt James Roy Walker, pilot,
Sgt Peter Clinch Hind, navigator,
Sgt Harold Bate, navigator,
Sgt Gordon Joseph Bentley, wireless operator,
Sgt Cecil Albert Davey, air gunner,
Sgt George James Dean, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1710LT on an operation to Munich. While returning to base in the late evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Schaapbalie. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Derrick Brinkhurst, pilot, †
Sgt Harry John Elsom, flight engineer,
F/Sgt John Alexander Shepherd, navigator,
F/Sgt Stanley Percival Leedham, bomb aimer,
Sgt Trevor Mellors, wireless operator, †
Sgt Cecil Ward, air gunner,
F/Sgt Victor Greenwood, air gunner. †

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 1709LT on an operation to Munich. While returning to base in the late evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Fraillicourt. Three crew members were killed, one became PoW and three evaded.
Crew:
F/O Hector Duro, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Ingham Boddy, flight engineer,
P/O Raymond Edwin Lewis,
Sgt H. L. McBeath,
Sgt Percy George Edward Ross, wireless operator,
Sgt Anthony Thorpe Carpenter, air gunner, †
Sgt George Robert Dickinson, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Warboys at 1655LT on an operation to Munich. While returning to base in the late evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Matignicourt-Goncourt, 5 km southeast of Vitry-le-François. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Stanley Julian Cybulski, pilot,
P/O Harry Thomas Boyes, navigator,
F/Lt William Samuel Crawford, observer,
F/O Lloyd Robertson Mann, wireless operator,
F/O Joseph Patrick Sullivan, air gunner.