Bombing

Crashed in unknown circumstances in Murmansk. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Johann Hasler, pilot,
Uffz Gerhard Hirschlach, observer,
Uffz Hans Decker, radio operator,
Uffz Karl Thanner, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Essen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ian Maclaren Reid, pilot,
Sgt Arthur James Grabham, observer,
Sgt Herbert Redvers Copeland, wireless operator,
Sgt Cecil James Bunn, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2255LT on June 8 on an operation to Essen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Crew
P/O David Gordon Morris,
Sgt Joseph Fleming,
W/O William Lloyd Platt,
F/Sgt Thomas Robert Manard Cattle,
Sgt Reginald Douglas Holland,
Sgt Eric Leslie Jackman,
F/Sgt George Raymond Montgomery.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on an operation to Essen. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Burdinne, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Maurice Docherty Mackenzie, pilot,
F/Sgt Robert Hunt, observer,
Sgt Arthur Robert Vihelm Matthissen, wireless operator,
Sgt Desmond McCooey Brown, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert Ronald Pain, air gunner,
Sgt Alan Bentham, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2332LT on June 8 on an operation to Essen. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Gartrop, about 26 km northwest from Essen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Lawrence O'Hara, pilot,
F/Sgt Dennis Arthur Neave, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Raymond Moore, observer,
Sgt Harold Frederick Power Clark, wireless operator,
Sgt George Peacock Forster, wireless operator,
Sgt Harold Newey, air gunner,
Sgt Russell Morris Scott, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2306LT on June 8 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by the German Flak and later ditched by the crew off Great Yarmouth. All seven crew members were rescued.
Crew:
F/Sgt N. W. McKenzie,
P/O Field,
Sgt Sandford,
Sgt Smith,
Sgt Richmond,
F/Sgt Ledger,
Sgt Davis.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2316LT on June 8 on an operation to Essen. Approaching Duisburg, it was shot down by the German Flak and is believed to have crashed in Hüls. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Clayton, pilot,
Sgt Edward Arthur Conybear, pilot,
Sgt Harold Bond, observer,
Sgt Alastair Charles Robertson, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Stewart McIntyre, air gunner,
Sgt Phillip Julian Seckerson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Woodhall Spa at 2349LT on June 8 on an operation to Essen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed in Marl, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Mervyn Frank Hughes, pilot,
Sgt Harry Lawton, flight engineer,
Sgt Denis John Platten, observer,
F/Sgt Alexander Crerar, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Ronald Harris, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Douglas Leonard Overton, air gunner,
F/Sgt Gordon Henry Mercer, air gunner.

While overflying the Huon Gulf, the twin engine aircraft christened 'The Virginian' was shot down by the pilot of a Japanese fighter and crashed into the sea, some 30 miles off Salamaua. All eight occupants were killed.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2354LT on June 6 on an operation to Emden. Approaching the German coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Borkum Island. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Mieczysław Eugeniusz Bober, pilot,
F/Lt Mieczysław Kowalowka, pilot,
F/O Stanisław Powierza, observer,
Sgt Florian Sapiecha, wireless operator,
W/O Józef Podgorzak, air gunner,
Sgt Tadeusz Szykowny, air gunner.