Bombing

The airplane departed RAF Ingham at 2323LT on June 3 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, the crew was forced to ditch the airplane into the North Sea some 58 km east of Great Yarmouth. The airplane sank and was lost. All six crew members were rescued six hours later.
Crew:
F/O D. K. Mendela,
F/Sgt B. Hulas,
F/O M. Malinowski,
Sgt W. Hauptman,
Sgt S. Badelek,
Sgt J. Pakiet.

The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe at 2110LT on June 3 on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by a German fighter, dove into the ground and crashed in an open field. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew (50th Squadron):
F/O John Frankland Heaton, pilot, †
P/O John Ross Steen, pilot, †
P/O Harold William Sheen, observer, †
Sgt John Albert Farquhar,
Sgt Kenneth James Frederick Gaulton,
Sgt Stanley Henry Thomas, air gunner, †
Sgt Peter Saviour Buttigeig.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Süstedt, some 27 km southeast of Bremen. Five crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ronald John Finch, pilot, †
W/O William Wall, pilot, †
Sgt Sidney Edgar Saunders, flight engineer, †
Sgt Edward Docherty, observer, †
Sgt Jack Frederick Peter Knight,
W/O Leonard Stanley Hill,
Sgt James Henry Spinks, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt James McDade Brown, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2315LT on June 3 on an operation to Bremen. Over Germany, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed nearby the Bad Zwischenahn Airfield. Six crew members were killed and a seventh occupant became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Robert Earle Archibald, pilot, †
Sgt Peter Holmes, flight engineer,
Sgt Ian Frank Pratt, navigator, †
F/Sgt David Lorimer, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Jack Lewis Wallis, wireless operator, †
F/Lt George Liddell Caruthers Beattie, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Maurice Hamilton Denison, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Bourn on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. Three crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Norman John Edwards, pilot, †
P/O Laurence Alan Edward Osbon,
Sgt Frederick Ralph Arthan, wireless operator, †
Sgt William George Cormack, air gunner, †
P/O Kenneth Edward Steel Muggleton.

The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2300LT on June 3 on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flakd and crashed in Adelheide, some 16 km southwest of Bremen. Five crew members were killed and a sixth became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Thomas Reader Russel Wood, pilot, †
Sgt John Wynn Chapman, pilot, †
Sgt Leonard John Howe, observer, †
Sgt Maurice John Morris Davies, wireless operator, †
Sgt Benjamin Francis Wischusen, air gunner, †
P/O Horace Basil Pearce, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 2337LT on June 3 on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Zwiggelte, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/O Colin Wathey, pilot,
F/Sgt Laurence John Lea, pilot,
Sgt Russell Roy Alwyn Jones, observer,
F/Sgt Thomas Donald Atkinson, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Grahame Leveson Musitano, wireless operator,
Sgt Colin James Murray Hall, air gunner,
Sgt Stewart Gray Kerr, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2316LT on June 3 on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sint Maartensvlotbrug. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Walter Stell, pilot, †
Sgt David Henry Nelson, flight engineer,
Sgt William Archer, observer, †
Sgt Robert Cecil Cockburn, bomb aimer,
Sgt Douglas Perry Brooks, wireless operator, †
Sgt Ronald Greenwood, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Charles Ronald Metcalfe, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2328LT on June 3 on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Vlieland Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Jack Leon Hutchinson, pilot,
Sgt John Turner Plant, observer,
Sgt Terence Allen McGrath, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Edward Rowan, air gunner,
Sgt Eric Roland Harding, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Marham 2306LT on June 3 on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Den Helder. Seven crew members were killed and the eighth became PoW.
Crew:
P/O James Garscadden, pilot, †
P/O John Douglas Insch, observer, †
F/Sgt Harold Cyril Frederick Broadbent, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Leo Louis Joseph Farley, wireless operator, †
Sgt Keith Rowland Cox, air gunner,
Sgt Norman Cyril Frederick Sibley, air gunner, †
Sgt Leonard James Smith, air gunner, †
P/O John Richard Webber, air gunner. †