Gruitrode

The airplane departed RAF Elvington at 2312LT on May 25 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Gruitrode, killing all seven crew members.
Crew:
Sgt Lewis William Rees, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Vincent Pass, flight engineer,
Sgt Harry Roots, navigator,
Sgt Harold William Moore, bomb aimer,
Sgt James Reginald McLeod, wireless operator,
F/Sgt David Ronald Gilchrist, air gunner,
Sgt Charles Henry Sherwood, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 0029LT on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Gruitrode. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Jeffrey Peter Meurisse Haydon, pilot,
Sgt Cedric Charles Fox, flight engineer,
F/O Ivan Henry Davies, navigator,
Sgt Harold Huddless, wireless operator, †
Sgt Basil Wallace Shearer, wireless operator,
Sgt Alfred Abraham Beber, air gunner,
Sgt Wilfred John Gray, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2310LT on June 8 on an operation to Essen. Over Belgium, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Gruitrode. Five crew members were killed, one became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
F/Lt Roy Blackwell Chadwick, observer, †
Sgt William John Hopkins, air gunner, †
Sgt John McKinstry, air gunner, †
F/Sgt William Edgar Pilborough, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Ralph Storey, flight engineer, †
Sgt J. T. Pack,
Sgt J. A. Catley.