The Hague

The airplane departed RAF Skipton-on-Swale at 2305LT on June 24 on an operation to Wuppertal. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea 10 km west of The Hague. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Joseph Jacques Charles Mercier, pilot,
F/O Joseph Rene Guy Gingras, navigator,
F/Sgt Mansell Ramsay Deverell, bomb aimer,
Sgt Martin Patrick Tobin, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Joseph Maurice Conrad Lagace, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 0009LT on an operation to Mülheim. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea 25 km west of The Hague. Six crew members were killed and an air gunner became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Brooks Hamilton Smith, pilot, †
Sgt Gilbert Ernest Rose, flight engineer, †
Sgt Reginald Harrison Cramm, navigator, †
Sgt Wyndham Henry Davies, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Cederic Roland Minns, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt George Labiuk, air gunner, †
F/Sgt P. W. Farr, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Methwold at 1800LT on an operation to the docks at Rotterdam. While approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the North Sea off The Hague. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (487th Squadron):
F/Sgt Robert Steedman, pilot,
F/Sgt Stafford Thomas O'Connor,
F/Sgt John Andrew Williamson,
F/Sgt Sylvan Ellwood Weaver.

The airplane departed RAF Methwold at 1800LT on an operation to the docks at Rotterdam. While approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the North Sea some 60 km off The Hague. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (464th Squadron):
Sgt Albert Leonard Lush, pilot,
W/O William Wallace Collens, navigator,
F/Sgt Eric Walter Cole, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Duduley Francis Fulford, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1945LT on an operation to Essen. Following a successful mission, the crew was returning to base when, passing over the Netherlands, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea 3 km southwest of The Hague. The pilot was killed and six other crew members became PoW.
crew:
F/O Thomas Noble Forster, pilot, †
Sgt Walter Frederic Hodgson, flight engineer,
Sgt George Edward Sendall, navigator,
P/O James Hilton Jamieson, bomb aimer,
Sgt Eric Afred Drury, wireless operator,
Sgt Norman Vivian Thornton, air gunner,
Sgt Clarence Wayte, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2310LT on September 2 on an operation to Karlsruhe. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 40 km off The Hague. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Douglas Sinclair Forsyth, pilot,
P/O Alec Leonard Foster, flight engineer,
P/O Raymond Charles Taylor, navigator,
Sgt Thomas Amwyl Jeffries, bomb aimer,
P/O Herbert Orlando Peel, wireless operator,
Sgt Joseph Wright, air gunner,
P/O Charles Frederick Walter Underwood, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook in the evening of August 27 on an operation to Kassel. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 45 km northwest of The Hague. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Charles James Broomhead,
P/O Harry Fallas,
Sgt Glyndwr Hughes,
P/O Alexander Norman,
F/Sgt Stanley Allen Wilson.

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 0035LT oln an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off The Hague. A wireless operator was killed while five other occupants were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Darcy Murray Horselman, pilot,
Sgt Owen Leigh Griggs, pilot,
Sgt Jones Oliver Badcock, observer,
Sgt Richard Denison Beeston, wireless operator, †
Sgt James Miller Saunders, air gunner,
Sgt Joseph Vincent Busuttin, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 0048LT on an operation to Duisburg. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 30 km west of The Hague. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt William George Hawes, pilot,
Sgt Percival James Hooper, flight engineer,
Sgt Harold Frank Clarke, observer,
F/Sgt Timothy Clayton Blair, bomb aimer,
Sgt Eric Cartwright, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Charles Chiasson, air gunner,
Sgt William Robert Smith, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 0925LT on an operation to Essen. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea off The Hague. Four crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Michael Hesketh Wilding, pilot,
P/O Michael D'Arcy Mander, observer, †
Sgt Harold Hewetson, wireless operator, †
Sgt James Stoddard May, air gunner, †
Sgt Norman Edmund Brace, air gunner. †