Hamont-Achel

The aircraft left RAF Oakington at 0007LT on a bombing mission to Krefeld, Germany. While overflying Belgium by night at an altitude of 11,000 feet, the aircraft was intercepted amd shot down by two German fighters. The Stirling lost altitude and the captain attempted to make an emergency landing. On final, the aircraft stalled, hit the ground, went out of control and came to rest in flames on the bank of a canal. The captain and the navigator were killed while all five other occupants were taken PoW.
Crew (7th Squadron):
Bruce Meiklejohn, pilot, †
Charles Redwood, navigator, †
Bill Cole, flight engineer,
Frank Hugo, bomb aimer,
Leslie Ellingham, radio operator,
Jack Kilfoyle, air gunner,
Edgar Brown, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe at 1826LT on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base in the evening, while overflying Belgium, it was attacked by a German fighter. The crew decided to abandon the airplane and bailed out. The aircraft dove into the ground and crashed near a farm. Four crew members were rescued and became PoW while three others were killed. According to the RAF, two of them were killed during the attack while the third was killed as his parachute failed to open properly.
Crew (50th Squadron):
F/O David Allan Power, pilot, †
Sgt David Norman Clark, flight engineer,
F/O Thomas Henry Louis Church, navigator,
Sgt Ronald Arthur Holland, bomb aimer,
Sgt Victor John Mitchell, wireless operator,
F/Lt Jack Matthew Bousfield, air gunner, †
Sgt Stanley David Beadon, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Newton at 2300LT on June 16 on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hamont-Achel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L Dermot Daly Aloysius Kelly, pilot,
Sgt John Douglas MacVicar, pilot,
F/Sgt Stephanus Francois Marais, observer,
Sgt Leonard Beaumont, wireless operator,
Sgt George Houghton, wireless operator,
Sgt William Connell, air gunner.