Jülich

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2357LT on May 25 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Flying close to a Halifax registered JB837 that was shot down by a German fighter and exploded with its full load of bombs, the airplane was knocked down and also crashed south of Jülich, killing all seven crew members.
Crew:
P/O Joseph Francois Exavier G. Berthiaume, pilot,
Sgt Eric Broadhead, flight engineer,
Sgt Alwyn Brotherton, navigator,
Sgt Walter Denham, bomb aimer,
W/O William James Hills, wireless operator,
Sgt Noel Lagna, air gunner,
Sgt Albert Leslie Fisher, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2357LT on May 25 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Flying close to a Halifax registered JB837 that was shot down by a German fighter and exploded with its full load of bombs, the airplane was knocked down and also crashed south of Jülich, killing all seven crew members.
Crew:
F/O Ivan Samuel Thomson, pilot,
Sgt Dennis Patrick O'Riordan, flight engineer,
W/O Charles Thomas Smith, observer,
P/O Raymond Edgar Newman, bomb aimer,
Sgt Hugh John Morris, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Charles Lewis Orchard, air gunner,
Sgt Leonard Ray Smith, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Elvington at 2330LT on May 25 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Jülich, 44 km southwest of Düsseldorf. All seven crew members were killed. The airplane exploded with a full bomb load with such force that two Short S.29 Stirling flying close by, BF534 and EF361, were both knocked down and also crashed south of Jülich, killing all 14 crew members on board.
Crew:
Sgt Richard Lewis, pilot,
Sgt William Reginald Leslie Codd, flight engineer,
Sgt John Walton Richardson, navigator,
Sgt John Hunter Waterston, navigator,
Sgt Joseph Kershaw, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Joseph Fernand Rolland Laurence, air gunner,
F/Sgt David William Macfarlane, air gunner.