North Sea

The airplane was dispatched from RAF Wymeswold on an Air Sea Rescue operation over the North Sea. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed in the search area. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Douglas Ewen Paul, pilot,
P/O John Edward Norris, pilot,
F/Sgt Derry Gates Bird, navigator,
Sgt William Albert Drew, wireless operator,
Sgt George Swan, wireless operator,
Sgt John Detrick Halvorsen, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford at 2320LT on June 11 on a Special Operation Executive (SOE) Physician 32 and Charlotte. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Lt Alfred Francis Foster, pilot,
Sgt Arthur Moon,
P/O James Thomas O'Brien,
Sgt John Smith Riddell,
P/O Llewellyn Roberts,
S/L Antony De Quincey Walker,
P/O Frederick Lionel Williams, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 2334LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Edward Patrick Deville, pilot,
F/Sgt Thomas James Bainbridge,
F/Sgt John Malcolm Davies,
F/Sgt Hugh Humphreys,
F/Lt Wilfred Murray Theobald,
F/Sgt John Lindsay Wilson,
W/O John Harrington, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Ingham at 2312LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Clifford Raymond Andrews, pilot,
Sgt William Henry Bellhouse, navigator,
Sgt Patrick Edward Kevin Daly Merry, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Edward Jackson, wireless operator,
Sgt Leonard Richard Barrow, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2314LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It failed to return to base and is believed to have been shot down by a German fighter and to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Norman Dennis Hayes, pilot,
F/O James Leslie Rawson, navigator,
F/Sgt Desmond Gerald Richardson, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Clifford Earl Schamehorn, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Donald Andrew MacKenzie, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Skipton-on-Swale at 2319LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It failed to return to base and is believed to have been shot down by a German fighter and to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Lt Laurie Alban Bourgeois, pilot,
F/Sgt James Albert Mason Philpott, navigator,
F/O George Austin McClintock, bomb aimer,
P/O Harry Dale Warner, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Daniel Sinclair McRae, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Kimbolton on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. While returning to base in the late evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea, possibly off the Dutch coast. Lost without trace.
Crew:
1st Lt Raymond J. Zucker, pilot,
2nd Lt Abram E. Birch, copilot,
2nd Lt Anthony Loyd William Amaya, bombardier,
2nd Lt Harry R. Anderson, navigator,
T/Sgt Russell L. Good, radio operator,
T/Sgt Julius G. Lee, tail gunner,
S/Sgt Michael G. Froehlich, tail gunner,
S/Sgt James E. Keeler, right gunner,
S/Sgt John F. Sneed, gunner,
Cpl Paul E. Hammond, left gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Woodhall Spa on a test flight with a crew of nine on board. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Francis William Shirley, pilot,
Sgt Douglas Murray Gray,
F/Sgt James Henry Bambridge,
Sgt John James Wemyss,
Sgt Patrick Joseph Cook,
Sgt Patrick Fox,
Sgt William John Douglas,
Sgt William Arthur Robinson,
F/Sgt Arthur Philip Price, air gunner.

The airplane failed to return to base following an operation to London. It is believed that it may crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Oblt K.-H. Goellner, pilot,
Uffz W. Neutz, observer,
Ogefr K.-H. Krause, radio operator,
Ogefr W. Reichert, mechanic.

The airplane departed RAF Newmarket at 0006LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off the Belgian coast. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Thomas William Darton, pilot,
Sgt Alick McQuater, flight engineer,
Sgt Dudley Dobson Coates, navigator,
Sgt John Milton Patrick Riordan, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Charles Lawrence Whiteman, wireless operator,
Sgt Stephen Redpath, air gunner,
Sgt Frederick Phillip Willsher, air gunner.