Rerik

The crew was performing a test flight out from Rerik Airfield. En route, the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed into the Kummerower Lake off Kummerow. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Ofw Willi Behrendt, pilot,
Ofw Walter Hoffmann, radio operator,
Ofw Karl Döscher, mechanic.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2127LT on April 20 on an operation to Szczecin. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Rerik, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O James Louis Rossignol, pilot,
Sgt William John Jackson, flight engineer,
Sgt Graham Fellows, navigator,
Sgt Peter Tristan Smith, navigator,
F/Sgt Thomas Charles James Grist, wireless operator,
Sgt Joseph Francis McNeill, air gunner,
Sgt Michael Charles Burgoine, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Langar at 2132LT on March 29 on an operation to Berlin. While cruising over the target area at an altitude of 15,000 feet, it was hit by the German Flak. After losing 7,000 feet, it was finished by a German fighter, was abandoned by the crew and crashed in Rerik. All seven crew members parachuted to safety and became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Denys Oliver Street, pilot,
Sgt Cyril Dudley, flight engineer,
Sgt Bramwell Allenby Rawlinson, navigator,
Sgt Gerald Valentine Eld, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Leslie Blake, wireless operator,
Sgt Bernard Howard Nutt, air gunner,
Sgt John Ernest Taylor, air gunner.

Crashed in unknown circumstances in Rerik, about 30 km west of Rostock. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Ofw Hans Ladegast, pilot,
Gefr Hans Schütt, radio operator.