Serooskerke

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2227LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Eastern Scheldt south of Serooskerke. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L James Ross Manahan, pilot,
W/Cdr Ralph Armine Ignatius Harrison, pilot,
Sgt Robert Elston Longster, flight engineer,
F/O Leonard John Collins, navigator,
P/O George McVitty, bomb aimer,
Sgt James Henry Mitchell, wireless operator,
Sgt Wilfred Gordon Watts, air gunner,
Sgt Frederick Harry Martin, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2345LT on July 31 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Serooskerke. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Cyril Charles Spencer, pilot,
Sgt Caudray Albert Charles Pithers, flight engineer,
P/O Ronald Casey, observer,
Sgt W. A. Elliot, bomb aimer,
Sgt Harold Clarke, wireless operator,
Sgt Bertram Stanley Braybrook, air gunner, †
Sgt Robert Thomas Morris, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2319LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Scheldt River off Serooskerke. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Donald Joseph Harkness, pilot,
P/O Alexander Robertson Edgar, observer,
P/O Hubert Alan Radcliffe, wireless operator,
Sgt Hill Mercer, wireless operator,
F/Lt Bernard James Lovett, air gunner.