Antwerp

The airplane departed RAF Langar at 0020LT on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Mol, 50 km east of Antwerp. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Iorwerth Beynon Jones, pilot,
Sgt John Gillespie, flight engineer,
Sgt Geoffrey John Glare, navigator,
F/O Basil Paul Malcolm Hyland, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Alfred Hollett, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Wells Davies, air gunner,
Sgt Benjamin Bryn Jones, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Thurleigh on an operation to the Erla GmbH aircraft factory at Mortsel, Antwerp, Belgium. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Heikant, north of Antwerp. Three crew members were killed and seven others became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt R. W. Seelos, pilot,
1st Lt A. Kramarinko, copilot,
2nd Lt W. W. Saunders, navigator,
T/Sgt Fred Ray Hampton, radio operator, †
2nd Lt James E. Murray, bombardier, †
T/Sgt Stanley P. Stemkoski, air gunner, †
T/Sgt W. H. Keskey, air gunner,
S/Sgt W. E. Baker, air gunner,
S/Sgt R. E. Walls, air gunner,
S/Sgt R. Magee, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1827LT on March 1st on an operation to Berlin. Shortly after midnight, while returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kasterlee. Five crew members were killed, two became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
S/L J. L. Fletcher, pilot, †
S/Lt A. T. Wheatley, †
Sgt V. J. Crutch,
F/O E. L. Souter-Smith,
P/O W. P. A. Blackman,
F/Sgt G. G. Stanley, †
Sgt L. A. Trinder, †
Sgt H. B. Moore, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Leconfield at 1832LT on an operation to Cologne. Over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Meerhout. Three crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt William John Kirk, pilot, †
F/O John Edward Mason, †
F/Sgt William Edward Smith, †
Sgt R. E. Bentley,
Sgt N. A. Leonard,
Sgt T. W. Reynolds, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Woodhall Spa at 2310LT on August 24 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Malle, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Gilbert Campbell Hooey, pilot,
Sgt Victor John Arthur Butler, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Leonard Grundy, observer,
F/Sgt Arthur Henry Withers, observer,
Sgt Ronald Claude Martin, air gunner,
Sgt Percy Vinton Parry, air gunner,
P/O Edward James Smitherman, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2051LT on August 24 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Morkhoven. Four crew members were killed, two others became PoW and a seventh evaded.
Crew:
F/Lt Robert Murray Buchan, observer, †
Sgt Peter Squires, flight engineer, †
Sgt Edward Vincent Norman, air gunner, †
Sgt Harold Denzil Quintrell, air gunner, †
F/Sgt William Raymond Cubberley,
F/Sgt John Wilfred Docker,
F/Sgt O. R. Matheson.

The airplane was engaged in an operation to Dieppe (Against Operation Jubilee). It was shot down by a British fighter and later crash landed in Kasterlee. All four crew members escaped unhurt.
Crew:
Uffz Anton Ries +3.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2137LT on August 11 on an operation to Mainz. While returning to base, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Wommelgem, west of Antwerp. Two crew were killed, four became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
W/O William Everett Lunan, pilot, †
Sgt Francis Alfred Scotland, flight engineer, †
Sgt John Randall Dickinson,
Sgt John Kingsley Howes,
F/Sgt Leslie Charles Jupp,
Sgt John Hugh Wyatt,
F/Sgt A. E. Fay.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton 2339LT on July 31 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Zevendonk, south of Turnhout. Three crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Orval Milford Nelson, pilot,
Fl/Sgt Clarence Franklin Lloyd, wireless operator, †
Sgt Harold Price, wireless operator, †
Sgt Herbert Cheval Archer Warr. †

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2352LT on July 29 on an operation to Saarbrücken. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Heivoort, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O George Camps Hooper, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth McLennan, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Ernest Edward Bedford, observer,
Sgt Richard Henry Foster, observer,
Sgt Richard Frances Stainforth, wireless operator,
Sgt Harold Alfred Oates, air gunner.