Brandenburg

The airplane departed RAF Waddington on March 29 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Strausberg, 33 km east northeast of Berlin. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth James Johnson, pilot,
Sgt William Henry Shipp, flight engineer,
P/O Illtyd French Leng, observer,
Sgt Ronald Albert Edmonds, bomb aimer,
Sgt Thomas Clarkson Somerville, wireless operator,
Sgt Cecil George Lewin Marlin, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Twiddy, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath at 2121LT on March 29 on an operation to Berlin. In unknown circumstances, it crashed in Lindenberg, 12 km northeast of Berlin city center. Six crew members were killed and an air gunner became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Ian Thomson Stirrat Fulton, pilot, †
Sgt John William Houlgrave, flight engineer, †
Sgt Arthur James Crosson, navigator, †
Sgt Ellis Drury Edwards, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Eric George Hunt, wireless operator, †
Sgt Raymond Percy Thomas Saunders, air gunner, †
W/O Charles Leonard Blackford, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Warboys at 2025LT on an operation to Berlin. It crashed in unknown circumstances near the hamlet of Döberitz, east of Premnitz. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Reginald John Wallis, pilot,
Sgt Alexander Mackenzie, flight engineer,
F/Sgt John Goodwillie Shepherd, navigator,
Sgt Frederick James Walder, navigator,
Sgt Urien Thomas, wireless operator,
W/O Gordon Thomas Hillman, air gunner,
Sgt Stanley Poole, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Berlin. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Grossbeeren, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Albert Joseph Horwood, pilot,
Sgt Louis William John Schultz, flight engineer,
Sgt Robert Longster Cole, navigator,
W/O Fred Winslow Guild, wireless operator,
W/O Jack McArthur Newton, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Horace Herbert Clements, air gunner,
Sgt George McCurrach Sheridan, air gunner.

The airplane departed Brandenburg-Briest AFB on a local training exercise with six crew members on board. Following an engine failure, it went out of control and crashed near Seeblick, some 28 km north northwest of Briest AFB. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Kurt Ertel, pilot,
Ogfr Gerhard Goldbeck, observer,
Fw. Horst Marzahn, radio operator,
Pfm Alfred Grande, mechanic,
Fw August Fieseler, mechanic,
Uffz Heinrich Wenzel, air gunner.

The twin engine airplane departed Berlin to South Germany with a pilot, a radio operator and a passenger on board. En route, it seems that the crew encountered marginal weather conditions and following an unknown technical failure, the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed in Mühlberg an der Elbe. All three occupants were killed, among them Baron Carl August Freiherr von Gablenz, founder of the Deutsche Lufthansa.
Crew:
Carl August Freiherr von Gablenz, pilot,
ObFw Klaer, radio operator.
Passenger:
Dr. Carl Krümmel, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Education.

The three engine airplane was engaged in a local training flight at Falkenberg-Lönnewitz AFB, carrying six crew members, among them three pilots under training. The airplane crashed for unknown reasons while taking off and was destroyed. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Rudolf Riess, pilot,
Uffz Gerhard Richter, radio operator,
Gefr Erich Lehr, mechanic,
Lt Heinz Jaskola, pilot,
Uffz Kurt Hanus, pilot,
Ofw Emil Walther, pilot.

While on an ambulance flight on behalf of the 'Sanitätsflugbereitschaft 3 Smolensk', the three engine airplane collided with a German Air Force Junkers JU.87. Both airplanes crashed in Fürstenwalde, killing all 21 occupants on board the JU.52.
Crew:
Ofw Alfred Jurga, pilot,
Fw Wilhem Potysch, radio operator,
Uffz Paul Halle, mechanic.

The airplane departed Alteno Airfield with a crew of three on board. En route, the crew encountered engine trouble and lost control of the airplane that crashed in the forest of Walddrehna, northwest of Wehnsdorf. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Ofw Ernst Möller, pilot,
Uffz Ernst Schröder, mechanic,
Gefr Hansgeorg Seyffert, radio operator.

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 2227LT on November 7 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Rhinow. The pilot was killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Ernest Johnston Sargent, pilot, †
Sgt Ernest Gerald Sydney Hall Freeman,
Sgt Thomas Hall,
Sgt Thomas Paterson,
Sgt Ernest Wilfred Penn,
P/O John Victor Saunders.