Hainaut

The airplane departed RAF Leconfield at 2247LT on July 3 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Solre-sur-Sambre, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Eric Douglas Eastwood, pilot,
F/O James Henry Stewart, pilot,
F/O Herbert Clifford Wheal, navigator,
F/Sgt Howard Langlands, bomb aimer,
Sgt Alfred Reginald Stone, wireless operator,
Sgt Morris Dixon, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2248LT on May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Péronnes, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/O Phillip Shuttleworth Johnson, pilot,
Sgt Charles Patrick Baker, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Rowland Stafford Metcalf, navigator,
F/Sgt Thomas William Peets, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Gwyn Fryn Humphreys, wireless operator,
F/Sgt David Jacob Shtitz, air gunner,
F/Sgt Edward Lawrence Armstrong, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2113LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Quévy, 10 km southeast of Mons. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William MacFarlane, pilot,
Sgt Peter John Keay, pilot,
F/Sgt William Waller Dawson, observer,
F/O Cyril Frederick Williams, navigator,
Sgt Edward Reginald Davidson, navigator,
P/O John Frederick Edwards, wireless operator,
Sgt Jack Valentine Rees, air gunner,
P/O Donald Alfred Holdsworth, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2312LT on April 10 on an operation to Frankfurt. Over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Virelles, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O John H. Sammet, pilot,
Sgt Douglas A. Weller, navigator,
Sgt John Hehir, bomb aimer,
Sgt George Levins, wireless operator,
Sgt Jack Budreau, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Elvington at 2000LT on March 9 on an operation to Munich. The following night, while returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Boussu. A crew was killed, three others became PoW and three evaded.
Crew:
S/L Robert John Sage, pilot,
Sgt B. J. I. Walker, flight engineer,
F/Lt Brian Desmond Barker, navigator,
Sgt M. Crabtree, bomb aimer,
P/O Dennis Walter Bateman, wireless operator,
Sgt Dennis Loader Morris, air gunner,
F/O Kenneth Alexander Adam, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Thurleigh to attack the Compagnie de Fives steel plant in Lille. It bombed the secondary target of the Luftwaffe airfield at Courtrai, Belgium.While approaching the target area, it was hit by the German Flak, causing the engine n°3 to catch fire. The copilot managed to extinguish the fire as the plane went over the target when four bombs hung up preventing the closing of the bomb bay doors. With only three engines operating, the formation made a 360° turn over enemy territory, encouraging enemy fighters to attack. The bomber started to lag behind the formation and tried to reach the English coast as it was being attacked by four Fw 190s. In an attack 20mm cannon shells ripped into the cockpit as the pilots lost control sending the plane into a flat spin. Some of the crew bailed out before it crashed near the village of Néchin. Six crew members were killed, two evaded and one became PoW.
Crew:
Cpt John W. Olson, pilot, †
2nd Lt Joseph N. Gates, copilot, †
T/Sgt Thomas W. Dynan Jr., radio operator, †
T/Sgt Erwin Derold Wissenback, mechanic,
2nd Lt William John Gise Jr., navigator,
2nd Lt Albert W. LaChasse, bomb aimer,
S/Sgt Bert E. Kaylor, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Bruce C. Nicholson, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Truman C. Wilder Jr., air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Woodhall Spa at 2102LT on August 28 on an operation to Nuremberg. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Maurage. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Hector Dinning, pilot,
Sgt Victor Arthur Hamon, pilot,
Sgt William Edleston Spooner, flight engineer,
Sgt Ellis Victor Cope, observer,
Sgt Charles Herbert Brummitt, wireless operator,
Sgt Harold John Endley, wireless operator,
Sgt Brian Quinn, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 1954LT on an operation to Saarbrücken. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Boussu-lez-Walcourt, south of Froidchapelle. Two crew members were killed and two others evaded.
Crew:
W/Cdr John Despard Twigg, pilot, †
F/Sgt G. C. Fisher, observer, †
F/Lt Ian Maitland, wireless operator,
F/O Ralph Van den Bok, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath 2045LT 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 Thieulain. Three crew members became PoW and four others evaded.
Crew:
Sgt Joseph Basil Downing,
Sgt Douglas Allen Baker,
Sgt T. J. Jenkins,
Sgt H. Williams,
Sgt F. .J Berthelsen,
F/Sgt V. S. Wood,
Sgt G. L. Robinson.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Frankfurt. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Feluy, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Leys Middleton Beaumont, pilot,
P/O Denis Franklin Nicholson, pilot,
P/O Joseph Matthews Rickard, observer,
P/O Gordon Cameron McDonald, observer,
Sgt James Vincent Holland, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Frank Hagger, air gunner,
F/Sgt Robert Gerald Page, air gunner.