Limburg

The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 2338LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Houthalen. Three crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O William Alfred Sneath, pilot, †
P/O Robert Gordon Clarke,
P/O Athol Bury Drummond-Hay,
Sgt James Theodore Hindley, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt James Oliver Hills, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2338LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kessenich. Two crew members were killed, two evaded and three became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Jack William Newport, pilot, †
Sgt David Stephen Percy Roberts, flight engineer,
P/O Donald Ivor Turner, navigator,
Sgt Arthur Frederick Kellett, bomb aimer,
Sgt Thomas Mosedale, wireless operator,
Sgt John George Damboise, air gunner,
Sgt Wilfred Chalmers Macaulay, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 0011LT on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Kerkhoven. All seven crew members became Pow.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick John Hands Heathfield, pilot,
Sgt Douglas George Keane, flight engineer,
P/O Harold James Dothie, navigator,
W/O W. Allan Poulton, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Charles Beresford, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Henry Masters, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Cooper, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 0007LT on an operation to Krefeld. While passing over Belgium at an altitude of 11,000 feet, it was shot down by two German fighters. The Stirling lost altitude and the captain attempted to make an emergency landing when the airplane stalled and crashed on the bank of a canal, bursting into flames. The captain and the navigator were killed while five other crew members became PoW.
Crew (7th Squadron):
F/O Robert Bruce Meiklejohn, pilot, †
Sgt Frank William Coles, flight engineer,
F/O Charles Henry Gerrard Redwood, navigator, †
Sgt Frank Hugo, bomb aimer,
Sgt Leslie Edward Ellingham, wireless operator,
Sgt John Kilfoyle, air gunner,
F/Sgt Edgar Andrew Brown, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 2257LT on June 16 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Grote-Heide. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur C. Aylard, pilot,
Sgt Joseph Scott, flight engineer,
Sgt Thomas Alexander, navigator,
Sgt Maurice Roy Williams, bomb aimer,
Sgt Henry Joseph Patrick Lackey, wireless operator,
Sgt John Wilfred Noel Westlake, air gunner,
Sgt Rex Swain, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2254LT on June 14 on an operation to Oberhausen. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Meeuwen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O William James Dennett, pilot,
Sgt Reginald Ernest Watson, flight engineer,
F/O William Edward Emery,
F/O Alfred Charles Ronald Flashman,
F/Sgt Thomas Williams,
Sgt Ernest Anthony Bogle, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Doric Phillip Birk, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Woodhall Spa at 2237LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Tongeren. The pilot evaded and six other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Charles Oliver Taylor, pilot,
Sgt William Cecil Anderson, flight engineer,
F/O Stewart Edwin Harris, navigator,
Sgt R. Evans, bomb aimer,
Sgt Douglas Ernest Inggs, wireless operator,
Sgt J. H. Henderson, air gunner,
Sgt Ronald Edward Chisholm, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 2301LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While passing over Belgium at an altitude of 17,500 feet, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Ophoven, 14 km east of Bree. A crew was killed, one evaded and three became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Richard Campbell Ellison, pilot, †
Sgt W. G. Bailey, navigator,
Sgt Horace Edwin John Horton, bomb aimer,
Sgt Edward Clowes Nicholson, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter Joseph Mullaney, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2240LT on May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Linde. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O David William Erickson, pilot, †
Sgt John Grant, flight engineer,
Sgt Leonard Davies, navigator,
Sgt Cecil Rees, bomb aimer,
Sgt George Edward Chadfield, wireless operator, †
Sgt Edward Alec Thompson, air gunner, †
Sgt Robert Albert Francis Woods, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 2356LT on May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hechtel-Eksel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Roughead Fleming, pilot,
Sgt Hopkin George Thomas, flight engineer,
Sgt Robert Adair, navigator,
P/O Charles Kenneth Coker, bomb aimer,
Sgt James Currie, wireless operator,
Sgt Kenneth George Berry, air gunner,
Sgt Arthur Raymond Tickner, air gunner.