Royal Air Force - RAF

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2340LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in 't Zand, 11 km southwest of Tilburg. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt James Stanley Watt, pilot, †
Sgt David Stuart Donaldson, flight engineer, †
F/Lt Frederick Arthur George Tompkins, navigator, †
Sgt Arnold John Sutton, bomb aimer, †
P/O James Hector Ross, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick James Benjamin Dukes, air gunner, †
P/O Max Pemberton Ellis, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 0001LT on an operation to Krefeld. It was hit by the German Flak while leaving the Dutch coast at Overflakkee and later ditched roughly 30 km off Le Havre. All seven crew members were rescued. The airplane sank and was lost.
Crew:
Sgt S. G. Honey, pilot,
Sgt A. J. Dick,
Sgt R. Ward,
Sgt R. O. Tudberry,
Sgt J. Brennan,
Sgt F. R. Hayward,
Sgt D. A. Wagar, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Ludford Magna in the evening of June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Mönchengladbach. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O D. H. Brook, pilot,
Sgt A. C. Keightley,
Sgt G. Hopkin,
Sgt T. E. W. Latter,
F/Lt W. J. Sibbald,
Sgt N. Ellis,
Sgt K. Henson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Elvington at 2351LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt M. J. Fitzgerald, pilot,
Sgt R. Forster,
Sgt G. Wood,
F/O R. C. Bishop,
W/O F. O. Turner,
Sgt J. M. Dalton,
Sgt J. J. McPherson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2345LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. It was hit by the German Flak, outbound, which wrecked the outer starboard engine. The crew continued with their mission, but soon after crossing the Dutch coast on the return journey, the port inner engine failed and the Halifax gradually lost height until it was ditched some 48 km east of Cromer. All seven crew members were rescued. The airplane sank and was lost.
Crew:
Sgt D. H. Milne, pilot,
Sgt T. R. M. Smith,
Sgt P. R. Lissener,
Sgt A. G. Cox,
Sgt J. Jolly,
Sgt K. Wolstencroft,
Sgt R. A. H. Bowring, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Dunholme Lodge at 2350LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O H. C. Thompson, pilot,
Sgt N. England
Sgt L. A. Harrison,
Sgt L. R. McGrath,
Sgt N. Metcalfe,
Sgt S. D. Mindel
P/O L. S. Welsh,
Sgt J. H. Arlow, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Burn at 2333LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off the Dutch coast. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr John Coverdale, pilot,
P/O George Charles William Parslow, navigator,
W/O Herman Stanley Fawns, wireless operator,
F/O John Brian Godfrey Bailey, bomb aimer,
F/O Bruce Samuel Fudge, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2349LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off the Dutch coast. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Mikołaj Białobrówka, pilot,
P/O Józef Blajda, observer,
Sgt Jerzy Trzebuchowski,
Sgt Jan Ciuchciński, bomb aimer,
Sgt Roman Jacennik, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2320LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off the Frisian Islands, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Howard Mappin, pilot,
Sgt Clarence Edgar Wiggett, flight engineer,
Sgt Arthur John Boar, navigator,
Sgt George Alfred Livett, bomb aimer,
Sgt Arthur Allan Crank, wireless operator,
Sgt William Anderson, air gunner,
Sgt Francis William Turner, air gunner.

The crew departed RAF Hemswell at 1017LT for an altitude test. The airplane emerged from cloud in a steep dive and crashed in an open field. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Fabian Jozef Pokorniewski, pilot,
F/O Zbigniew Leon Kretkowski, navigator,
Sgt Henryk Kazimierz Czarkowski, bomb aimer,
Sgt Tadeusz Józef Szczurzyński, wireless operator,
Sgt Bernard Kot, air gunner.