Royal Air Force - RAF

The airplane departed RAF Methwold at 1800LT on an operation to the docks at Rotterdam. While approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the North Sea some 60 km off The Hague. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (464th Squadron):
Sgt Albert Leonard Lush, pilot,
W/O William Wallace Collens, navigator,
F/Sgt Eric Walter Cole, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Duduley Francis Fulford, air gunner.

The crew was performing a local training flight at RAF Wigsley on behalf of the 1654 HCU. After touchdown, the airplane went out of control, veered off runway and came to rest, bursting into flames. All seven crew members escaped uninjured and the airplane was destroyed by fire.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1957LT on an operation to Essen. In the late evening, while returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Stevensbeek, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O William Hallewell Swire, pilot,
Sgt Gerwyn Howell Evans, pilot,
Sgt George Robert Gilbert, flight engineer,
Sgt Eric William Cook, navigator,
Sgt Ronald Douglas Francis, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Roy Reginald Feeley, air gunner,
Sgt Walter Watts, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 1952LT on an operation to Essen. In the late evening, while returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed one km north of Olst. All seven crew members were killed.
crew:
F/O Peter Delamere Boyd, pilot,
Sgt Serbert Norman Hall, flight engineer,
F/O Gordon Williams Lawry, navigator,
Sgt John Birkett Langley, bomb aimer,
Sgt Laurence Henry Ransome, wireless operator,
P/O Hamish Turner MacDonald, air gunner,
F/Sgt Beverley William Agar, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Lissett at 1941LT on an operation to Essen. In the late evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wapenveld, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/O Frederick Henry Blake, pilot,
Sgt Gerard Stanley Walters, flight engineer,
Sgt William David Hawkins, navigator,
Sgt John Ceredig Jones, bomb aimer,
Sgt Philip Henry Eldridge, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Victor Trollope, air gunner,
W/O Rodney Webber, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1956LT on an operation to Essen. In the late evening, while returning to base and cruising over the Netherlands at an altitude of 13,000 feet, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Rotterdam. The bomb aimer was killed and all seven other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O James Lago, pilot,
W/O Keith Oliver Perry, pilot,
Sgt Welland Wilfred Phipps, flight engineer,
F/O John Henry Colwell, navigator,
W/O Walter Stanley Beatty, bomb aimer, †
F/O William Henry Hoddinott, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Henry Champion Waugh, air gunner,
Sgt Amand Burns Granbois, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1946LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Hervest. Two crew members were killed and six others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O George Riach, pilot, †
S/L Burton Jenner Bourchier, pilot,
Sgt Edward Charles Lacey, navigator,
Sgt William Ingles, bomb aimer,
Sgt Alfred Michael Parker, flight engineer, †
Sgt David Harold Howard, wireless operator,
Sgt A. Wright, air gunner,
Sgt Leon Lucien Stas, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1926LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Hervest. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Kershaw Howarth, pilot, †
Sgt William Charles Pitt, flight engineer, †
Sgt George Howard Egan, navigator,
Sgt Joseph William Sydney Blakey, bomb aimer,
F/O Percy William Digby, wireless operator, †
Sgt Frederick George Williams, air gunner, †
Sgt Howard Nelson Richards, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Lissett at 1942LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Pfalzdorf, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt John Denis Cole, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Gowing, flight engineer,
P/O Ronald Claude Stemp, navigator,
Sgt Bertram James Warr, navigator,
Sgt Albert Ward, wireless operator,
P/O William Albert Robinson, air gunner,
P/O Clifford George Dawson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1945LT on an operation to Essen. Following a successful mission, the crew was returning to base when, passing over the Netherlands, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea 3 km southwest of The Hague. The pilot was killed and six other crew members became PoW.
crew:
F/O Thomas Noble Forster, pilot, †
Sgt Walter Frederic Hodgson, flight engineer,
Sgt George Edward Sendall, navigator,
P/O James Hilton Jamieson, bomb aimer,
Sgt Eric Afred Drury, wireless operator,
Sgt Norman Vivian Thornton, air gunner,
Sgt Clarence Wayte, air gunner.