Royal Air Force - RAF

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on an operation to Nuremberg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Cheratte. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Douglas Follett, pilot, †
P/O Roland Anthony Ayres, observer,
Sgt Murray Swann, wireless operator, †
Sgt Frank Ernest Kearns, air gunner, †
Sgt John Ramsey, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe on an operation to Saarbrücken. Shortly before midnight, while passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Doische. Four crew members were killed and a fifth evaded.
Crew:
F/Sgt Peter Karil Zaparynuk, pilot, †
Sgt William Holt Ledford, observer,
F/Sgt Andrew Holmes, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Jon (John) Robert Morrow, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Archie Ernest Caton, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2047LT on an operation to Nuremberg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Koewacht, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt David Alan Vaughan John, pilot,
Sgt Maurice William Booth, flight engineer,
P/O Alan Fay Birley, observer,
P/O Kenneth Albert Higgs, bomb aimer,
Sgt Arthur Edward Grounsell, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Priestley, wireless operator,
Sgt Gerald Anthony Doman, 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 Marham at 2026LT on an operation to Nuremberg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Grand-Hallet. Three crew members were killed, one became PoW and another evaded.
Crew:
W/O John George Smith, pilot, †
Sgt Leslie George Carr, air gunner, †
Sgt William John Sharpe, air gunner, †
Sgt Norrice John Mackenzie,
Sgt J. Cope.

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 2004LT on an operation to Saarbrücken. While flying at an altitude of 12,000 feet over Ostend, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hastière. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Ronald Albert Bingham, observer, †
Sgt John Patch, air gunner, †
W/O Robert Lloyd Telfer, pilot, †
Sgt Squire Arbuthnott Webster, air gunner, †
F/Lt Robert Lewis Andre,
Sgt Norman Thomas Lewthwaite,
Sgt Herbert O'Neill.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell in the evening of August 28 on an operation to Saarbrücken. Over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wihogne, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Cpl Kazimierz Maciej Gorny,
Lt Jan Tadeusz Klocek,
Cpl Jan Stanisław Korepta,
Sgt Czesław Poniatowski,
Sgt Stanisław Konrad Turski.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2000LT on an operation to Saarbrücken. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Rummen. Three crew members became PoW and three others evaded.
Crew:
F/O Wladysław Gandor,
W/O Jan Michal Uramowski,
F/O Edward Mucha,
F/O Stanisław Swida,
P/O Joseph Tyszko,
Sgt Antoni Marian Wasiak.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook in the evening of August 27 on an operation to Kassel. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 45 km northwest of The Hague. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Charles James Broomhead,
P/O Harry Fallas,
Sgt Glyndwr Hughes,
P/O Alexander Norman,
F/Sgt Stanley Allen Wilson.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2117LT on August 27 on an operation to Kassel. Over Münster, it lost the use of the port outer engine and on return to base, the airplane overshot the runway and crashed into a field. There were no injuries among the crew.
Crew:
Sgt W. V. Rickards,
Sgt J. W. Hargreaves,
Sgt G. H. Roberts,
Sgt C. Thurley,
Sgt A. C. Stockley,
P/O I. M. Wood,
Sgt W. S. Gregory.