Royal Air Force - RAF

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2326LT on July 31 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot about by a German fighter while over southern Holland and heading for base. During the engagement, Sgt McAuley was mortally wounded, though P/O Glasgow succeeded in shooting down their attacker. Shortly after regaining the East Anglia coast, the Halifax was abandoned and left to crash at 0325LT into a field cropped with mangles, some 300 yards from Fristling Hall Farm, Stock. A crew was killed, two others were injured and four escaped unhurt. The airplane was destroyed.
Crew:
Sgt John Anthony McAuley, wireless operator,
Sgt H. S. Greenwood,
P/O W. R. Waite,
F/Sgt W. N. Geddie,
Sgt G. R. Poole,
Sgt J. F. Miller,
P/O S. N. Glasgow.

The airplane departed RAF Lichfield at 2341LT on July 31 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Huldenberg, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Mervyn George McNeil, pilot,
Sgt Clifford Douglas Luedeke,
Sgt Owen Morgan,
Sgt Charles Henry Robert McKee,
F/O Arthur Frederick Richard Nash,
Sgt John Daniel O'Halloran.

The airplane departed RAF Cottesmore 2353LT on July 31 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Oisterwijk. The observer was killed while three other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Edgar Felton Collins, pilot,
Sgt Leonard Lobb, observer, †
Sgt Milton Stanley Whiting, wireless operator,
Sgt George Gray Russell, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 0116LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Neeroeteren. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW:
Crew:
P/O Wilfred Victor Clarke, observer, †
Sgt William Thomas George Hall, pilot, †
F/Sgt Alistair Bruce Martin, wireless operator, †
Sgt Robert George Miller, air gunner, †
Sgt Harry Levy.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 0123LT On an operation to Düsseldorf. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Hasselbeck, some 9 km northeast of Düsseldorf. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Reginald Ernest Sidney Pink, pilot,
W/O George Edward Ford, observer,
F/Sgt John Hannaby, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Archibald Edward McIlveen, wireless operator,
Sgt Peter John Henry Donelan, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Finningley at 2341LT on July 31 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Over the target area, it was damaged by the German Flak and later shot down by a German fighter. It crashed near Loon op Zand and was destroyed. An air gunner was killed and four other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Patrick Pallis Lome Elphinstone Welch, pilot,
P/O John Hamilton, observer,
Sgt Saunders Valensky, wireless operator,
Sgt Dennis James Veasey, air gunner,
F/Sgt William Francis Penney, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 0034LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Heppeneert. The crew bailed out but one was killed after his parachute failed to open. A second was seriously injured and died two days later. Four crew members became PoW and another evaded.
Crew:
Sgt Donald Edward West, pilot,
P/O William Robb Bandeen, observer,
P/O Laurent Joseph Onesime Nadeau, wireless operator, †
Sgt Ivor Watters, air gunner, †
Sgt Joseph Hilliard Gregg Howard, air gunner,
Sgt W. D. Gibbon,
Sgt R. E. Pearce.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 0028LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Hürth, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Thomas Barrett, pilot,
Sgt Walter Henry Good, pilot,
P/O Frederick Henry Down, observer,
F/Sgt Hugh Lawrence Laxdal, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald William Brett, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 0045LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea some 5 km west of Dishoek. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Thomas Francis Murphy, pilot,
F/Sgt Kenneth Turner Howarth, observer,
Sgt William John Tanner, observer,
Sgt Robert Edwin Furnell, wireless operator,
Sgt Francis John Smith, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 0018LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and was ditched into the Scheldt Rive mouth off Vlissingen. All seven crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Francis Peter Hewitt, pilot,
Sgt Eric William Clark, flight engineer,
F/Sgt John Maitland Somerville, observer,
Sgt James Stewart McNalty Stewart, wireless operator,
Sgt D. E. Sharp, wireless operator,
Sgt Edwin Charles Evershed, air gunner,
Sgt Peter Sproston, air gunner.