Flight

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall in the evening of August 28 on an operation to Nuremberg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed near the target area. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Eric Perks, pilot,
Sgt Reginald George Arthur Lee, observer,
Sgt John David Robert MacGillivray, observer,
F/Sgt Walter Harrison Irvine, wireless operator,
Sgt Percy Oaten, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2105LT on August 28 on an operation to Nuremberg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed near the target area. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Edward Richards, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Norgate, pilot,
F/Sgt Franciszek Janiszewski, observer,
P/O William Shearer Pattinson, observer,
F/Sgt Leo Martin Cowan, wireless operator,
Sgt Wilfred Toole, air gunner,
P/O James Allister Wright, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 2100LT on August 28 on an operation to Nuremberg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed near the target area. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O John Hoskin Rowney, pilot,
F/Sgt Kenneth Charles Brown, observer,
Sgt David George Craill, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry William Pike, air gunner,
Sgt Charles James Whalley, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 2100LT on August 28 on an operation to Nuremberg. It crash landed for unknown reasons in Wahlenau the following night and was damaged beyond repair. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard Ernest Brooks,
Sgt Ernest Edward Corley,
P/O Richard Maxwell Sparrow,
Sgt David Lane Thomas,
Sgt James Joseph White.

The airplane departed RAF Breighton at 1939LT on August 28 on an operation to Saarbrücken. While returning to base the following night, it was presumably shot down by a German fighter and later crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Richard Douglas Elrington, pilot,
F/O William Dillon,
Sgt Eric Noel Hare,
Sgt James Arthur Smith,
F/O Norman Allan Taylor.

En route to Novinki, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and is believed to have crashed near the destination. Both crew members were killed.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 2002LT on an operation to Saarbrücken. Over France, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Sauville. Three crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Philip Lindsay Kemp, pilot,
Sgt Sydney Frank Clark, observer, †
Sgt Herbert Gregson, wireless operator, †
Sgt Edward James Stansfield, wireless operator. †

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.