Flight

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2304LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed south of Den Hoorn, Texel Island. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Dougal Hamish Reid, pilot,
F/O Walter John Wheeler, pilot,
Sgt George Samwell Hodges, flight engineer,
P/O John Colin Evans, navigator,
Sgt Alan McGeoch Sandars, bomb aimer,
P/O James Walter Palmer, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas Telfer, air gunner,
F/O Ernest Henry Patrick, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2334LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in 't Zand, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Gore, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Mitchell Sugden, flight engineer,
Sgt John Harold Wright, navigator,
Sgt Thomas Eric Judd, bomb aimer,
Sgt Frederick Henry Mitchell, wireless operator,
Sgt David Albert Harris Gough, air gunner,
Sgt John Bartholomew Foskett, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Kirmington at 2343LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hekendorp. Three crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Mervyn John Arthur, pilot,
Sgt Laurence Arthur Butterworth, navigator,
Sgt James Bailey, bomb aimer, †
Sgt John Orr, wireless operator, †
Sgt Stanley Gaskin, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2322LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Alkmaar. The pilot was killed while six other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Gérald Alban Gagnon, pilot, †
Sgt Kenneth Albert Shannon, flight engineer,
F/O Robert James Frost, navigator,
Sgt Charles Richard Page, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Richard Hooley, wireless operator,
Sgt Clarence Ray Munson, air gunner,
Sgt Angus Anthony McKinnon, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2300LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea 2 km off Hippolytushoef, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Stephen George White, pilot,
Sgt Eric Charles Crook, flight engineer,
F/O James Edgar Donald Craigie, navigator,
P/O Gerard William Board Enright, navigator,
Sgt John Frederick Bates, wireless operator,
Sgt Edwin Thomas Harding, air gunner,
F/Sgt Maxwell Birdwood Watt, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2335LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Waddenzee off Ameland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Maurice Allen Chapman, pilot,
Sgt Terence Eugene Warbey, flight engineer,
P/O Robert Frank Pavely, navigator,
F/O Arthur Woodward, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Condron, wireless operator,
Sgt Allen Kenneth Smith, air gunner,
F/Sgt Donald Edward Campbell, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2250LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Bakermarksedijk. Six crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Eric Winks Davidson, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Cowgill, flight engineer, †
Sgt John Gareth Vaughan Williams, navigator, †
Sgt Edward Whitby Henry Browne, bomb aimer, †
Sgt John Albert Francis, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Cecil Horace Sinclair, air gunner, †
W/O Lawson Frederick Spraling, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Leconfield at 2341LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Alphen aan den Rijn. Four crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Noel Bentley Smythe, pilot, †
P/O George William Pollard, navigator, †
P/O Edward Horace Sandell, bomb aimer,
Sgt George Herbert William Peach, wireless operator, †
Sgt Ronald Alfred Barlow, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 2250LT on June 25 on a mine laying operation in the French waters off Lorient. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near the Château de la Beuvrière located about 4 km southwest of Grez-Neuville. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Alan Whitehead, pilot,
Sgt Leslie Frederick Price, flight engineer,
Sgt Patrick Edward Glover, navigator,
F/O Frederick Parry, bomb aimer,
Sgt Eric Ryder Richardson, radio operator,
Sgt Edward Gordon Baker, air gunner,
Sgt William McIlwee McGowan, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2328LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Gorssel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/O Francis Joseph Higgins, pilot,
Sgt Fergus John Hunter, flight engineer,
F/O George Theodore Matynia, navigator,
W/O Archibald Kawy Young, bomb aimer,
W/O Robert Randolph Stickney, wireless operator,
W/O William Kashmar, air gunner,
P/O Harold Garfield Froud, air gunner.