Flight

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor in the evening of May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Bergen, 10 km west of Weeze. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Henry Terence Hayes, pilot,
Sgt Walter Randall Cook, flight engineer,
Sgt Percy George Eames, navigator,
Sgt James Park, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Warwick Craven Evans, wireless operator,
Sgt Owen Hugh Sibson, air gunner,
F/Sgt Leslie Gordon Smith, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 2255LT on May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed north of Markelo. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O William Norman Mounsey, pilot, †
Sgt Walter Benson Jowett, flight engineer,
F/O William Butler Whitaker, navigator, †
Sgt Albert Dews, bomb aimer,
Sgt Robert Sydney George Miller, wireless operator, †
Sgt Kenneth George Legg, air gunner, †
Sgt Harry Pierpoint, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2359LT on May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Oegstgeest, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O John Edward Rigby, pilot,
Sgt Alastair Milner Hood Black, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Henry Graham Freeman, navigator,
F/O Thomas Herbert Green, bomb aimer,
Sgt Aubrey Edgar Perrin Rochester, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry John Gibbs, air gunner,
F/Sgt Merton Earl Zapfe, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Melbourne at 2242LT on May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer 15 km west of Makkum. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Joseph James Hine, pilot,
Sgt Aubrey Hall, flight engineer,
F/O Joseph William Trainor King, navigator,
Sgt Herbert George Ashton, bomb aimer,
Sgt Eric Cyril Church, wireless operator,
Sgt George David Nisbet, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Frederick Fletcher Baggaley, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2241LT on May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down a the German fighter and crashed into the Waddenzee some 10 km off Terschelling. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O James Leonard Drysdale, pilot,
Sgt John Finsterbush Lester, flight engineer,
F/O William Allan Marsden, navigator,
F/Sgt Horace William Enoch Hyett, bomb aimer,
Sgt Samuel Jones, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Sidney Bushill, air gunner,
P/O Francis Aloysius Doherty, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Newmarket at 2315LT on May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed southwest of Culemborg. Six crew members were killed and an air gunner became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Stephen Muir Tietjens, pilot, †
Sgt Stanley John Wayman, flight engineer, †
Sgt George Watson Turnbull, navigator, †
Sgt Frederick John Leigh Joblin, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Ronald Bell, wireless operator, †
Sgt Derrick George Amos Storey, air gunner, †
Sgt Leslie Richard Vale, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Ingham in the evening of May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Schaijk. Three crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Horace William Austin, pilot, †
Sgt Douglas Raymond Keevers, navigator,
Sgt John P. Edward Last, bomb aimer,
Sgt Arthur Herbert, wireless operator, †
W/O Ralph Matthew Costello, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook in the evening of May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Schoonebeek. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Beresford Milton Troy Davis, pilot, †
Sgt Eric Rowlands, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt Kenneth Douglas Dyce, navigator, †
F/Sgt Clarence Goldthorpe, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Jack Stanley Biffen, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Charles Sinclair Wright, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Frederick Wilson Ralph, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Lissett at 2222LT on May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. After passing the Dutch/German border, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wüllen. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Neil Gillies, pilot, †
Sgt John Frederick Hinds, flight engineer, †
Sgt Robert Clifford Hall, navigator, †
Sgt Terence Stephen John Crawley, bomb aimer,
Sgt Joseph Roberts, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Warburton, air gunner, †
Sgt Robin Michael Ernest Harrison, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Chedburgh at 2335LT on May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Approaching Düsseldorf, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Wanlo. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Jack Kenneth Wilkins, pilot, †
Sgt Abraham Mason, flight engineer,
Sgt William Sydney Clifton-Mogg, navigator,
Sgt Lionel Gerald Freeman, bomb aimer, †
Sgt William Alfred Leslie, wireless operator,
Sgt Edwin Taylor Hutchinson, air gunner,
Sgt Bertie Anderson Kennedy, air gunner.