Flight

The airplane departed RAF Kirmington at 2302LT on May 27 on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the hamlet of Oele, west of Hengelo. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Donald Thomas Tonkinson, pilot,
F/O Thomas David Brown, navigator,
Sgt Percy Guest, navigator,
P/O Arthur Denis Johnson, wireless operator,
Sgt Norman Percival Rayner, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2308LT on May 27 on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed south of Otterlo. All seven crew members became PoW.
Crew:
W/O Alan Henry Beeston, pilot,
Sgt Ernest David Matthews, flight engineer,
F/O Ronald Walker, navigator,
F/Sgt Harold West, bomb aimer,
Sgt Hector Felix Court, wireless operator,
Sgt Alfred George East, air gunner,
Sgt Edmond Henry Perlman, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 2159LT on May 27 on an operation to Essen. Flying north of Bocholt, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Barlo, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt John Matthew Desmond, pilot,
Sgt Edward Strangways Davis, flight engineer,
P/O George Cribbin, navigator,
P/O John Norman Lockwood, bomb aimer,
W/O George Frederick Paddon, wireless operator,
F/O Cuthbert Keith Cazaly, air gunner,
P/O John Richard Ryalls, air gunner.

Collided in midair with a second Luftwaffe JU.88 and crashed on Akkansuolo Island, north of Lakselv. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Obfw Johannes Lehmann, pilot,
Uffz Helmut Diebold, observer,
Fw Erwin Malsch, radio operator,
Uffz Kurt Hieronimus, air gunner.

Collided in midair with a second Luftwaffe JU.88 registered 4D+EK and crashed on Akkansuolo Island, north of Lakselv. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Hermann Jacobs, pilot,
Fw Heinz Weisgel, radio operator,
Fw Kurt Dammerau, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Oulton at 1632LT on an operation to Zeebrugge. In unknown circumstances, it collided in flight with a second RAF Ventura registered AE686 and crashed off the harbor of Zeebrugge. All four crew members were killed. The second airplane return to base where it landed safely.
Crew:
F/O David Pratt, pilot,
F/O Arthur Cecil Griffin,
Sgt Frank Miller,
Sgt Frederick Allan Morris.

The airplane departed RAF Elvington at 2239LT on May 27 on an operation to Essen. Approaching the target area from the north, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Lavesum, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Francis John O'Grady, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey Herbert Garrard, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Cecil Clarke, navigator,
F/O Bernard Christopher McGrath, navigator,
Sgt Wilfred Reginald Beadsmoore, wireless operator,
Sgt William Alfred Manning, air gunner,
Sgt Charles Basil Anderson, air gunner.

Crashed in unknown circumstances 65 km north-northeast of Midland. Five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Samuel S. Revis,
F/O Samuel W. Thomas,
F/O Robert Lee Williams,
Pvt Donald P. Beaulieu,
Pvt Wayne H. Maki.

While circling in the vicinity of RAF Langford Lodge, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the Lough Neagh, south of the airbase. A crew was killed.
Crew:
F/O Frederic Hugh Warburton +3.

In the early hours of the day, while returning to base following a supply mission to soldiers based near Bryansk, the airplane was hit by German Flak. It caught fire and crashed behind the German lines, bursting into flames. Both pilots were killed while four other crew members managed to bail out. Only one of them reach the Soviet positions while three others were declared missing.