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Crashed in unknown circumstances 6 km north of Starke. A crew was killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Wirt E. J. Billingslea.

While performing a training flight, the aircraft collided with a RAF Anson registered DJ239 and also carrying a crew of five. The collision occurred in unknown circumstances east of Maryport and both aircraft crashed in an open field, near a railway track. All 10 crew members in both aircraft were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Charles S. Anderton, pilot,
F/O Edwin Creed, flight engineer,
Lac Harry Hudson, wireless operator,
F/O Lyn Rees,
Lac Fred Wilson, air gunner.

Crashed in unknown circumstances near Sarasota-Bradenton Airport. All five crew members were killed.

While performing a training flight, the twin engine airplane collided with a RAF Vickers 271 Wellington registered HZ637 and also carrying a crew of five. The collision occurred in unknown circumstances east of Maryport and both aircraft crashed in an open field, near a railway track. All 10 crew members in both aircraft were killed.
Crew (10th AFU):
P/O Alexander Iver MacRae, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey Basil Temple Wymer, navigator,
F/Sgt Michael Henry Cornell, navigator,
Sgt Thomas Green, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt John Thomas Sutherland, air gunner.

Crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in Belgian Congo. There were no fatalities.

The airplane departed Hamilton AFB in the morning on a routine training sortie. En route, the pilot informed ground about his position and a little later, the aircraft hit tree tops and crashed on hilly terrain some 15 km northeast of Covelo. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Joseph J. Weitzel Jr.,
2nd Lt James O. Westbury,
2nd Lt William W. Blalock,
2nd Lt Ralph S. Johnson Jr.,
S/Sgt Paul P. Scheffer,
S/Sgt Ralph J. Sicking.

The airplane departed RAF Skipton-on-Swale at 2240LT on May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal. While returning to base the following morning, it flew into high ground (Swaledale) facing Gunnerside, west of Reeth. Two crew members were killed and four others were injured.
Crew:
P/O Fred Thompson Dingwall, pilot, †
F/Lt Leslie Edwin Blight, pilot, †
Sgt Donald Harmon, navigator,
Sgt Francis James Naylor, bomb aimer,
Sgt Joseph David Edmond La Chappelle, wireless operator,
Sgt W. Leadley, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Ridgewell at 2310LT on May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal. While returning to base the following morning, it crashed in unknown circumstances 3 km north of RAF Stradishall. Six crew members were killed and an air gunner was the only survivor.
Crew:
P/O Edward Albert Norton, pilot, †
Sgt Edward George Brooke, flight engineer, †
Sgt Lionel Fairfax Furner Johns, navigator, †
Sgt William Christie Beck, wireless operator, †
F/O John Vernon Gustofson, bomb aimer, †
Sgt George Arthur Francis Johnston, air gunner, †
Sgt J. O. Bradshaw, air gunner.

While on a combat mission with a RAF Stirling EH881, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Florennes AFB. A crew was killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Lt Johannes Hager, pilot,
Uffz Fritz J. Leda, radio operator, †
Oblt Günther Meinel, flight engineer.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2248LT on May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Péronnes, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/O Phillip Shuttleworth Johnson, pilot,
Sgt Charles Patrick Baker, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Rowland Stafford Metcalf, navigator,
F/Sgt Thomas William Peets, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Gwyn Fryn Humphreys, wireless operator,
F/Sgt David Jacob Shtitz, air gunner,
F/Sgt Edward Lawrence Armstrong, air gunner.