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The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1915LT on March 11 on an operation to Stuttgart. It was severely damaged by the German Flak after bombing the target area, The crew succeeded in regaining the south coast where the Halifax was abandoned and left to crash onto High Beeches, the residence of Colonel Loder MC, High Sheriff of Sussex, at Slaugham. Three maids sleeping at the rear of the house were killed, but Colonel Loder and his family escaped injury. All seven crew members parachuted to safety.
Crew:
F/Sgt T. Gallantry, pilot,
Sgt W. L. Middleton,
Sgt V. S. Webster,
Sgt A. A. Myers,
Sgt L. G. Exton,
Sgt H. R. W. Whitmore,
F/Sgt W. J. Farrer, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Woodhall Spa at 1849LT on an operation to Berlin. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak, exploded in the air and crashed in the district of Berlin-Lankwitz. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Andrew Innes, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Unwin, flight engineer,
Sgt Charles Edward Bellamy, navigator,
Sgt Harry McAuley Frew, bomb aimer,
Sgt Andrew Syme Adger, wireless operator,
Sgt Leslie Albert Horne, air gunner,
Sgt John Little, air gunner.

The crew departed Nassau on a local night training exercise. While flying at low height, the airplane went out of control and crashed onto a house located in Delaport, some 7 km northeast of the airfield. All four crew members escaped uninjured while three people in the house were killed.

The crew was performing a test flight on this second prototype. Ten minutes after departure from Seattle-Boeing Field, the crew informed ATC that engine n°1 caught fire and attempted to return. At an altitude of 2,400 feet, the pilot feathered the propeller and notified ATC that the fire was spreading quickly. One minute later, as it was about to land, the bomber struck a power line and crashed on an industrial butchery. Extensive emergency resources were dispatched to the scene where rescuers did not find any survivors among the debris scattered over a wide area. The building was destroyed and 34 dead bodies were found: all 11 occupants on board the airplane and 23 people on ground. Thirty people on the ground were injured.
Crew:
Eddie Allen, Chief test pilot by Boeing,
Bob Dansfield, captain.

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 1743LT on an operation to Essen. While cruising at night, it was shpt down by a German fighter and crashed in Enschede, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Edward Vivian Laing, pilot,
Sgt Anthony Marshall Willis, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Keith Robert Webber, navigator,
F/Sgt Douglas George Williams, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Frank Lawrence Boyd, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Charles Brewer, air gunner,
Sgt Ronald Taylor, air gunner.

The airplane departed Eindhoven Airfield to lay mines in the Thames estuary. While returning to base, the crew encountered engine problems when the airplane crashed onto a house in Kapelle and was destroyed. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Lt K. Hense, pilot,
Gefr E. Weiss, observer, †
Ofw K. Hochstuhl, radio operator,
Fw M. Eberl, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1642LT on an operation to Berlin. Passing over Kiel, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the Hohenzollernplatz just behind the Lutheran church in Kiel. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O James Woolford, pilot,
Sgt Francis Bernard Andrews,
Sgt John Henry Worrow,
Sgt Kenneth Edward Slade,
Sgt Lister Noble,
Sgt Ronald Waudby,
Sgt Gavin McMurray Hair, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1637LT on an operation to Berlin. Passing north of Hamburg at night, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in a meadow near Glashütterstrasse in Lemsahl-Mellingstedt, some 17 km north north-east of Hamburg city center. All seven occupants were killed.
Crew:
P/O David Alan Gold, pilot,
P/O Alfred William Stevenson,
Sgt Arthur Donald Tidmarsh,
F/Sgt Charles Albert Gruchy,
Sgt Douglas Robertson Dewar,
Sgt John Ward,
P/O Albert Harry Piggs, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Thurleigh to attack a train factory located in Lille. In unknown circumstances, it collided with a second USAAF B-17 registered 41-24471 that was also carrying 10 crew members on the same operation. Following the collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed in the city of Marcq-en-Baroel. Six crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt Jack A. Spaulding, pilot, †
Cpt Russell Gilbert Kahl, copilot,
T/Sgt Thomas H. Gilliland, mechanic, †
2nd Lt Wallace Braxton Kirkpatrick, navigator,
S/Sgt Edward A. Nork, radio operator,
2nd Lt Gordon R. Grant, bomb aimer, †
S/Sgt Dale A. Davis, air gunner, †
Sgt Louis R. Morgan, air gunner, †
T/Sgt Leon Williams, air gunner, †
Sgt Earl E. Santos, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Thurleigh to attack a train factory located in Lille. In unknown circumstances, it collided with a second USAAF B-17 registered 41-24498 that was also carrying 10 crew members on the same operation. Following the collision, both airplane dove into the ground and crashed in the city of Marcq-en-Baroel. Three crew members were killed and seven others became PoW.
Crew:
Cpt James A. Johnston, pilot, †
Cpt Doyle L. Dugger, copilot, †
S/Sgt Clyde M. Bennett, mechanic,
1st Lt Frank Josepoh Jacknik, navigator,
T/Sgt Robert Louis Stevenson, radio operator,
1st Lt Shedrick Evans Jones, bomb aimer,
S/Sgt Charles Raleigh Tipton, air gunner, †
Sgt Thomas Daniel McMahon, air gunner,
Sgt Frederick J. Zdobylak, air gunner,
S/Sgt John Patrick Morrison, air gunner.