Antwerp

The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 2341LT on May 25 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in 's-Gravenwezel. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Maxwell Parsons, pilot,
Sgt Bernard Spencer, flight engineer,
Sgt John Patrick Egan, navigator,
Sgt Norman Jardine Vaulkhard, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Francom Selman, wireless operator,
Sgt R. A. Hunt, air gunner,
Sgt Thomas Chalmers, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath at 0055LT on an operation to Bochum. Outbound, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kasterlee, 9 km south of Turnhout. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Leslie Cyril Martin, pilot,
F/Sgt Robert Chrysler Ferguson, pilot,
Sgt Jack Eric Butt, flight engineer,
Sgt Norman Harry Frank, navigator,
F/O George Reicher Royde, navigator,
Sgt Edmund Hazelden-French, wireless operator,
Sgt Harold Arthur James Berry, air gunner,
F/Sgt Howard Philip Fudge, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2357LT on May 12 on an operation to Duisburg. The following night, while passing over Belgium, it was shot down by the German Flak and was abandoned by the crew. Out of control, it dove into the ground and crashed on a bakery located in the center of the village of Weelde, killing the owner's wife and daughter. All seven crew members parachuted to safety and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Beverley Brown, pilot,
Sgt Arthur Lloyd George Knight, flight engineer,
Sgt William Bruce Henderson, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Duncan Rae, navigator,
Sgt Kenneth Albert Goodchild, wireless operator,
Sgt William Esmond North-Lewis, air gunner,
Sgt Philippe Louis Marie Charles De Bourbon, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Langar at 0020LT on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Mol, 50 km east of Antwerp. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Iorwerth Beynon Jones, pilot,
Sgt John Gillespie, flight engineer,
Sgt Geoffrey John Glare, navigator,
F/O Basil Paul Malcolm Hyland, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Alfred Hollett, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Wells Davies, air gunner,
Sgt Benjamin Bryn Jones, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Thurleigh on an operation to the Erla GmbH aircraft factory at Mortsel, Antwerp, Belgium. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Heikant, north of Antwerp. Three crew members were killed and seven others became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt R. W. Seelos, pilot,
1st Lt A. Kramarinko, copilot,
2nd Lt W. W. Saunders, navigator,
T/Sgt Fred Ray Hampton, radio operator, †
2nd Lt James E. Murray, bombardier, †
T/Sgt Stanley P. Stemkoski, air gunner, †
T/Sgt W. H. Keskey, air gunner,
S/Sgt W. E. Baker, air gunner,
S/Sgt R. E. Walls, air gunner,
S/Sgt R. Magee, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1827LT on March 1st on an operation to Berlin. Shortly after midnight, while returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kasterlee. Five crew members were killed, two became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
S/L J. L. Fletcher, pilot, †
S/Lt A. T. Wheatley, †
Sgt V. J. Crutch,
F/O E. L. Souter-Smith,
P/O W. P. A. Blackman,
F/Sgt G. G. Stanley, †
Sgt L. A. Trinder, †
Sgt H. B. Moore, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Leconfield at 1832LT on an operation to Cologne. Over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Meerhout. Three crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt William John Kirk, pilot, †
F/O John Edward Mason, †
F/Sgt William Edward Smith, †
Sgt R. E. Bentley,
Sgt N. A. Leonard,
Sgt T. W. Reynolds, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Woodhall Spa at 2310LT on August 24 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Malle, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Gilbert Campbell Hooey, pilot,
Sgt Victor John Arthur Butler, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Leonard Grundy, observer,
F/Sgt Arthur Henry Withers, observer,
Sgt Ronald Claude Martin, air gunner,
Sgt Percy Vinton Parry, air gunner,
P/O Edward James Smitherman, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2051LT on August 24 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Morkhoven. Four crew members were killed, two others became PoW and a seventh evaded.
Crew:
F/Lt Robert Murray Buchan, observer, †
Sgt Peter Squires, flight engineer, †
Sgt Edward Vincent Norman, air gunner, †
Sgt Harold Denzil Quintrell, air gunner, †
F/Sgt William Raymond Cubberley,
F/Sgt John Wilfred Docker,
F/Sgt O. R. Matheson.

The airplane was engaged in an operation to Dieppe (Against Operation Jubilee). It was shot down by a British fighter and later crash landed in Kasterlee. All four crew members escaped unhurt.
Crew:
Uffz Anton Ries +3.