Friesland

The crew was returning to his base in England following a bombing mission over Bremen. While cruising over the North Sea, the aircraft collided with another USAF B-17 registered 42-30872 and also carrying a crew of 10. Both aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea west off Terschelling Island. There were no survivors among the 20 occupants on both aircraft.
Crew (96th BG):
2nd Lt Thomas Brooks Blackwell,
S/Sgt Leonard Melvion Branam,
2nd Lt Harry Emil Creutzmann,
T/Sgt Floyd Wayne Gauss,
T/Sgt John Mancina,
Cpt Harold Raymond Mott,
S/Sgt Andrew Robert Nichols,
S/Sgt Paul J. Santillan,
2nd Lt Angus Douglas Stewart,
S/Sgt Warren Monroe Sturdevant.

The crew was returning to his base in England following a bombing mission over Bremen. While cruising over The Netherlands, the aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a field located between the villages of Poppenwier and Raerd. All ten crew members were killed. The plane may have collided with another B-17.
Crew (96th BG):
S/Sgt John Joseph Bavosa,
2nd Lt Albert Joseph Csizmadia,
S/Sgt Frank Robert Cunningham,
S/Sgt Harmon Edgar Guise,
T/Sgt Earl Victor Hawkes,
S/Sgt Howard Ozer Inscoe Jr.,
2nd Lt Howard Dunklin Reid Jr.,
T/Sgt Marvin Lloyd Sassen,
1st Lt Edwin Robert Smith,
2nd Lt Robert Stewart Trusler.

In unknown circumstances, the aircraft crashed into the sea off Vlieland Island while on a maritime patrol flight. All five crew members were killed.

The bomber left RAF Grimsby at 2244LT on a bombing mission to Hamburg. While approaching the Dutch coast, the aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea some 10 km off Terschelling. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (100th Squadron):
F/Sgt J. Lynch 6.

The airplane departed RAF Kirmington at 2338LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Holwerd, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/O Charles Alfred Mattress, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Mortimer, navigator,
Sgt John Peter Priestley, bomb aimer,
Sgt Norman Ronald Parry, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Ball, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2335LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Waddenzee off Ameland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Maurice Allen Chapman, pilot,
Sgt Terence Eugene Warbey, flight engineer,
P/O Robert Frank Pavely, navigator,
F/O Arthur Woodward, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Condron, wireless operator,
Sgt Allen Kenneth Smith, air gunner,
F/Sgt Donald Edward Campbell, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath at 2351LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer off Makkum, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O James Lowrie, pilot,
Sgt John Atkinson, flight engineer,
F/O Donald Harrison Lyne, navigator,
Sgt Alexander Coull, bomb aimer,
Sgt Donald Charles Holmes Fudge, wireless operator,
Sgt Ernest Claude Waite, air gunner,
Sgt Ernest Graham Hird, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Warboys at 2338LT on June 11 on an operation to Münster. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the IJsselmeer off Lemmer. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Kenneth Laurence William Lay, pilot,
F/O John Albert Cowley, pilot,
Sgt Reginald Edward Ratcliff, flight engineer,
F/O Robert Maxwell Bryant, navigator,
Sgt Donald Compton Bauman, bomb aimer,
Sgt William John Drake, wireless operator,
Sgt John Richard Curtis, air gunner,
Sgt William Forster, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2232LT on May 27 on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Witmarsum. Fivex crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Leonard Arthur Townrow, pilot,
Sgt James Parker Fitchett, flight engineer, †
F/O Stanley Adolfson Bishop, navigator, †
Sgt Eric Short, bomb aimer, †
P/O Joseph Bolderson, wireless operator,
Sgt Peter Michael Cosgrove, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Arthur Edward Chapman, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 2252LT on May 27 on an operation to Essen. Flying along the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 70 km north of Terschelling. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt William David Mills, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Smith, flight engineer,
F/O William Vincent Fitzgerald, navigator,
F/Sgt Geoffrey Alan Mathias, bomb aimer,
Sgt Henry Thomas George Hubbard, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Moore, air gunner,
P/O James Bernard True, air gunner.