Friesland

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 0025LT on an operation to Bremen. It was first hit by the German Flak then shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the De Alde Feanen National Park near Warten. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Peter Clement Vellacott Joslin, pilot, †
Sgt Eric Underwood Booth, flight engineer,
Sgt Philip James Bridgeman, navigator,
F/Sgt Edward Joseph May, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Bertram Arthur Farmer, wireless operator,
W/O James Francis Cooper, air gunner, †
P/O Neal Douglas Mullins, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 2148LT on August 17 on an operation to Osnabrück. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off Vlieland Island. A crew member was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt C. Foderingham,
F/Sgt W. C. Gordon,
Sgt A. W. Stewart,
Sgt D. N. McFadyen,
Sgt Charles Howard Cobbett. †

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 2145LT on August 17 on an operation to Osnabrück. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kimswerd, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Earl Herbert Brown, pilot,
Sgt Eugene Sydney Thomas, pilot,
W/O Thomas McBride, observer,
Sgt William James Justice, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Douglas Haig Methven, wireless operator,
Sgt John Skipsey, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 2133LT on August 17 on an operation to Osnabrück. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off Terschelling. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Andrew Fleming, pilot,
Sgt Richard Kerry, observer,
Sgt William Henry Jones, flight engineer,
Sgt Adrian Harold Cooper Gill, wireless operator,
Sgt Godfrey William Pickworth, wireless operator,
Sgt Alexander Shaw Dewar, air gunner,
P/O Kenneth Peter Symes, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2308LT on July 28 on an operation to Hamburg. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer some 10 km southwest of Lemmer. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Leonard Marton Mason, pilot, †
P/O Charles Frederick Thorpe, navigator,
Sgt James Anthony Brogan, bomb aimer, †
P/O Charles Bernard Frere Pilgrim, wireless operator,
P/O Joseph Armand Arthur Rondeau, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2343LT on July 28 on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 20 km north of Terschelling. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt James Cowen,
Sgt John Thomson Davidson,
Sgt Kenneth Haworth,
Sgt Douglas Bernard Henshaw,
P/O Frederick Charles Holloway,
Sgt John Lawton Johnson,
Sgt Dennis Edward Grahame Merritt.

The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 2307LT on July 28 on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 30 km north of Terschelling. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt James Coy,
Sgt Ronald Frank Gordon Grant,
P/O Leslie Pierson Hancock,
Sgt Patrick Francis O'Shea,
F/Lt Dennis Arthur Parkins,
Sgt Peter Carlyle Robson,
Sgt Arthur George Silvester,
P/O Leonard Barclay Thomas.

The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 2325LT on July 28 on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 30 km north of Terschelling, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur William Cushway,
Sgt Eric Moir Innes,
F/Sgt Horace Russell Kedwell,
P/O George Francis Love,
Sgt Charles William Miles,
P/O John Dunlop McGregor,
F/O Carson Stewart Ratcliffe,
Sgt Albert Rooney.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea west of Terschelling. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr John Fulton,
F/Sgt Edward Francis Monroe, pilot,
P/O Neil Greig Arthur, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Herbert Bryden,
P/O William Gordon Campbell, wireless operator,
P/O Harley James Dell.

The airplane departed RAF Marham 2253LT on July 26 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off Vlieland Island. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Frank William Dison-Wright,
F/Sgt William Martin Kostyshyn,
Sgt Fred Newbound,
P/O Alexander Johnston Stewart Ollar,
F/O John Frederick Stock,
P/O George Whittaker, wireless operator.