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The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 0019LT on an operation to Flensburg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Krusa, about 6 km northwest of Flensburg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Miskimon Webb, pilot,
Sgt John Maxwell Rrankin, flight engineer,
P/O Edward Emile Gervais, navigator,
Sgt John Hyman Kaufman, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt William Sheldon, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Mervyn Kevin Burke, air gunner,
F/Sgt John Ott, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall in the evening on a mine laying operation. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Ribe. Three crew members were killed and two others parachuted to safety and became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Victor Roberton Paterson, pilot, †
F/Sgt Edwin John Rowe, wireless operator, †
F/O Raymond Edward Norton Butcher, †
P/O Charles Harold Mitchell,
Sgt Gordon Leonard Otter.

Following an engine failure in flight, the pilot performed an emergency landing when the airplane skidded along and broke through two small dikes before Engineer Obergefreiter Adam Gerhardt was thrown out of the aircraft and ended up underneath it when it came to a halt. When the aircraft was moved it was found that Gerhardt was dead.
Crew:
Obfw Karl Haisch, pilot,
Ogfr Adam Gerhardt, flight engineer, †
Uffz Erwin Bormann, radio operator.

The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 2025LT to lay mines in the Kiel Harbor. After passing south Denmark, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the Baltic Sea south of Ærø Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Albert Edward Burkitt,
F/Sgt Stanley Edgar Stevens, observer,
P/O George McAuley,
Sgt George Leonard Arthur Neale,
Sgt Eric Nettleton, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Brian Williams Roberts,
Sgt Hiley Rhys Davies, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 2107LT on August 18 on an operation to Flensburg. Approaching the Danish coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Esbjerg. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Ernest Norman Galloway, †
Sgt John Anderson MacPherson, †
P/O James Ronald Fairbank Soutar, observer, †
Sgt Percival George Henry Strudwick, flight engineer, †
P/O Irven Granger McDaniel,
Sgt Carlyle Arthur Powell,
Sgt William Nixon Wilkinson.

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2043LT on August 18 on an operation to Flensburg. Approaching the Danish coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Sønderborg. All seven crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Walter Smith, pilot,
Sgt William Basil Cooper, flight engineer,
Sgt Cyril Samuel Crutchley, navigator,
Sgt Ralph Graham Humphreys, bomb aimer,
Sgt George Arthur Brassey, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Francis Wall, air gunner,
W/O Arthur John Owen Leo, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 2100LT on August 16 for mine laying duties in the Geraniums area. Approaching the Danish coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea south of Mandø Island. Six crew members were killed and a seventh became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Anthony Jeaffreson Southwell, pilot, †
F/O Dennis John Quinlan, observer, †
F/O Wilfrid Milton Edmonds, †
Sgt Robert Robson, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt John Andrew McLean, air gunner, †
Sgt Thomas Douglas, air gunner, †
Sgt Jack Read.

The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 2131LT on August 16 to lay mines in the Willows area. Approaching the Danish coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed west of Oksby. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alexander Milne Craig,
Sgt John McArthur,
Sgt Alfred Henry McKenzie,
Sgt William Brodie McVicar,
Sgt Arthur Roddam,
Sgt Stanley Spencer,
F/Sgt Norman James Sutherland.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2128LT on August 13 on a mine laying operation in the Daffodils region. Approaching the Danish coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Nymindegab. Seven crew members were killed and an eighth occupant survived and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt James Alexander Adamson, †
P/O Henry Astell-Burt, observer, †
Sgt Gerard Carroll, †
F/Sgt Hugh Mackenzie Clark, †
Sgt William Gordon Foale, †
Sgt John Wilfred Street, wireless operator, †
Sgt Frank Arthur Hayes, air gunner, †
Sgt Victor Henry Sharp.

The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 2327LT on July 28 on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the German border, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Rømø Island, Denmark. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Roger Charles Eldridge, observer,
P/O Colin Macqueen Farquharson,
Sgt Rodney Kenneth Helyer, flight engineer,
Sgt Ronald Douglas Horder,
Sgt Norman Jackson, wireless operator,
Sgt Harold Windle, wireless operator,
Sgt Russell Stanley Brandish, air gunner.