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The airplane departed Borinquen, Puerto Rico, on a flight to Waller Field, Trinidad & Tobago. It failed to arrive at destination and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Caribbean Sea. Lost without trace.

The airplane was shot down by a British fighter and crashed into the sea some 140 km east southeast of Lerwick, Shetland Islands. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Julius Kienlin, pilot,
Uffz Günther Weinrebe, flight engineer,
Fw Wilhelm Bosse, radio operator,
Oblt Rudolf Schabert, observer.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1215LT to attack the Cherbourg-Maupertus Airport. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into The Channel. A crew survived and three others were killed.
Crew:
F/O S. B. Peryman, pilot,
Sgt Basil Dewdrey Bridge, radio operator, †
F/O Kenneth William Johns, observer, †
Sgt Kenneth Joseph Teague, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Foulsham at 1357LT to attack the Purfina and Sinclair oil facilities alongside the Gent-Terneuzen canal. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off the Belgian coast. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Walter Henry Cappleman, pilot,
P/O John Lewis Leigh,
W/O Ralph Chaytor Brown,
F/O Daniel James Murray, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Foulsham at 1355LT to attack the Purfina and Sinclair oil facilities alongside the Gent-Terneuzen canal. It was hit by the German Flak and later shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off the Belgian coast. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Cyril Carlile Hodder, pilot,
Sgt Harold Liddell,
F/Lt Ralph Watkin,
F/O Robert Henry Longhorn,
P/O Michael George Coyle, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1706LT on January 21 to lay mines in the Nectarines area. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Deryck Holmes, pilot,
Sgt Dennis Cecil Hunt,
Sgt Frederick Ernest Williams,
Sgt John Fleming McFarlane,
Sgt Philip Ferguson,
Sgt Thomas William Robson,
Sgt Francis Albert Hughes, air gunner.

The twin engine airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1220LT on an operation to the airport of Cherbourg-Maupertus, with five other similar airplanes. Following an uneventful mission, the airplane was returning to base when it crashed in unknown circumstances into The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew (464th Squadron):
Sgt Norman Ernest Powell, pilot,
Sgt Peter Arnold Nodes, navigator,
Sgt James Dunne, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Stanley John Newton, air gunner.

Crashed in unknown circumstances into the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Irish coast. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Eric Bradley,
F/Lt Bruce Lyndon Buls,
F/O Hal Ian Comer Dent,
A1c Alexander Edward Elrick,
Sgt Percy Evans,
F/Sgt Owen Stewart Filmer,
Sgt John William Joseph Gill,
F/Sgt Noel Henry Raybould Hart,
F/O Jack Henry Moore,
F/O Henry Lawrence Osborne,
Sgt Roy Ambrose Stuart Tucker.

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1702LT to lay mines in the Nectarines region. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Lt Derrick Alan Shead, pilot,
P/O Gordon Ray Hoyt,
Sgt William John Oram,
P/O Michael Patrick,
Sgt John Lewis Sparling, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 1710LT to lay mines in the Nectarines region. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea, possibly north of the Dutch coast. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Steve John Gergley, pilot,
W/O Charles William Hollingshead,
F/O Ewald George Kendel,
Sgt Alvin Gustav Olsen,
F/Sgt Ronald Hanson Welsh,
Sgt Clifford Alexander Dunphy, air gunner.