Vickers 416 Wellington IC

The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach in the evening of July 7 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over the Netherlands, the crew was forced to make an emergency landing. The airplane crash landed in Heeze and was damaged beyond repair. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O John Douglas Agrell,
P/O Donald Allan Elliott,
Sgt Frederick Alwyn Hard,
Sgt Walter Kershaw,
P/O Eric Arthur Masters,
Sgt Martin Johann Platz.

The crew departed RAF Methwold on a local test flight. While making a single-engine approach, the airplane undershot the runway, struck a tree and crashed, bursting into flames. A crew was killed and five others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Raymond Burn Turner, air gunner, †
Sgt E. K. Cameron,
Sgt Marshall,
AC1 A. H. Brear,
Cpl Laidlaw,
AC1 R. Eaves,
Sgt Jenkins.

The airplane departed RAF Alconbury at 2335LT on July 6 on an operation to Münster. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a Do.215 and crashed into the sea off Texel Island. Five crew members were killed and a sixth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt David Morgan Evans, †
Sgt Arthur George Oliver, air gunner, †
Sgt Fred Cecil Pocock, †
P/O John Edwin Mackenzie Steeds, †
Sgt Albert Edwin Varnsverry, †
Sgt Angus MacAskill.

The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2326LT on July 6 on an operation to Münster. While flying along the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Schiermonnikoog Island. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Oswald Arthur Matthews, pilot,
Sgt James Walter Bent, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Stanley Rutherford Edwards,
Sgt Kenneth George MaCleay,
Sgt Albert Webster, wireless operator,
Sgt William Alexander Strachan, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 2328LT on July 3 on an operation to Essen. Passing over Limburg, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Molenbeersel. Three crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Francis John Day, observer, †
P/O John Robert Leslie Dunn, pilot, †
Sgt Spencer Ronald Mayor, pilot, †
Sgt Harry Malcolm Robertson, wireless operator,
Sgt Geoffrey Kilburn,
Sgt Wilfrid Stogdale.

The airplane departed RAF Syerstonon July 3 on an operation to Bremen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a field in Eerste Exloërmond. A crew was killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Cpt B. Stachon, †
F/Lt Waclaw Butkiewicz,
W/O Antoni Kazimierz Dydo,
W/O Zdzislaw Dziegiel,
W/O Zbigniew Idzikowsky,
F/Lt Julian Stefan Palka.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 0001LT on an operation to Essen. While climbing, the crew encountered technical problems with the instruments and elected to return. Seven minutes after takeoff, the airplane crashed near the airbase. Five crew members were killed and a sixth was injured.
Crew:
Sgt William Joseph Harry Hoskins, pilot, †
Sgt John Cecil Brandon Irwin, pilot, †
F/Sgt Evan David Evans, observer, †
Sgt Philip Herbert Reay, wireless operator, †
Sgt Robert Simeon Sparkes, wireless operator, †
Sgt F. J. Partridge, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 2246LT on July 3 on an operation to Bremen. While approaching the target from the southwest, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Löningen, about 75 km southwest from Bremen. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Otten Herman, †
F/O Kazimierz Kula, pilot, †
Sgt Jan Roman Mieczkowski, wireless operator, †
Sgt Wladysław Urbanowicz, wireless operator, †
F/Lt W. Krupowicz,
W/O M. Przybylski.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell in the evening of July 3 on an operation to Essen. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
P/O Joseph Wesley Greening,
Sgt Roydon Horatio Hartstone,
Sgt Richard Edward Haycock,
Sgt Harold Jones,
Sgt John Ross Nation,
Sgt Ian Laurie Reid.

The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 2202LT on July 1st on an operation to Cherbourg. While returning to base the following night, it was mistakenly shot down by the pilot of a British fighter and crashed in Mere. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Adolf Dolejs,
P/O Richard Hapala,
Sgt Oldrich Helma,
Sgt Jaroslav Lancik,
Sgt Jaroslav Petrucha,
Sgt Antonin Plocek.