Denmark

The crew left RAF Coningsby at 2225LT on May 2 on a bombing mission to Germany. While overflying Denmark by night, the aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in a field located in Lilholt, some 14 km west of Haderslev. Five crew members were killed while two others survived.
Crew (106th Squadron):
F/Sgt William Lewis Johnston Young, pilot, †
Sgt Graham Wale, pilot, †
W/O Alexander Collingwood Bryce, observer, †
Sgt Richard George Davies, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt H. Kendall, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt A. E. Hanks, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Henry MacLean, air gunner. †

The aircraft left RAF Coningsby at 2200LT on April 23 on a bombing mission to Rostock, Germany. While overflying Denmark by night, an engine overheated and exploded. The captain ordered his crew to bail out and he tried to make an emergency landing. Eventually, he lost control of the aircraft that crashed in a huge explosion in a field located in Visgaarde, some 3 km east of Tinglev. The pilot was killed while all other occupants were uninjured.
Crew (106th Squadron):
P/O Harry Murdoch Stoffer, pilot, †
F/Lt T. Prescott-Decie, pilot,
P/O J. H. Paton,
Sgt I. Hamilton,
Sgt N. S. Lewis,
F/O N. J. C. Pollock,
Sgt J. C. George.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Lübeck. Approaching the target area, it was hit by the German Flak and the crew elected to divert to Sweden. Eventually, the pilot was forced to ditch the airplane in the Kattegat off the Anholt Island. All four crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
S/L George Roger Tench,
Sgt Kenneth Thompson Hyde,
F/Sgt Henry Thorne,
Sgt Felix Augustine Durnan.

For unknown reasons, the pilot was forced to attempt an emergency landing. The airplane crash landed 4 km north of Blåvands Huk, bursting into flames. All four crew members escaped uninjured and the airplane was destroyed by a post crash fire.
Crew:
Fw Seidel, pilot,
Ofhr Natalis, observer,
Ogefr Dolch, radio operator,
Uffz Zuchowski, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1900LT on an operation to Kiel. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Tønder, south Denmark, near the German border. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Jan Orzechowski, pilot,
P/O Stanisław Jozef Zeromski, pilot,
F/O Aleksander Roman Golczewski, observer,
F/O Mieczysław Gorzenski, observer,
P/O Walerain Feliks Gidaszewski, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Ceglowski, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2330LT on February 25 on an operation to Kiel. About 0300LT, the crew reported serious problems with the right engine that propeller should be feathered. Eventually, the airplane was abandoned and crashed in Holluf, in the suburb of Odense. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Ralph Bagshaw Abraham, pilot,
Sgt George Reginald Duckham,
Sgt Eric Norman Foinette,
W/O Everett Emerson Littlefield,
Sgt Charles Frank Payne,
W/O David Richard Wardill.

Few minutes after takeoff from Copenhagen-Kastrup Airport, en route to Værløse AFB, the twin engine airplane went out of control and crashed into the Køge Bugt Bay, few km offshore. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Walter Herzig, pilot,
Ogfr Erich Bendler, flight engineer.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1710LT on an operation to Hamburg. Passing off Wilhelmshaven, it was hit by the German Flak. With the starboard engine on fire, the crew evacuated the area bound for Sweden. Eventually, the crew bailed out and abandoned the airplane that crashed in Hostrup, south Denmark. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt William Storrier Dashwood,
Sgt Arthur William Horseman,
Sgt Ernest Arthur Moore,
Sgt Roger Odilon Charles Rousseau.

Following a crew error, the floatplane crashed upon landing on sea some 5 km south of Copenhagen-Kastrup Airport. The airplane sank and all five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Heinz Meschede, pilot,
Ofhr Joachim Lippert, observer,
Fw Heinrich Beinkämpen, chief,
Uffz Wilhelm Marcus, chief,
Uffz Otto Weber, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 1715LT on a mine laying operation off Kiel. Passing over Denmark, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Sanderum, in the southwest suburb of Odense. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Francis Hull, pilot,
F/Sgt Duncan Luin Todd, observer,
Sgt Samuel Jamieson, wireless operator,
Sgt Lynn Harding, wireless operator.