Bombing

En route, the four engine aircraft was shot down by enemy fire and crashed, killing all ten crew members.

The crew left his base in UK at 2205LT on May 12 on a bombing mission to Leuven. The target was attacked between 0028 and 0035LT. At this time, the bomber was shot down by the pilot of a German Messerschmitt Me.110 and crashed in a wooded area located south of Geraardsbergen. All eight occupants, members of the RCAF, were killed.
Crew (426th Squadron):
F/S W. B. Bentz, pilot,
F/O T. W. Taylor, navigator,
F/O C. S. Phillips, bomb aimer,
AC1 J. E. McIntyre, wireless operator,
Sgt R. Ellerslie, flight engineer,
F/S J. E. J. G. Arbour, mid-under gunner,
Sgt F. Roach, rear gunner,
Sgt J.W. Summerhayes, mid-upper gunner.

While flying northeast of Antwerp, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in a field located in Oostmalle, east of Malle. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (103rd Squadron):
W/C Hubert Reginald Goodman, pilot,
F/S Gilbert Harry Agar, navigator,
Sgt Clifford Leslie Finighan, wireless operator and air gunner,
P/O Philip Dennis Vickers, flight engineer,
F/O William Lorme Vanderdasson, bomber,
F/S Richard White,air gunner,
F/O Roy McLeod, air gunner.

En route, the twin engine aircraft was hit by Flak and caught fire. Out of control, the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed. Two crew members survived (bail out ?) while both others were killed.

The aircraft left RAF Mepal at 2256LT on a bombing mission to Leuven, Belgium. En route, while cruising by night, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in flames in a field located 2 km from Aardenburg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (75th Squadron):
F/Sgt Harold Max Hewett, pilot,
F/Lt D. Warren, pilot,
Sgt F. C. Riley,
P/O A. E. Irving,
P/O D. I. Gage,
F/S D. Clough,
Sgt H. Dewhurst.

The aircraft left RAF Lavenham on a bombing mission over Troyes, France. In the target area, the bomber aircraft was hit by Flak but the pilot was able to leave the combat zone and to fly back to UK. However, en route, he realize he would be unable to reach his departure point so the crew decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. Out of control, the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a wasteland in Chichester. All eight crew members were rescued while three people on the ground, among them a 13 years old girl, were killed.

On final approach to the RAF Burn, the bomber aircraft was too low. While overflying the city of Selby, the aircraft hit the top of the St James Church and crashed in flames in a residential area along the Portholme Drive. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and post crash fire and several houses were destroyed as well. All seven crew members were killed and eight people on ground as well.

The crew was engaged in a bombing mission over Sarmi and departed Lae-Nadzab Airport late following unknown technical problems. After take off, the crew tried to join the formation without success. The bomber christened 'Toughy' crashed in unknown circumstances at an altitude of 2,000 feet in an isolated area located near Kaiapit, some 8 km northwest of Lae Airport. SAR operations were suspended after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. Eventually, the wreckage was found in 1973.
Crew:
1st Lt John E. Terpning, pilot,
2nd Lt William R. Parkinson, copilot,
2nd Lt Kermit H. Kinne, bombardier,
2nd Lt George S. Silverman, navigator,
T/Sgt Sidney H. Branch, engineer,
S/Sgt James M. McKain, radio,
S/Sgt Earl R. Pearson, gunner,
S/Sgt Raymond "Ray" E. Thompson, engineer,
Sgt Richard F. Dixon, radio,
Sgt Michael E. Drucker, gunner.

The aircraft left RAF Graveley at 2121LT on April 27, on a bombing mission to Friedrichshafen. While flying over the south of Germany at an altitude of 4,880 meters, the aircraft was hit by Flak. The captain reduced his altitude in an attempt to make an emergency landing when the aircraft eventually crashed in the Konstanz Lake, off Steckborn. The navigator was killed while all six other crew members were unhurt.
Crew (35th Squadron):
P/O Robert Peter, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Brereton, flight engineer,
F/S Geoffrey Foulkes, navigator, †
F/S Noel Davis, bomb aimer,
F/S Murray Bartle, wireless operator,
Sgt David Balmer, mid-upper gunner,
Sgt Irvine Graham, rear gunner.

The aircraft christened 'Maggie' left Groote Eylandt Island, Australia, on a bombing mission to Manokwari. While cruising in the region of Babo, the seaplane crashed in unknown circumstances. No trace of the aircraft nor the 10 crew members was found.
Crew (11th Squadron):
P/O Warwick Neville Rose, pilot,
F/O Allan Roger Meakin, pilot,
F/S L. W. Stringer, navigator,
F/S Alexander John Hine, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/S James William Willesden, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/S J. B. Miller, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Alfred Harvey Brooks Wadham, flight engineer,
Sgt Herbert John Alexander Coates, flight engineer,
Sgt Philip Charles Carter, air gunner,
Sgt George Wise Whitley, air gunner.