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The airplane departed RAF Wattisham at 1115LT on an anti-shipping operation. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
Sgt Joseph Dennis Bramhall, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Ronald Albert Freestone,
F/Lt Edward Nation Steel.

The airplane departed RAF Watton at 0600LT on an anti-shipping operation. While approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur Barron,
Sgt Nathaniel Berry,
Sgt Kenneth Brian Fitzgerald.

The twin engine bomber crashed for unknown reasons into the Irish Sea while on a navigational training exercise. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt George Arthur Cole, wireless operator,
Sgt Derek Keith Glass,
Sgt Harry Walter Crouch Norman-Arterton.

The airplane failed to return to base following an operation to Belfast. It crashed into the Irish Sea and was lost without trace. The body of the radio operator was found on a beach in Newquay in May 31.
Crew:
Ofw Stefan Haberkern, pilot,
Fw Franz Schwarz, radio operator,
Oblt Werner Beck, observer,
Ogefr Gerhard Wagner, mechanic.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2129LT on an operation to Hamburg. In the late evening, it crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Douglas Grant Garn, pilot,
P/O John Angus Basham,
Sgt James Finlay Hughes,
Sgt Cyril Hutchinson, wireless operator,
Sgt John Benjamin Seden.

The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 2111LT on April 29 on an operation to Mannheim. The following night, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Norman Oliver Bennett,
Sgt Frank Hewiston,
Sgt Stanley John Holt,
Sgt Williams Phillips James,
Sgt Eric Charles Stevens,
Sgt Richard Raymond Thomas.

The airplane departed RAF Lossiemouth at 1402LT on an anti-shipping mission off the Norwegian coast. It was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Gordon Busby,
Sgt Reginald Greenhow Hanson,
Cpl Harold Edward Hollis,
P/O David White.

The floatplane departed Angle Bay at noon on a maritime patrol flight over an area located some 100 miles west of Brest. In the late evening, the crew was supposed to return to base. While cruising at an altitude of 1,000 feet, the crew was unable to locate Angle Bay due to the lack of visibility caused by the logical blackout. Short of fuel, the crew attempted to ditch the airplane that impacted the water surface and crashed in the Irish Sea. Six crew members were killed and five others took place in a dinghy and were later rescued.
Crew:
Cpl Clifford Oswald William Amos, †
LAC Ralph Douglas Bell, †
AC1 John Charles Francis, †
Cpl Francis Hewitt, †
F/O Thomas Gracie Joyce, †
LAC Norman Raine, †
F/O V. A. Hodgkinson,
Sgt C. L. Gehrig,
Cpl L. G. Corcoran,
F/Sgt T. A. Egerton,
Sgt J. Bradbury.

The bomber crashed in unknown circumstances in The Channel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Derek William Arnold,
Sgt Frank Goodchild,
F/Lt Ian Neville William Mackie,
Sgt John Strachan Ramsay.

The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2054LT on an operation to Kiel. Last heard on w/t at 2356LT asking for assistance. A bearing, taken at that time, placed the bomber 80 miles off the Dutch coast. Lost without trace. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O George Brian Shelton Agar,
F/Sgt Clifford William Andrews,
Sgt Victor Edwin Ashworth,
P/O Charles Edward Blair,
P/O Gilbert Peter Lewis Redstone,
F/Sgt Wilfred Thornhill.