Vickers 440 Wellington X

The aircraft left RAF Kirmington in the evening of May 23 on a bombing mission over Dortmund. While cruising at an altitude of 5,000 metres over The Netherlands by night, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in flames in a field located in Buurse, south of Enschede. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (166th Squadron):
Sgt J. R. Stewart 4.

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1950LT on March 29 on an operation to Bochum. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Donald Franklin McFadden, pilot,
F/Sgt William McManus Bisset,
Sgt Charles Arthur Boyd,
Sgt Arthur Reginald Dove,
F/O Lawrence Thomas Edwin Sweet, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Dalton at 1935LT on March 29 on an operation to Bochum. While returning to base the following night and approaching the coast of Northumberland, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea some 40 km east of RAF Acklington. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Basil Martyn, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Benjamin,
Sgt Norman Sidney Farr,
F/Sgt Leonard William Hayward,
Sgt John Clifford Donaldson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leconfield at 1944LT on March 29 on an operation to Bochum. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur Lucas, pilot,
W/O Hugh Garfield Allen,
F/O Kenneth Flaxman Smart,
Sgt Arthur William Ernest Wilson,
Sgt Denys Andrew, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leconfield at 1954LT on an operation to Bochum. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Barchem. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Edward Richard Culff, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Albert Dew, navigator,
F/O Leslie Duncan McAllister, bomb aimer,
Sgt Albert Charles August Veeck, wireless operator,
Sgt Hubert Roy Wilmore, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Kirmington at 2004LT on an operation to Bochum. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Schaarsbergen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O James Robert Arthur Hodgson, pilot,
P/O Stanley Robert Farley, navigator,
P/O Frederick Louis Edward Dupre, bomb aimer,
Sgt David Keenan, wireless operator,
P/O Robert Allen Weese, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 1933LT on an operation to Bochum. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wantoij. Four crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Bruce Angus Grant, pilot, †
F/Sgt Percival Edward Barron, navigator, †
F/Sgt Sidney Victor Bradshaw, navigator, †
Sgt Ronald Dyson, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Alfred George Skiggs, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Burn at 1950LT on an operation to Bochum. After passing the Dutch/German border, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed 5 km southwest of Ahaus. Four crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Ernest Joseph Aspden, pilot, †
Sgt David Trevor Dudley-Jones, navigator,
Sgt John Henry Kimber, bomb aimer, †
W/O Philip Frank Yellin, wireless operator, †
Sgt Roderick Davies, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 1932LT on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Voorschoten. Three crew members were killed, one became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
F/O George Fox, pilot, †
Sgt Arthur Albert Skelly, navigator, †
Sgt Gordon Hutchinson Murray, bomb aimer,
P/O Peter Spencer Bastian, wireless operator, †
Sgt James Mcquarrie Murray, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Burn at 1855LT on an operation to Duisburg. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the Kattegat and was lost. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt George Hadley Eades, pilot,
F/Lt Allen Myrick Hill, flight engineer,
F/Lt Norman Joseph Gardner, bomb aimer,
W/O Benjamin Victor Lloyd Ducker, wireless operator,
W/O Joseph Michael Rogal, air gunner.