Dunkirk

The crew was performing a flight from Knokke le Zoute Airfield, near Zeebrugge, to England. While approaching Dunkirk, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed, killing all four crew members. It appears that the crew was flying too close to the city of Dunkirk which was still occupied by the German forces.
Crew (276th Squadron):
W/Cdr Norman John Starr,
W/Cdr James Heathcote Humphris,
S/L Henry Crawford Haley,
F/O Rowland Baker Moore.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George on an operation to Dunkirk. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Cant Morris, pilot, †
Sgt Gerald Anthony Simpson, pilot, †
P/O William Alexander Trickett, navigator,
Sgt John Potts, wireless operator, †
P/O W. A. Shiells, wireless operator,
Sgt J. W. Brown, air gunner,
F/Sgt George Sanderson, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 0935LT to bomb a dry dock at Dunkirk. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Dunkirk. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Ernest Newton Pasterfield, pilot,
Sgt Edmund Ronald Baird, navigator,
Sgt Joseph Morris, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald Clifden Darnell, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Dalton at 1643LT on an operation to Dunkirk. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Edward Baldock,
F/Sgt Wilson Gilmore Caldwell,
F/Sgt Walter Arthur Evans,
Sgt Douglas Gordon Jack,
Sgt George Edward Thompson.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1730LT on an operation to Dunkirk. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Tom Copsey,
P/O Walter John Frost,
P/O John Lindsay,
P/O Francis Leonard Smith.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on an operation to Frankfurt. Approaching the French coast, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Dunkirk. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur Winston Smith, wireless operator, †
Sgt Fred Chadwick Stephenson, †
F/Lt Ian Hugh Kingwell,
Sgt Leslie Arthur Parker.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1855LT on an operation to Dunkirk. Believed to have crashed near the target area. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Adam Anderson,
Sgt Joseph Paul Anthony Bonett,
Sgt George William Niblett,
Sgt Frank Ernest Wotton.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on an operation to Frankfurt. Approaching the French coast, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Dunkirk. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Reginald Hubert May, pilot,
F/Sgt James Patrick McKay, navigator,
Sgt Lionel Black, wireless operator,
Sgt Clifford Hambleton, wireless operator,
Sgt Leslie Whitehouse Price, wireless operator,
Sgt Jesse Clemence Brakeman, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Manston at 1023LT on an anti-shipping operation off the Belgian coast. While approaching the French coast, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea some 6 km off Dunkirk. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Kevin Harrold Walsh, pilot,
Sgt George Henry Brook, observer,
F/Sgt Alfred George Hole, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 0135LT on an operation to Mannheim. Approaching the French coast, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Dunkirk. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt James William Bills,
P/O Kenneth William Davies,
Sgt Gerald Thomas Harper, observer,
Sgt Peter Gennon, wireless operator,
Sgt Samuel Edgar Rowed.