Gelsenkirchen

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on an operation to Cologne. Approaching Gelsenkirchen, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Harry Dent, pilot,
F/Sgt Clarence Henry Muir, pilot,
Sgt Richard Sweet Cruise, flight engineer,
P/O Sydney Stephen Dimond, observer,
Sgt Geoffrey Charles Bunning, wireless operator,
Sgt John Henry Munday, wireless operator,
P/O William Davies, air gunner,
Sgt Patrick Gerald McGrath, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2200LT on April 12 on an operation to Essen. Approaching Gelsenkirchen, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the city. Six crew members were killed while the observer became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Keith Francis Lloyd-Jones, pilot, †
F/O William Culmsee, pilot, †
P/O R. Fairclough, observer,
Sgt Harvey Ernest Hothersall, wireless operator, †
Sgt Philip Lawrence Wheeldon, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Richard William Albert Hawksworth, air gunner, †
Sgt Wallace Alfred Richard Moule, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 2250LT on an operation to Essen. It crashed for unknown reasons in Hüllen, a district of Gelsenkirchen. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O James Walter Murray, pilot,
F/Sgt Harry Alyn Neal, pilot,
Sgt Cyril Walter Penny, navigator,
Sgt Fred Bonser, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt David Smith, wireless operator and air gunner,
Cpt Harold MacRae Butterworth, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 2145LT on July 20 on a bombing mission over Gelsenkirchen. It crashed in unknown circumstances, maybe in the vicinity of the target area. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O George Hamilton Muirhead, pilot, †
Sgt Frederick John Baulch Winch, wireless operator, †
Sgt Frank Herbert Edward Phillips, air gunner, †
Sgt Trevor Ewart Stevens Alderwick,
Sgt James Albert Theed,
P/O J. Littlejohn.