Grimsby

The bomber left RAF Grimsby at 2244LT on a bombing mission to Hamburg. While approaching the Dutch coast, the aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea some 10 km off Terschelling. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (100th Squadron):
F/Sgt J. Lynch 6.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2128LT on March 28 on an operation to Lübeck. It was hit by the German Flak and while returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel, probably due to a holed fuel tank. All six crew members bailed out and became PoW. The airplane dove into the ground and crashed in Mijdrecht.
Crew:
P/O J. H. Hall, pilot,
F/Sgt L. H. Houghton, pilot,
F/Sgt J. E. Harritt, navigator,
F/Sgt A. R. Tidder, wireless operator,
Sgt G. P. Wadsworth, wireless operator,
Sgt E. J. Pettitt, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2139LT on March 28 on an operation to Lübeck. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed on the Cambrai Kaserne. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt George Thomas Leather, pilot,
Sgt Wilfred Clarence Picher, pilot,
Sgt Gerald Patrick Murray, observer,
Sgt Hugh James McHutchinson, wireless operator,
Sgt Horace James Whale, wireless operator,
Sgt Kenneth William Smith, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2026LT on March 25 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Vlaardingen, west of Rotterdam. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt David John White, pilot,
F/Sgt William Melville Pipher, pilot,
F/Sgt Andrew Lennox, navigator,
Sgt Eric Charles Groves, wireless operator,
Sgt Alfred Jelly, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Harry Joseph Barrie, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 1950LT on an operation to Essen. While returning to base in the evening, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Dinslaken. All six crew members were killed.
Crew.
Sgt Harold Selby, pilot,
P/O John Nigel Tillard, pilot,
Sgt Maurice Victor Ward, observer,
Sgt Brian Henry Forster, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Barry Martin Smyth Henderson, wireless operator,
Sgt Herbert Leslie Price, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 1735LT on an operation to Brest. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Arthur Gordon Huggett,
Sgt Cecil Ward Chandos Micklethwaite,
P/O George Kildea Traynor Milne,
F/Lt William St. Clair McNeilly,
Sgt Lloyd Lawson Phillips,
F/Sgt Geoffrey Ernest Probert.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 1910LT on an operation to Emden. Flying along the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Edward Sextus Swingler, pilot,
F/Sgt Albert Williams Kerrisk,
F/Sgt Michael Thomas O'Brien,
P/O Kenneth Archibald Parslow, observer,
P/O John Grant Scott,
F/Sgt Gwladgwyn John Sharp.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 1740LT on an operation to Bremen. Believed to have crashed into the sea off Bridlington. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Daniel Joseph Clifford,
F/Sgt Robert Bell Glover,
F/Sgt James Benona Harvey Hill,
Sgt Ronald John Kennedy,
Sgt Robert Charles Mellings,
P/O Astley Cleveland Pickett.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 1757LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Rastorfer Passau, about 15 km southeast of Kiel. All six crew members were killed.
Crew.
Sgt Alexander Gilmour, pilot,
Sgt John Harold Lucking, pilot,
Sgt William Joseph Lewis, observer,
Sgt John Stanley Saunders, wireless operator,
Sgt Jesse Butterworth, air gunner,
F/Sgt Frank Sumner, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 1817LT on an operation to Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Kenneth William Barnfield,
Sgt Rupert Oscar Dowling,
Sgt James Oswald Edmonds,
Sgt Fred Fishwick,
Sgt George Percival Hughes,
Sgt Stuart Laban Innes.