Kiel

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell in the evening of March 28 on an operation to Lübeck. Passing over Kiel, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed at Johannesstrasse 9. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Maurice Perrott Bell, pilot,
Sgt Franklyn Bertram Cran, pilot,
Sgt Claude Joseph Harris, navigator,
Sgt Ronald Gilliam Allen, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Richard Cross, air gunner,
Sgt James William Hinton, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook in the evening of February 25 on an operation to Kiel. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed in the target area.
Crew:
P/O Edward Akeroyd Bairstow, pilot,
Sgt George Edward Fox, pilot,
P/O Eric Tunnington, observer,
Sgt Rupert Vivian Pereira Ennor, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick John Wakefield, wireless operator,
Sgt George Selwyn Long-Innes, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Swinderby on an operation to Kiel. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak, entered a dive and crashed on a searchlight battery. All four crew members as well as four German soldiers on ground were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Richard Cubitt Blamey, pilot,
P/O Kenneth Tyrrell Cooper, pilot,
Sgt Samuel Barton, wireless operator,
Sgt William Conyers Wright, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1805LT on September 29 on an operation to Stettin. Approaching Kiel, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near the Old Levensauer Bridge located northwest of Kiel, bursting into flames. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alan Harry Keeling Pedley, pilot,
P/O Edgar Gordon Smith, pilot,
Sgt Harold Walton McColm, observer,
Sgt Ronald William Dunkley, wireless operator,
Sgt John Clifton Hiltz, air gunner.

The floatplane suffered an engine failure and crashed into the sea off Möltenort, north of Kiel. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Bernahrd Seif, pilot,
Gefr Karl Grüber, radio operator,
Fw Josef Franz Nowarra, mechanic,
Gefr Heinz Heinrich Splettstösser, mechanic.

The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 2220LT on July 28 on a mine laying operation in the Kiel Bay. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Brandwood Burrows,
P/O John Malcolm Graham,
F/Sgt Cyril John Jolin,
Sgt Cyril Douglas Rose.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on a mine laying operation off Kiel. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Peter Harold Howard Pritchard, pilot,
Sgt John Bestwick, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Patrick Joseph Breene,
P/O Frederick Arthur Caunter-Jackson.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall in the evening of April 8 on an operation to Kiel. It was lost without trace, but it is believed that it was shot down by the German Flak while approaching the target area. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Philip Cusworth, pilot,
Sgt Cornelius Matthew Flinders Hitchcock, pilot,
Sgt James Clark Cattell, observer,
Sgt Richard Brown, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas Cyril Rowland, wireless operator,
Sgt Alexander John McHardy, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall in the evening on an operation to Kiel. While over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Barker Churchill Jago, pilot,
P/O John Alastair Graham, observer,
Sgt Frank Maitland Jarrett,
Sgt Peter Eric Montague Mertens,
Sgt Albert William Rose, wireless operator,
Sgt Alfred George Cocster, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Alconbury at 1955LT on April 7 on an operation to Kiel. While approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Oppendorf, in the east suburb of Kiel. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard Ernest Eric Bundock, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Gamble, pilot,
Sgt John Sharkey, observer,
Sgt Norman Benfield, wireless operator,
Sgt John Stewart Crane, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Sherratt, wireless operator.