North Sea

The crew was involved in a bombing mission over Emden, Germany. While overflying the North Sea by night, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew (49th Squadron):
S/L Peter Morrice De Mestre, pilot,
Sgt Albert Francois Buttel, pilot,
P/O Ronald Henry James Thorndyke, observer,
Sgt George Clive Whitfield, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Douglas Stephen Halliday, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Lewis James Jones, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt Maxwell Elliott Whitehill, air gunner.

The crew left RAF Skellingthorpe at 2316LT on June 6 on a bombing mission to Emden, Germany. While returning to England following an uneventful mission, the crew was forced to ditch the aircraft some 50 miles off Frisian Islands, north of Germany. Two crew members were killed while all five other occupants were rescued. The aircraft was lost. Crew (50th Squadron):
F/O Argyle Donald Beatty, †
Sgt Ronald Garnet Burton, †
P/O F. W. R. Allen,
Sgt R. G. Buchanan,
Sgt A. F. Scanlan,
Sgt A. C. Tebbutt,
Sgt R. F. Davies.

The crew left RAF Scampton at 2300LT on May 30 on a bombing mission to Cologne, Germany. En route, while overflying the North Sea by night, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew (49th Squadron):
P/O John Philip Carter, pilot,
F/Sgt David Block, pilot,
Sgt George Charles Haynes, radio navigator,
Sgt John Cook Ramsey, air gunner,
Sgt Lawrence John Yeates, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Arnold Gregory Welch, air gunner,
Sgt Maurice Samuel Ash, air gunner.

The crew was involved in a bombing mission over Warnemünde, north of Rostock, Germany. While overflying the North Sea, the bomber aircraft disappeared. SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.
Crew (44th Squadron):
W/O Neville Percy John Lamb, pilot,
P/O Peter Gardiner,
Sgt Allan Stott Morrow,
Sgt Leonard Raymond Webster,
F/Sgt Cyril Richard Douglas Hunt,
Sgt Kenneth Evans,
Sgt Roland Holman,
Sgt Rowland Henry Jones.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 1945LT on March 28 on an operation to Lübeck. Over the North Sea, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea, maybe off the Danish coast. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Gordon James Maygothling, pilot,
Sgt Francis John Cassells, pilot,
P/O Leo Joseph Convey, observer,
Sgt Frank Graham Bower, wireless operator,
P/O Richard James Cussen, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Ronald Arthur Walker, air gunner,
LAC Robert Frank Rendell, special equipment operator,
P/O Basil Elgar Percy Sadler, special equipment operator.

The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 2140LT on an operation to Soesterberg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Lt Ernest Martin Bury, pilot,
Sgt John Samuel Beauchamp, observer,
Sgt Thomas Crilly, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1808LT on an operation to Cologne. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Richard Derrick Ash,
Sgt Peter Windermere Bland,
P/O Dennis Richard Hockaday,
Sgt Alexander MacLeod,
Sgt Hugh Davison McColl.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2015LT on an operation to Dunkirk. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Joseph Antonio Lucien Giroux,
Sgt George William Howes,
Sgt Richard Alfred Hudd,
P/O Frederick William Jones,
Sgt Leslie Ronald Meager,
F/Sgt Leslie Mckenzie Scott.

The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 1916LT on an operation to Kiel. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Jiri Fina,
Sgt Oldrich Soukop,
F/Lt Jaroslav Kula,
P/O Josef František Cibulka,
Sgt Alois Meznik,
Sgt Frantisek Raiskup.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming on an operation to Emden. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur James Pratley, pilot,
F/Sgt William Arthur Murphy,
P/O Derrick Bourchier Bailey,
F/Sgt James Eugene Gilfoy,
Sgt Edgar Cecil Reynolds.