North Sea

The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 2318LT on May 8 on an operation to Bremen. Lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt T. Bojakowski,
P/O Wladysław Franciszek Brzozowski,
F/O S. Rewkowski,
Sgt A. Lipecki,
Sgt K. Golebiowski,
F/O I. Dudek.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 2222LT on May 8 on an operation to Hamburg. Lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Herbert Browell, pilot,
Sgt Robert John Bennett,
Sgt Alan Walter Dean,
Sgt William James Stephen McGregor,
Sgt Maxwell George Robertson,
Sgt John Leslie Smith.

The airplane departed RAF Wattisham at 1115LT on an anti-shipping operation. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
Sgt Joseph Dennis Bramhall, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Ronald Albert Freestone,
F/Lt Edward Nation Steel.

The airplane departed RAF Watton at 0600LT on an anti-shipping operation. While approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur Barron,
Sgt Nathaniel Berry,
Sgt Kenneth Brian Fitzgerald.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2129LT on an operation to Hamburg. In the late evening, it crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Douglas Grant Garn, pilot,
P/O John Angus Basham,
Sgt James Finlay Hughes,
Sgt Cyril Hutchinson, wireless operator,
Sgt John Benjamin Seden.

The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 2111LT on April 29 on an operation to Mannheim. The following night, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Norman Oliver Bennett,
Sgt Frank Hewiston,
Sgt Stanley John Holt,
Sgt Williams Phillips James,
Sgt Eric Charles Stevens,
Sgt Richard Raymond Thomas.

The airplane departed RAF Lossiemouth at 1402LT on an anti-shipping mission off the Norwegian coast. It was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Gordon Busby,
Sgt Reginald Greenhow Hanson,
Cpl Harold Edward Hollis,
P/O David White.

The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2054LT on an operation to Kiel. Last heard on w/t at 2356LT asking for assistance. A bearing, taken at that time, placed the bomber 80 miles off the Dutch coast. Lost without trace. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O George Brian Shelton Agar,
F/Sgt Clifford William Andrews,
Sgt Victor Edwin Ashworth,
P/O Charles Edward Blair,
P/O Gilbert Peter Lewis Redstone,
F/Sgt Wilfred Thornhill.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2135LT on April 24 on an operation to Kiel. It was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Murray Gibson,
P/O Gordon Herbert Kidd,
Sgt Alfred Henry Norris,
F/Sgt Keith Edward Taylor,
F/Sgt John Purdie Wilson.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2041LT on April 17 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following night, it was hit by the German Flak over Hamburg, which wrecked the port engine. At 0350LT the starboard motor seized and caught fire, followed ten minutes later by a ditching in the North Sea. Late in the evening of April 20, a Hudson sighted the crew in their dinghy and a second Hudson later dropped Lindholme rescue gear in their vicinity. At 2230LT that same evening on very exhausted bomber crew were rescued by an ASR launch some 64 hours after coming down in the sea.
Crew:
P/O A. A. Law,
Sgt A. Whwell,
P/O McNeil,
Sgt Rose,
Sgt Steggall.