Sylt Island

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2113LT on April 4 on an operation to Kiel. Shortly after midnight, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed east of Sylt Island, near the Hindenburgdamm. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Edward Gerard Gilmore, pilot, †
Sgt Kenneth William Haynes, flight engineer, †
F/Lt John Baillie Darroch, navigator, †
F/Sgt James William Taylor Maso Smith, bomb aimer, †
F/Sgt Potter George Oyler, wireless operator, †
P/O Maxwell Palmer Hall, air gunner, †
Sgt Russell Thomas Wiggett, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1754LT to lay mines in the Daffodils area. Approaching the German coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Sylt Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Nicholas Croryndon Shattock, pilot,
Sgt William Barrett, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Edward Francis Stack, navigator,
Sgt Michael John Crowley, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Hubert William Howe Morton, wireless operator,
Sgt John Anthony Martin Bell, air gunner,
Sgt Reginald Edwin Gladwish, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1719LT on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching Sylt Island, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea north of the island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Walter Nicholls, pilot,
Sgt Lawrence Albert Davies,
Sgt Dennis Howard Davison,
W/O William Frederick Gordon,
Sgt Walter John Jarvis,
Sgt Deryck Bonney Beales, air gunner,
F/Sgt John Patrick Carter, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 1753LT on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching Sylt Island, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Walter Stanley Beale, pilot,
W/O Cornelius Collard, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Duncan McDonald,
F/Sgt Armand Joseph Marcel Smith,
F/Sgt Charles Solomon Snider.

The airplane departed RAF Bourn at 1915LT on an operation to Lübeck. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off the experimental station of Peenemünde. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O J. L. Meredith, pilot,
Sgt James Buchanan,
P/O J. H. Vincent,
Sgt R. Booth,
Sgt H. E. Webber,
Sgt Albert Henry Hansford,
Sgt G. Stark.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell in the evening of May 15 on a Gardening operation. Approaching the German coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Sylt Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Myles Frederick Gordon Fraser, pilot,
F/Sgt Albert Ivan Smith, navigator,
Sgt John Owen Henry Nichols, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Alfred George Shaw, wireless operator,
Sgt Norman Edward Whiting, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe at 2142LT on April 29 on a mine laying operation in Kiel. While approaching the German coast, it was shot down by a German fighter. The crew reduced his altitude and attempted to make an emergency landing in a field. On touchdown, the aircraft slid for several yards before coming to rest. Two crew members were killed and five other occupants became PoW.
Crew (50th Squadron):
F/Sgt Stanley Willett, pilot,
F/Sgt Stanley Edward Packard, pilot,
P/O Neil Hannah, navigator,
F/Sgt Hector John McDonald, wireless operator,
Sgt Clarence Alfred Miners, wireless operator,
Sgt David Alexander Williams, air gunner, †
Sgt Cecil John Scott, air gunner. †

The airplane departed Westerland-Sylt Airfield on a bombing exercise. It suffered engine problems and crashed into the sea about 10 km north of Sylt Island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Ewald Schulz, pilot,
Uffz Fritz Rowinski, radio operator,
Uffz Hans Keller, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby on a mine laying operation. Approaching the German coast at night, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed on Sylt Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Stanley Arthur Kent, pilot,
Sgt Reginald Stephen Anderson, observer,
Sgt Albert William Blake, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Ronald McLeod, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2139LT on September 29 on an operation to Stettin. While returning to base the following night, the crew called for help. A bearing taken at the time indicated the Whitley was near Sylt. No trace was found.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Walters Bird,
Sgt Harold Bernard Buttell,
Sgt Ivor McCarthy,
Sgt Roy Russell Vosper,
F/Sgt Belph Ward.