Tongeren

The crew left RAF Kirmington in the evening of June 12 on a bombing mission to Gelsenkirchen. While overflying The Netherland by night, the bomber was shot down by the pilot of a German night fighter and crashed in a field. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (166th Squadron):
P/O T. W. Boyce, pilot,
Sgt J. B. Carter, flight engineer,
F/O A. B. Leonard, navigator,
F/O M. A. Monks, air bomber,
Sgt S. Alldis, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt H. Rothwell, mid upper air gunner,
Sgt I. M. Ross, rear air gunner.

The aircraft left RAF Woolfox Lodge at 0035LT on April 7 on a bombing mission to Essen, Germany. While overflying Belgium by night, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter, dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Piringen, some 3 km east of Tongeren. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (61st Squadron):
F/Sgt Eric William Noble, pilot,
Sgt Lloyd John Holmes Lincoln, pilot,
Sgt Robert Eastwood Newton, observer,
Sgt Kenneth Leyshon, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Donavan Peter George Kent, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Neville James Patton, air gunner,
Sgt George Henry Walker, air gunner.