Germany

The aircraft left RAF Coningsby in the early morning on a bombing mission to Dortmund, Germany, on behalf of the 617th Squadron. While approaching his target by night, the crew did not realize his altitude was too low. Thew bomber hit the ground and crashed, killing all crew members.

The aircraft left RAF Coningsby at 0001LT on a bombing mission to Dortmund, Germany. While flying east of Rheine by night, the aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed, killing all eight crew members.
Crew (617th Squadron):
F/L R. A. P Allesbrook,
F/Sgt P. Moore,
P/O N. A. Botting,
F/O J. M. Grant,
F/Sgt R. B. S. Lulham,
Sgt A. G. Jones,
F/Sgt W. Walker,
F/Sgt S. Hitchen.

The aircraft left RAF Coningsby in the evening of September 14 on a bombing mission to Dortmund, Germany. While overflying Nordhorn by night and at very low height, the crew realized the presence of a church and decided to increase his altitude. Shortly later, the bomber was hit by the German Flak and the right fuel tank was struck. The aircraft went out of control and crashed in flames, killing all eight crewmen.
Crew (617th Squadron):
S/L G. W. Holden, pilot,
Sgt D. J. D. Powell,
F/Lt T. H. Taerum,
F/Lt R. E. G. Hutchinson,
P/O G. A. Deering,
F/O Frederick Michael Spafford,
F/O H. J. Pringle,
P/O T. A. Meikle.

The aircraft christened 'Peter Wabbit' was involved in a bombing mission over Schweinfurt when en route, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in Daxweiler, killing all 10 crew members.
Crew (379th BG):
S/Sgt Eldred J. Andruss,
1st Lt William C. Barnard,
S/Sgt Marvin T. Charlson,
T/Sgt Henry I. Cushman,
S/Sgt Francis J. Donahue,
2nd Lt Kenneth F. Gibbs,
1st Lt Joseph J. Hilderbrand,
T/Sgt Benjamin Radensky,
1st Lt Erwalt D. Wagner,
S/Sgt Dean J. Yates.

The aircraft left RAF Scampton in the evening of May 16 to attack the Lister Dam located in the region of Dortmund. While overflying Germany by night, the aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the Boselagerschen Forest. Six crew members were killed.
Crew (617th Squadron):
P/O W. H. T. Ottley, †
Sgt R. Marsden, †
F/O J. K. Barrett, †
Sgt J. Guterman, †
F/Sgt L. Johnston, †
Sgt F. Tees,
Sgt H. Strange. †

The aircraft left RAF Scampton in the evening of May 16 to attack the Möhne Dam located east of Dortmund. While approaching the target, the aircraft was hit by the German Flak. The left wing and the left tank were hit by bullets and caught fire. Few seconds later, the left wing detached and the aircraft crashed. Five crew members were killed while two others were injured.
Crew (617th Squadron):
P/O A. F Burcher,
F/Sgt J. W. Fraser,
F/Lt J. V. Hopgood, †
Sgt C. Brennan, †
F/O K. Earnshaw, †
Sgt J. Minchin, †
P/O G. H. Gregory. †

The aircraft left RAF Scampton in the evening of May 15 to attack the Möhne Dam located east of Dortmund. While overflying Germany by night, the crew lost his orientation and convinced he was flying to the wrong direction, the captain decided to reduce his altitude to follow a canal to the southeast. Flying at a too low altitude, the aircraft hit high tension cables and crashed in a huge explosion. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (617th Squadron):
F/Lt William Astell, pilot,
Sgt John Kinnear, flight engineer,
P/O Floyd Alvin Wile, navigator,
F/O Donald Hopkinson, air bomber,
Sgt Abram Garshowitz, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Francis Anthony Garbas, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Richard Bolitho, air gunner.

The aircraft left RAF Scampton in the evening of May 15 to attack the Sorpe Dam located southeast of Dortmund. While overflying Germany by night, the aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Haldern, killing all seven crew members.
Crew (617th Squadron):
F/Lt Robert Norman George Barlow, pilot,
P/O Samuel Leslie Whillis, flight engineer,
F/O Philip Sydney Burgess, navigator,
P/O Alan Gillespie, air bomber,
F/O Charles Rowland Williams, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/O Harvey Sterling Glinz, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Jack Robert George Liddell, air gunner.

The crew left RAF Elsham Wolds at the end of the day on a bombing mission to Saarbrücken, Germany. While overflying Germany by night, the aircraft was attacked by the pilot of a German fighter. The captain reduced his altitude in an attempt to make an emergency landing in a field but the aircraft eventually stalled and crashed into the Laacher Lake, north of Mending. Four crew members were killed while three others were injured. The aircraft sunk and was lost.
Crew (103rd Squadron):
Sgt H. G. Dryhurst, pilot,
Sgt J. W. Platt, flight engineer, †
Sgt A. A. Roberts, navigator,
P/O V. M. M. Morrison, bomb aimer, †
F/S J. J. Carey, wireless operator, †
Sgt B. F. Hughes, air gunner,
Sgt J. L. MacLachlan, air gunner. †

The twin engine aircraft was performing a flight within Germany and left Berlin in the day with a pilot, a radio operator and a passenger on board. En route, it seems the crew encountered marginal weather conditions and following an unknown technical failure, the pilot lost control of the aircraft that crashed in Mühlberg an der Elbe. All three occupants were killed, among them Baron Carl August Freiherr von Gablenz, founder of the Deutsche Lufthansa.
Crew:
Carl August Freiherr von Gablenz, pilot,
Sgt Klaer, radio operator.
Passenger:
Dr. Carl Krümmel, Under-Secretary by the Education Minister.