Netherlands

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1915LT on an operation to Emden. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the Waddenzee off Ameland Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Ronald Spence, pilot,
P/O Ian Alexander Bruce Johnstone, pilot,
Sgt Thomas William Weeks, observer,
Sgt Bernard John Dykes, wireless operator,
Sgt Norman Harry Webster, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waltham at 2039LT on an operation to Essen. While approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak. The left engine failed, a generator went out of service and a part of the hydraulic system failed as well. As the aircraft was losing height, the captain ordered three of his crew to bail out and he attempted to make an emergency landing when the airplane went out of control and crashed in a prairie, bursting into flames. As the three crew who bailed out were rescued and became POW, the three crew in the aircraft were killed.
Crew (12th Squadron):
P/O Robert Henderson Buchanan, pilot,
Sgt Patrick Gibbings Sanders, copilot, †
Sgt Reuben Acton Scragg, navigator, †
Sgt Henry Marshall Murdo, air gunner, †
Sgt Ronald Arthur Arnold, air gunner,
Sgt Charles John Chedd, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 0204LT on an operation to Essen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Dreumel. Five crew members were killed and a sixth became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Michael Sedgwick Duder, pilot, †
F/Sgt Francis Joseph Menshek, pilot, †
Sgt Eric Ian Campbell Wood, observer, †
Sgt George Edward Warren, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Kenneth Crouch, wireless operator, †
Sgt A. G. Macey, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 0150LT on an operation to Essen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a canal in Oranje. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Robert Ward Cooper, pilot, †
Sgt James Thomson Heggie Mowat, pilot, †
Sgt Michael John Carlton Cross, observer, †
Sgt Charles Broad, air gunner, †
Sgt George William Dalby, wireless operator, †
Sgt Alfred F. Key,
Sgt George W. Rex.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2250LT on March 8 on an operation to Essen. While approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a DO.215 and crashed into the Ijsselmeer, some three km off Enkhuizen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (83rd Squadron):
P/O Christopher Ronald Frost, pilot,
P/O Ian Frederick Livingstone, pilot,
F/Sgt William Durham Biltcliffe, navigator,
Sgt Stanley Grunwell, flight engineer,
Sgt Harold Reginald Ray, air gunner,
P/O William Arthur Harris, air gunner,
Sgt Joseph Howard Stone, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 0035LT on an operation to Essen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed three km west of Loenen. All nine crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt George William Nicholson, pilot,
P/O Ronald Max Disley, pilot,
F/Sgt William Andrew Cross, pilot,
Sgt Douglas Francis Hooper Tuck, flight engineer,
P/O Albert John Rampton, observer,
Sgt Harry Walter Trevor Bidgood, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Carl Stuart CAarruthers, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald McCallum, air gunner,
F/Sgt John Leonard Hartley Phillips, air gunner.

The airplane departed Soesterberg AFB on a local training exercise. While cruising at night, it went out of control and crashed into several houses located in Soest, about 6 km north of the airbase. The airplane and three houses were destroyed. All four crew members as well as six people on the ground were killed.
Crew:
Uffz H. Terjung, pilot,
Ogfr F. Meixner, observer,
Gfr H. Borrmann, radio operator,
Ogfr A. Feldmann, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 1851LT on an operation to Emden. While approaching the Dutch coast, the radio operator reported at 2120LT that he was attacked by the pilot of a German fighter. Twenty-five minutes later, at 2145LT, the bomber went out of control and crashed in the North Sea some 20 km off Terschelling. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (311st Squadron):
Sgt Karel Danihelka, pilot,
Sgt Vladimír Hanzl, pilot,
F/O Ladislav Říha, navigator,
Sgt František Janca, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Dobromil Špinka, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Adolf Podivinský.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. After passing over the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Driezum. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Leslie Hugh William Parkin, pilot, †
Sgt Douglas John Sandlin, pilot, †
F/Sgt Robert Charles Hancock, observer,
Sgt Wilfred Whittam, wireless operator, †
Sgt Edmund Sidney Ayton, air gunner. †

The crew departed Soesterberg AFB on a training exercise. Engine trouble forced the pilot to attempt an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in Veenendaal. A crew member was killed.
Crew:
Oblt E. Benscheidt, pilot,
Lt H. Edinger, observer,
Uffz H. Prond, radio operator,
Ofw F. Weinig, mechanic.