Netherlands

The airplane departed RAF Bodney on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea off Zandvoort. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John James Ashurst, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Victor Steele, observer,
Sgt Reginald John Banks, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 0035LT on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following morning, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Callantsoog. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Alfred Ronald Robbins, pilot, †
Sgt Arthur William Cooper, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Alexander Walter Hamilton, wireless operator, †
P/O Donald Smith McDonald, †
Sgt W. H. Sproule.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2305LT on October 10 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following morning, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Waddenzee of Harlingen. A crew was killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Douglas Charlton Hedley, pilot,
Sgt George Mitchell, observer,
Sgt William Albert Brooks, wireless operator, †
Sgt Edward Wilfred Ernest Gough, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 0020LT on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base with one engine inoperative, it crashed near the lighthouse at Haamstede. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Douglas William Drummond Faint, pilot, †
P/O Garth Campbell Frew, observer, †
Sgt Alfred John Childs, wireless operator, †
Sgt Kenneth Herbert Price, wireless operator, †
Sgt William George Morton,
P/O Wilfred Arthur Wise.

The airplane was returning to base at Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport following an operation to the Thames Estuary when it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Egmond aan Zee. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw W. Stückroth, pilot,
Lt F. Heubeck, observer,
Uffz K. Emberger, radio operator,
Uffz W. Kepczinski, air gunner.

While returning to base following an operation to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the bomber crashed in unknown circumstances in Geervliet. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt H. Weische, pilot,
Fw H. Straden, observer,
Ofw P. Rohwedder, radio operator,
Uffz G. Fischer, air gunner.

Shortly after takeoff from Soesterberg AFB, while climbing, the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed past the runway end. Three crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Oblt H. Seliger, pilot,
Fw J. Pheiffer, bomb aimer, †
Fw H. Dickschat, radio operator, †
Uffz F. Kunath, air gunner,
T. Ehm, reporter. †

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall in the evening of September 29 on an operation to Stettin. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Lansdmeer, in the north outskirts of Amsterdam. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Harry Critchley,
Sgt Jarvis Isted Burbridge,
Sgt David Frederick Cooper,
Sgt James William Barnes Follit,
Sgt Leslie Hancock,
Sgt Albert Norman Jones.

The airplane departed RAF Marham at 1931LT on an operation to Hamburg. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a DO.215 and crashed in Blijham, southeast of Groningen. Five crew members were killed and a sixth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur Robert Hulls, pilot, †
P/O William Kenneth Colfe, observer, †
Sgt Thomas Douglas Griffiths, wireless operator, †
Sgt Thomas William Bull, wireless operator, †
Sgt James Henry Goodey, †
P/O N. R. Shuttleworth.

Shortly after takeoff from Gilze-Rijen AFB, the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed. A crew was killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Oblt B. Pajung, pilot,
Uffz F. Lindner, radio operator, †
Ogfr W. Gutt, air gunner.