Friesland

The crew was returning to his base in England following a bombing mission over Bremen. While cruising over the North Sea, the aircraft collided with another USAF B-17 registered 42-30872 and also carrying a crew of 10. Both aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea west off Terschelling Island. There were no survivors among the 20 occupants on both aircraft.
Crew (96th BG):
2nd Lt Thomas Brooks Blackwell,
S/Sgt Leonard Melvion Branam,
2nd Lt Harry Emil Creutzmann,
T/Sgt Floyd Wayne Gauss,
T/Sgt John Mancina,
Cpt Harold Raymond Mott,
S/Sgt Andrew Robert Nichols,
S/Sgt Paul J. Santillan,
2nd Lt Angus Douglas Stewart,
S/Sgt Warren Monroe Sturdevant.

The crew was returning to his base in England following a bombing mission over Bremen. While cruising over The Netherlands, the aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a field located between the villages of Poppenwier and Raerd. All ten crew members were killed. The plane may have collided with another B-17.
Crew (96th BG):
S/Sgt John Joseph Bavosa,
2nd Lt Albert Joseph Csizmadia,
S/Sgt Frank Robert Cunningham,
S/Sgt Harmon Edgar Guise,
T/Sgt Earl Victor Hawkes,
S/Sgt Howard Ozer Inscoe Jr.,
2nd Lt Howard Dunklin Reid Jr.,
T/Sgt Marvin Lloyd Sassen,
1st Lt Edwin Robert Smith,
2nd Lt Robert Stewart Trusler.

In unknown circumstances, the aircraft crashed into the sea off Vlieland Island while on a maritime patrol flight. All five crew members were killed.

The bomber left RAF Grimsby at 2244LT on a bombing mission to Hamburg. While approaching the Dutch coast, the aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea some 10 km off Terschelling. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (100th Squadron):
F/Sgt J. Lynch 6.

The bomber left RAF Oakington after midnight to attack the city of Bocholt in Germany. While flying over The Netherlands, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in a field located in Akkerwoude. Six crew members were killed and one survived.
Crew (7th Squadron):
P/O E. C. Hallding, pilot, †
P/O Geoffrey Wragge, navigator, †
Sgt Arhur Eward Emms, air gunner, †
W/O Loois Nutik, wireless operator and air gunner, †
F/Sgt H. Sobel, air gunner, †
Sgt Norman Arthur Peachey, air bomber, †
Sgt F. A. Painter.

The aircraft left RAF Warboys at 1807LT on a bombing mission over Wilhelmshaven. While approaching the Dutch coast by night, the aircraft crashed into the North Sea about 15 km off the Vlieland Island. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.
Crew (156th Squadron):
P/O Thomas Edward Case,
P/O Harry William Welch,
Sgt Hugh Alexander McLennan,
Sgt Elias Cuthbert,
P/O Pierre Yves Camille Tremblay 2.

The twin engine aircraft left RAF Bircham Newton at 0045LT on a maritime patrol flight over the North Sea. The last contact was recorded at 0345LT while the aircraft was flying along the island of Terschelling. It was most probably shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the North Sea. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew (320th Squadron) was found.

The crew was engaged in a maritime patrol flight off the Dutch coast when he attacked a convoy cruising off shore. In unclear circumstances, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea off Terschelling, killing all four occupants.
Crew:
F/O Johannes Henricus J. van Loon,
F/O R. de Boer,
J. F. Mijsberg,
H. Jongman.

The aircraft left RAF Melbourne (Yorkshire) at 1834LT on a bombing mission to Kiel. While approaching the Dutch coast, the bomber went out of control and crashed into the North Sea some 15 km off the Schiermonnikoog Island. All seven crew members were killed.

The crew left RAF Harwell in the day on a bombing mission to Bremen, Germany, with 1,066 other aircraft. Following an uneventful mission, the aircraft was returning to UK and was overflying The Netherlands when it was shot down by the German Flak. It went out off control and crashed into the Wadden Lake, off Harlingen. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (15th OTU):
Sgt James Stewart Leather, pilot,
Sgt Harry Bloor, pilot,
Sgt John McKelvie Dunn Oliver, observer,
Sgt Ronald Thomas Fage, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt David Thompson Stanners, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Gordon Lake, air gunner.