Groningen

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.

The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 2255LT on August 17 on an operation to Bremen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed on the east bank of the Paterswoldsemeer, south of Groningen. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Eric Cyril Maskell, pilot,
P/O Henry Law, navigator, †
Sgt George Albert Cowell, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Peter Francis Barclay Orwin, wireless operator. †

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 0015LT on an operation to Berlin. Passing over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by a DO.215 and crashed in a field located in Slochteren, some 16 km east of Groningen. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (207th Squadron):
F/O William Michael Ronald Smith, pilot,
F/Sgt Anthony Robert Cotterell, pilot,
P/O Edward Arthur Reeman, observer,
Sgt James Allen, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Arthur Halfpenny, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert Edward Coakes, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2252LT on July 14 on an operation to Hanover. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed near a factory located in Veendam. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William George Rowse, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Alfred Harmer, pilot,
P/O John Thomas Monks, observer,
Sgt William Everest, wireless operator,
Sgt Russell John Reynolds, wireless operator,
Sgt Laurence Dominick Coogan, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2230LT on July 12 on an operation to Bremen. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed near Veendam. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth John Llord, pilot,
P/O Edward Douglas Vivian, pilot,
F/Sgt Jack Guest, wireless operator,
Sgt Israel Jacobovitch, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Newton in the evening of May 15 on an operation to Hanover. While flying over the Netherlands, the left engine failed. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in Oude Pekela. Two crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Raymond Gordon Eccles, pilot, †
Sgt Gordon MacLean, wireless operator, †
Sgt Edwin Currie Easton,
Sgt Sydney Eric Thomas Hamblin,
P/O Harry John Sellers,
P/O Archibald William Sulston.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2055LT on an operation to Kiel. While flying at night over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Waterhuizen. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Ronald Mccoy Carrapiett, pilot, †
Sgt Anthony John White, pilot, †
P/O Cecil Frank Jones, observer, †
Sgt A. R. Mason,
Sgt Arthur Clifford Wroath, wireless operator. †

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 2000LT on an operation to Hamburg. While passing over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed in Ter Apel, near the German border. Five crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Alexander Graeme Elder, pilot, †
Sgt Victor Lawrence Bagley, pilot, †
Sgt Sol Glazer, observer, †
Sgt John La Basse Tomkinson, wireless operator, †
Sgt George Cedric Daniel, air gunner, †
Sgt D. W. Waters, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wattisham at 2027LT on an operation to Hamburg. While passing over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed in Tolbert. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/L John Dickinson, pilot,
Sgt Charles Williams Fry, observer,
Sgt Robert Mower, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 2325LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Oosterhogebrug, in the suburb of Groningen. Two crew were killed and a third was injured and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt J. S. H. Heape, pilot, †
Sgt Sylvester Jones, observer, †
Sgt John Bimson, wireless operator.