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The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1821LT on an operation to Aachen. Over Maastricht, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the city. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Thomas E. Powell, pilot,
F/O Francis L. Todd, navigator,
F/Sgt Joseph L. O. Grady, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Guy J. H. McElroy, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Howard Broom, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath at 1906LT on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sevenum. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L William Roy Greenslade, pilot,
Sgt Marchal Kenneth Smith, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Robert Francis McIntyre, observer,
Sgt Frederick Leonard Hughes, wireless operator,
Sgt Ernest Leslie Moore, wireless operator,
Sgt Benjamin Frederick Goldsmith, air gunner,
F/Sgt William Orange, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wing at 2100LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Stramproy, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Alexander Irvine Lewis Downs, pilot,
Sgt James Joseph Kearns, observer,
Sgt Ronald Herbert Kirkpatrick, observer,
Sgt James William Rowling, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Peter Allenby, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2013LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Echt. Six crew members were killed, one became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
F/Lt Leslie Ronald Barr, pilot, †
P/O Ernest Ronald Maurice Runnacles, observer, †
P/O Irwin Dale Fountain, †
Sgt John Greenwood, †
Sgt Maurice Sidney Pepper, †
Sgt Peter Bertram Penton Price, †
P/O Eric Hubert Cook,
P/O Philip Gustave Freberg.

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 0106LT on an operation to Duisburg. Approaching the German border, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Tegelen. An air gunner was killed, six other crew members became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
S/L Clive King Saxelby, pilot,
Sgt R. Thompson, pilot,
F/Lt Leonard Charles Pipkin, navigator,
Sgt John Lamb, bomb aimer,
Sgt Thomas Plumpton Milligan,
F/Sgt W. J. McLean, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Edward Benstead, air gunner, †
F/O Denis Alban Thomas Churchward, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2244LT on September 2 on an operation to Karlsruhe. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Echt, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Harold Edgar Heath, pilot,
Sgt Herbert Berkeley Hill, observer,
Sgt Dennis Alford, observer,
F/Sgt Chipman Cameron Dawson Fraser, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Eric Hagan, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2111LT on August 28 on an operation to Nuremberg. While overflying The Netherlands at night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a field located in Maasbracht, some 10 km southwest of Roermond. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew (49th Squadron):
F/O John Lowrie, pilot, †
W/O John Allen, flight engineer,
Sgt Reginald Patrick Dobson, navigator, †
Sgt George Hector Miller Gordon, bomb aimer,
Sgt Eric Albert Berrett, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Norman Rae Mitchell, air gunner, †
Sgt William Dudley Peirce, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell on an operation to Mainz. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Raren. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Laurence St George Dobbin, pilot, †
Sgt Wilson Eli Braddock,
Sgt Albert Elson,
Sgt James McQueen,
Sgt Jack Leslie Jury, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 0110LT on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kessel-Eik. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt William John Laidlaw, pilot,
Sgt Harold Phillip Gardiner, flight engineer, †
Sgt Jack Victor Green, observer,
W/O Allen Leland Bachelder, wireless operator, †
Sgt George Clayton Cavanagh, wireless operator, †
Sgt Leslie William Arthur Barnard, air gunner, †
F/Sgt David Watson Moffett, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2155LT on August 5 on an operation to Bochum. Shortly after midnight, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sint Odiliënberg. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Crossfield Stevens, pilot,
Sgt Arthur Greenacre, flight engineer,
P/O Robert Shipley, navigator,
Sgt Donald Willoughby, bomb aimer,
Sgt John William Clarke, wireless operator, †
Sgt Herbert Maurice Gall, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Richard Gilbert, air gunner. †