South Holland

The crew was engaged in a maritime patrol flight along the coast between Ostend and Scheveningen. While flying at night along the Dutch coast, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Katwijk aan Zee. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew (500th Squadron):
P/O Herbert George Ross Pirie, pilot, †
P/O J. B. S. Brockway,
Sgt S. R. Croft,
Sgt Montague Adam Prentice, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2030LT on July 26 on a bombing mission over Mannheim. While flying over The Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak. The captain reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing. The aircraft crash landed in an open field located in Spijkenisse, in the suburb of Rotterdam, and came to rest. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Robert Fochaig Beauclair,
P/O John Christopher Wyndowe Bushell,
Sgt Eric Albert Caloway,
Sgt Clement Wood,
Sgt Kenneth John Read.

The airplane departed RAF Wattisham on a bombing mission over Vlissingen. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed near Stellendam. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
S/L John Frank Stephens, pilot, †
Sgt Ernest Charles Parker, navigator,
Sgt James Victor West, wireless operator and air gunner. †

While on a maritime patrol flight over the North Sea, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a He.111 and crashed in Pernis, in the suburb of Rotterdam. Three crewmen were killed while the fourth occupant was injured and became PoW.
Crew (500th Squadron):
P/O Arthur Wilfred Alexander Whitehead, †
P/O Anthony Ronald Mathias, †
Sgt H. W. J. Smith,
AC1 William Charles Hubbard. †

The airplane departed RAF Newmarket at 2145LT on June 5 on a bombing mission over Kiel. While overflying the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in a field located in Warmond, bursting into flames. A crew member was killed while four others became PoW.
Crew (99th Squadron):
P/O Robert Andrew Grover Willis, pilot,
P/O Jihn Walter Philip Perkins, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth A. R. MacArthur,
Sgt Charles James Scanlon, radio operator,
Sgt Gerald Francis Sexton, wireless operator and air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF West Raynham on a bombing mission over Germany. While cruising over the Netherlands, it crashed in unknown circumstances in an open field located in Oostvoorne. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Ivor Chudleigh Bethune Worthington-Wilmer, pilot,
Sgt Jesse George Stanley,
Sgt George Edwin Maydon.

The airplane was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Schipluiden, south of Delft. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Alfred George Pascoe, pilot,
P/O Alexander Campbell Ennis, navigator,
Sgt Frederick Pursglove, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt James Walter Greig, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton at 1255LT on a reconnaissance mission over the IJsselmeer Lake. It was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed in Oegstgeest, in the suburb of Leyde. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Alan Roger Wales, pilot,
Sgt John Walter Needham, observer,
Sgt Thomas Charles Jordan, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2215LT on June 26 on a bombing mission over Hanover. While cruising at night, the crew sent a brief message saying 'going down' then crashed near Noordwijk. An earlier coded w/t signal indicated the aircraft was flying on one engine. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Norman David Crockart, pilot,
F/Sgt William Thomas Joseph Southey,
Sgt Allen John Dennis Ingram, observer,
Sgt Edward Howard MacKenzie Turner.

The crew departed RAF Honington at 2125LT on June 5 on a bombing mission over Duisburg. Shortly after entering the Dutch airspace, the aircraft was shot down by the German Flak. The captain ordered the crew to bail out and later attempted to make an emergency landing when the aircraft exploded in mid-air, disintegrated and crashed in a field located in Simonshaven, about 16 km southwest of Rotterdam. Four crew members became PoW while both pilots were killed.
Crew:
S/L George Ernest Peacock, pilot, †
P/O Bertram Arthur James, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Charles Hargrave, navigator and observer, †
Sgt A. K. Griffiths, wireless operator and air gunner,
P/O Sedgwick Whiteley Webster, air gunner,
LAC C. Murton, air gunner.