Avro 679 Manchester

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2215LT on April 8 on a bombing mission to Hamburg. While overflying Germany at night, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in an open field located in Lastrup. Six crew members were killed while the seventh occupant was injured.
Crew (83rd Squadron):
P/O Jack Heathcote Morphett, pilot, †
P/O Peter Anthony Lovegrove, pilot,
F/Sgt Geoffrey Douglas Hutchinson, observer, †
F/Sgt Albert Henry Salter, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt Reginald Stanley Williams, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt George Charles Fisk, air gunner, †
Sgt Charles Dewitt Gellatly, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2101LT to drop leaflets in the region of Paris. Outbound, it was hit by the German Flak in the starboard engine. The crew elected to return to England but eventually ditched the airplane at 2330LT off RAF Manston. The captain survived and was later rescued while all other seven crew members failed to reach the dinghy.
Crew:
P/O M. A. Sproule, pilot,
F/O Douglas James Renvoize, flight engineer, †
Sgt Edward Augustine Fitchett, observer, †
F/O Donald Goodman, bomb aimer, †
P/O Harold Dickinson, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Neary, air gunner, †
Sgt Dennis Gerrard Porter, air gunner, †
P/O Robert James Dyer, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Woolfox Lodge at 0035LT on a bombing mission to Essen, Germany. While overflying Belgium at night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a field located in Piringen, some 3 km west of Tongeren. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (61st Squadron):
F/Sgt Eric William Noble, pilot,
Sgt Lloyd John Holmes Lincoln, pilot,
Sgt Robert Eastwood Newton, observer,
Sgt Kenneth Leyshon, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Donavan Peter George Kent, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Neville James Patton, air gunner,
Sgt George Henry Walker, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Woolfox Lodge at 2020LT on a mine laying operation off the Frisian Islands. In the late evening, while returning to base, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (61st Squadron):
P/O Cecil Stephen Churchill, pilot,
P/O Ian McKenzie Cassavetti, pilot,
P/O Joseph Frederic Chevalier, navigator,
Sgt John Mitchell, flight engineer,
Sgt Hugh Dracass, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald Alistair Barham Hume, air gunner,
Sgt Raymond Dawson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1930LT on a mine laying operation. While approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (106th Squadron):
F/Sgt Edgar Robert Dimond,
F/Sgt Henry Chaytor Bussell,
P/O Harold Selwyn Brough,
F/Sgt John Seery,
Sgt Donald Swaine,
Sgt Alexander Currie,
Sgt Francis Alfred Fry.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1930LT on March 28 on an operation to Lübeck. After passing over Kiel, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Klausdorf, less than 6 km southeast of Kiel. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Theodore Arthur Lumb, pilot,
Sgt Patrick Charles Walsh, pilot,
Sgt Sydney Thomas Woodbridge, observer,
Sgt John Edward Burcher, wireless operator,
Sgt James Rooney, wireless operator,
Sgt William Lawrence Cox, air gunner,
Sgt Edward Thomas, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2040LT on March 25 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it collided with the cable of a barrage balloon and crashed near Warden, on the Isle of Sheppey. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Evan Moffat Price, pilot,
F/Sgt Robert Charles Snowball, pilot,
W/O Peter Richard Thompson, observer,
F/Sgt Matthew Cameron Roberts, wireless operator,
Sgt Joshua Arnold Devalle, wireless operator,
Sgt Harry George Samuel Garnham, air gunner,
Sgt Samuel Block, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Woolfox Lodge at 2045LT on March 25 on an operation to Essen. Passing over the Netherlands at night, the bomber was shot down by a Me.110 and crash landed in a pasture in Warmenhuizen, some 10 km northwest of Alkmaar, bursting into flames. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew (61st Squadron):
P/O John Ralph Hubbard, pilot, †
P/O Alastair William Buchan, pilot, †
P/O Robert Heggie, observer, †
Sgt John George Clelland, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt Albert Wallace Baker, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt P. Jones,
Sgt T. C. Stanley.

The airplane departed RAF Woolfox Lodge at 2110LT on March 25 on an operation to Essen. After passing the Dutch border, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in a pasture in Wertherburch. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (61st Squadron):
Sgt Christopher George Furby, pilot,
Sgt James Robert Dow, pilot,
Sgt John Eric Smart, observer,
Sgt Donald Charles Brockley, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Jack Buckley, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt William Arthur Roberts, air gunner,
Sgt Hugh Henry Fetherston, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2045LT on an operation to Essen. While passing over Belgium at night, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Lichtaart, some 12 km southwest of Turnhout. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (83rd Squadron):
P/O Christopher Hugh Danielsen, pilot,
Sgt Paul Markides, pilot,
F/Sgt Albert Woodcock, pilot,
F/O Donald McConachie,
Sgt Thomas Henry Miller, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Colin Clement Smith, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Alan Gordon Jaye, air gunner.