Avro 683 Lancaster

The airplane departed RAF Warboys at 2125LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. While returning to base the following night, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Aigny, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Hugh Bernard Gonce, pilot,
Sgt Murdo Mckenzie Muirhead, flight engineer,
Sgt John Gordon Kennedy Dean, navigator,
P/O Michael Cyriates Anastassiades, bomb aimer,
Sgt Harry Dawson Rowe, wireless operator,
Sgt James Boyd, air gunner,
F/Sgt Louie Elmo Corley, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 2112LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. While approaching the Škoda factory, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O James Owen Beggs Mooney, pilot, †
Sgt Stephen Biggs, flight engineer,
F/O Aaron Henry Gipson, observer, †
F/O Francis James Hudson, wireless operator, †
Sgt Horace Joseph Dennis Rouse,
Sgt Victor John Merefield, air gunner, †
Sgt Robert William Harley, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe at 2131LT on an operation to Plzeň. Over France, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Épense. The pilot was killed, one crew evaded and six others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Herbert Harry Day, pilot, †
F/O D. A. Footman, pilot,
Sgt Roy Chandler Salmon, flight engineer,
Sgt Henry Edward Holland, navigator,
Sgt Geoffrey Arthur Eric Hodgkinson, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Alexander Rossbotham, wireless operator,
Sgt Merlin Ivor Evans, air gunner,
Sgt S. R. A. Symes, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2200LT on April 14 on an operation to Stuttgart. The following night, while returning to base, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Sauvillers-Mongival. Five crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Leslie Charles James Brodrick, pilot,
S/L Jerrard Latimer, pilot, †
Sgt Gordon William Hancock, flight engineer, †
P/O James Allan Burns, navigator,
Lt Gerard Muttrie, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Harold Buxton, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Thomas McLean, air gunner, †
Sgt H. Jones, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2144LT on April 14 on an operation to Stuttgart. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near La Marlette. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Reginald James Shufflebotham, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey Prescott Tyrer, flight engineer,
F/O Albert Frank Towers, navigator,
F/O Sidney Herbert West, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Henry Nunn, wireless operator,
Sgt Peter Henry Russell Hunt, air gunner,
Sgt George Edgar Pascoe, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor in the evening of April 14 on an operation to Stuttgart. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Maubeuge. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Gordon Hamilton, pilot,
Sgt Frank Wood, flight engineer,
F/O Henry Eifion Clement, navigator,
Sgt Aaron Ottolangui, bomb aimer,
Sgt Joseph Leadbetter Cartmell, wireless operator,
Sgt Peter Donovan Steed, air gunner,
Sgt George William Henry Northover, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2039LT on April 13 on an operation to La Spezia. While returning to base the following morning, it was ditched into the sea off the Isles of Scilly. The crew were in their dinghy for 63 hours before being taken aboard a high speed launch.
Crew:
F/O M. E. Chivers, pilot,
Sgt E. A. Vale,
Sgt V. A. Rimmer,
Sgt M. James,
Sgt D. G. Shea,
Sgt S. A. White,
Sgt E. G. Smith, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 2031LT on April 13 on an operation to La Spezia. It was hit by the German Flak and forced to ditch in the English Channel off Falmouth, Cornwall. For the next 33 hours the Lancaster remained afloat but during an attempted salvage operation, the bomber sank. All seven crew members were unhurt and rescued.
Crew:
Sgt J. S. Stoneman, pilot,
Sgt T. Stanley,
P/O D. C. Elder,
P/O C. E. Bryan,
F/Sgt J. Flynn,
Sgt S. Dixon,
F/Sgt J. H. McMahon, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 2018LT on April 13 on an operation to La Spezia. While flying southeast of Le Mans, it collided in midair with a second RAF Lancaster registered ED714 and also carrying a crew of seven. Following the collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed in Saint-Mars-d'Outillé. All 14 crew members in both airplanes were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Edward Claude Lee-Brown, pilot,
Sgt George Watson Houliston, flight engineer,
P/O James Smart, navigator,
W/O James Willis Toon, observer,
F/Sgt James Joseph O'Brien, wireless operator,
Sgt Andrew McKenzie Munn, air gunner,
Sgt Stanley Moseley, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wickenby on an operation to La Spezia. While flying southeast of Le Mans, it collided in midair with a second RAF Lancaster registered W4828 and also carrying a crew of seven. Following the collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed in Saint-Mars-d'Outillé. All 14 crew members in both airplanes were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Wilfred Ernest Fuller Clark, pilot,
Sgt Frank Gordon Sayers, flight engineer,
F/O Edward Frank Dynarski, navigator,
Sgt James Lawrence Anthony Mulligan, bomb aimer,
Sgt Charles Norris Clay, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Edward Henry Bakeman, air gunner,
F/Sgt Ernest Arthur Applegate, air gunner.