Avro 683 Lancaster

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.

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor in the evening on an operation to La Spezia. It returned to base early, having first jettisoned the bomb load off Flamborough Head. While preparing to land, the bomber crashed on the southwest side of the airfield. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas Fee, pilot,
Sgt Vernon Roderick Ager, flight engineer,
Sgt Robert Brough, navigator,
F/O Victor Cook, navigator,
Sgt John Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt Jack Beatson, air gunner,
Sgt George William John Davison, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe at 0016LT on an operation to Frankfurt. It turned back with a technical defect and called requesting permission to jettison the bomb load. This was given and at 0257LT, the crew signaled to say all bombs have been dropped over the sea. At 0310LT, a Royal Observer Corps post reported an aircraft heading inland, but very feint w/t signals were picked up at 0445LT and the Lancaster was the thought to be some 100 km off Skegness. An air sea rescue search was mounted and a few small pieces of wreckage were found in the search area. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Francis Gerard McGrath, pilot,
Sgt Robert Francis Wilson, flight engineer,
Sgt Ronald Coulson, navigator,
F/Sgt Peter Lawford Mansfield, bomb aimer,
F/O Alfred Cheetham, wireless operator,
Sgt Alfred Henry Jeffery, air gunner,
Sgt Cyril Birtles, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 0014LT on an operation to Frankfurt. South of target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Eberstadt, 6 km south of Darmstadt. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O John Harold Lemon, pilot,
Sgt Harold James Coombes, flight engineer,
W/O George Russel Holm, observer,
W/O Lawrence Joseph Lalonde, observer,
W/O Robert George Griffin, wireless operator,
Sgt Richard Hywel Roberts, air gunner,
P/O Daryl Owen McMahon, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Frankfurt. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Mainz, west of Frankfurt. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Kenneth Brooke Farley Smith, pilot,
Sgt Allan Gaskell Stone, pilot,
Sgt William Thomson, flight engineer,
F/O Arnold James Turner, navigator,
Sgt Gordon Arthur Taylor, wireless operator,
Sgt Louis Stanley Fiddes, air gunner,
P/O Roy Victor Charles Pleasance, air gunner,
F/O Bernard James Smith, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2358LT on April 10 on an operation to Frankfurt. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Taben-Rodt, 23 km south of Trier. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Andrew Partridge, pilot,
Sgt Peter Plowright, flight engineer,
Sgt Norman Frank Hallett, navigator,
Sgt John Douglas Law, observer,
Sgt William Henry Hargreaves, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William Bodley, air gunner,
F/Sgt Clarence Flint Rimmer, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 0050LT on an operation to Frankfurt. Over France, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Le Thour, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur Brinley Thomas, pilot,
Sgt Milford Alexander Lambert, flight engineer,
Sgt Valentine Robertson Wilson, navigator,
Sgt Douglas Seymour Andrew, bomb aimer,
W/O Campbell Murray Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt Leonard Charles Fitt, air gunner,
Sgt Edward Victor Hudson, air gunner.

Crashed in unknown circumstances in an open field in Halam while engaged in a navigation training exercise. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Leonard Wentworth Lean, pilot,
Sgt Frank Dunkin, flight engineer,
F/O Edward Lambert, navigator,
Sgt Henry Utley Oxspring, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Shearer Lindsay Graham, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Raymond David Lewis, air gunner,
Sgt William George Stephenson, air gunner.