Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2042LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Eppeville. Six crew members were killed and the navigator survived and became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Ronald Henry Stewart, pilot, †
P/O William Robert McBriar, flight engineer, †
W/O William Reid Keirnan, navigator,
F/Sgt Dennis Axtell, wireless operator, †
F/O Thomas Collis Robinson, wireless operator, †
Sgt Donald Harold Reid, air gunner, †
P/O Frank Malcolm Thompson, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2100LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a wooded area located in Nassogne. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Joseph Raymond Louis Sergent, pilot,
Sgt Harry George Machell, flight engineer,
Sgt Frank Robert Cocks, navigator,
Sgt Geoffrey Maxted Hill, navigator,
Sgt Donald Frederick Gargrave, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William Kwasney, air gunner,
F/Sgt Cecil Davis Heming, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2049LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. While returning to base the following night and flying over France at an altitude of 9,000 feet, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Eppe-Sauvage. An air gunner was killed, four crew members evaded and two others became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Wallace Ivor Lashbrook, pilot,
F/Sgt Douglas Charles Knight, flight engineer,
F/O Kenneth James Bolton, navigator,
F/O Alfred Martin, bomb aimer,
Sgt Robert William Laws, wireless operator,
Sgt Lawrence Irving Neill, air gunner,
F/O Graham George Williams, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2023LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Châlons-en-Champagne. Five crew members were killed, one evaded and one became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Douglas Frederick Inch, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Frederick Hayden, flight engineer, †
Sgt H. Riley, navigator,
F/Sgt Ernest Lee Lancaster, wireless operator, †
F/O Raymond Frederick Clements, wireless operator, †
Sgt Robin Morris Mumme, air gunner, †
Sgt Frederick Peter Dards, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2049LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Vesles-et-Caumont, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Brian Walter Edward Wedderburn, pilot,
Sgt John Strachan, flight engineer,
Sgt Brodie John Clinging, navigator,
F/Sgt Francis Owen Ross, bomb aimer,
Sgt Francis Christopher Fidgeon, wireless operator,
Sgt Leonard Norman Jonasson, air gunner,
Sgt Stephen Hugh Colin Brown, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2100LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Max-Eyth Lake in Mühlhausen, 7 km north northeast of Stuttgart. The pilot was killed and six other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Arthur Patrick Dowse, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Thompson Slater, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Richard Desjardins, navigator,
Sgt Henry Edward Thompson, bomb aimer,
Sgt Philip Langsford, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert William Hoare, air gunner,
F/O Andrew Nielson Orr, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2046LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hadamar, 34 km northeast of Koblenz. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ernest Walter Cox, pilot,
Sgt Sydney John Briffett, flight engineer,
Sgt Raymond Charles Burt, navigator,
W/O Frederick Grant McCardle, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Augustus Rogers, wireless operator,
Sgt Leslie Robert Bray, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Allan McLaren, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2051LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. Outbound at 12,000 feet, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Trier. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Edward George Mortenson, pilot, †
Sgt John Alexander Bell, flight engineer,
P/O Raymond Claud Walter Dennis, navigator,
F/O Walter George Frank Fisher, bomb aimer,
Sgt Alfred Steven, wireless operator,
Sgt Lawton Cyril Minshaw, air gunner,
Sgt Donald Alfred Pitman, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2104LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Bierfeld, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Clifford Oscar Hatle, pilot,
F/O Thomas Harold O'Connell, pilot,
Sgt William George Kapuscinski, flight engineer,
F/O Laurence Henry Holmes, navigator,
Sgt Sydney Frederick Osmond, navigator,
W/O John William Gibson, wireless operator,
W/O Henry Richmond, air gunner,
F/Sgt Albert Andrew Tschantre, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2043LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Bechtolsheim. Seven crew members were killed and the wireless operator survived and became PoW.
Crew:
W/O Joseph Gilbert Edwards, pilot, †
P/O Antony Derek Kitchen, pilot, †
Sgt Geoffrey Evan Roberts, flight engineer, †
F/O William Christie Brisbane, navigator, †
Sgt Alun Oliver Lewis, navigator, †
F/O John William Marriott, wireless operator,
Sgt Harry Ray, air gunner, †
F/O Lionel Walters, air gunner. †