Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V

Shortly after takeoff from Croft AFB, in initial climb, the aircraft collided with a flock of birds that hit the windshield. Both pilots were injured and attempted to make an emergency landing. They reduced their altitude and landed in an open field. Aircraft skidded few hundred yards before coming to rest. All crew were rescued and evacuated while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Crew was from 434th Squadron.

The crew was engaged in a supply mission to the French Resistance. While cruising by night and low visibility, the four engine aircraft hit a hilly terrain located near Bec de l'Orient, in the Vercors mountains, near Autrans. All 7 crew were killed.
Crew:
Gerald Dennis Carroll, pilot,
Arthur Edward Reid, pilot,
Sergeant Peter Theodore Thompson, flight engineer,
Sergeant Ronald Denis Clement, air gunner,
Sergeant William Kenneth Radford, air gunner,
Sergeant Alvin James Taylor, air bomber,
Sergeant Gordon Stanley Woodrow, air gunner.

The crew was completing a night training exercise from the RAF Dishforth. En route, while flying in poor weather conditions due to fog and mist, the captain seems to be lost and was trying to locate the airport of Yeadon when the aircraft struck the ground and crashed between the villages of Addingham and Ilkley, Yorkshire. A crewmen was seriously injured while all six other occupants were killed. Unfortunately, the only survivor died a day later. At the time of the accident, the aircraft was about 40 miles off the intended track.
Crew:
Donald George McLeod, pilot,
Felix Byrne, flight engineer,
Lewis Riggs, navigator,
Robert Henry Rahn, bomb aimer,
William George King, wireless operator,
George Martin, air gunner,
Albert Lorne Mullen, air gunner.

The crew was performing a meteorological mission (called MERCER) over the Atlantic Ocean and left the RAF Tiree in Scotland during the day. After completing two circuits, the crew was returning to his base and while passing over Ireland, the aircraft was too low by night and hit a cliff near Bundoran, Donegal County. All eight occupants were killed.
Crew:
Lloyd Joyce Upshall, pilot,
Clarence Loree Scott, pilot,
Norman Glyn Gzowski, navigator,
Vladimir Adamic, wireless operator,
Frederick Edward Dawson, wireless operator,
Frank Ash, wireless operator,
Frederick Lewarne Eric Hussey, flight engineer,
Donald Parr Hewitson, meteorological observer.

The aircraft left RAF Tempsford at 2032LT on 07JAN1944 bound for Belgium on Operation Tybalt 3 and Thersites 4 with three Belgian agents on board. While returning to its base, on final approach by night, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in Tetworth Hill, less than 2 km short of runway. All ten occupants were killed.
Crew:
H. M. Kennedy,
T. S. Howlett,
V. A. E. Theedom,
S. Whiteley,
E. Thripp,
D. F. Davies,
P. S. Barlow.
Passengers:
Henri Verhaegen 2.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2324LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kaathoven. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Douglas Hamilton, pilot, †
Sgt James Arnold Spencer, flight engineer,
W/O John Joseph Reansbury, navigator, †
Sgt Gerald David Sharp, observer, †
Sgt Norman Geoffrey Whiting, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Pierce James Axel Dennis, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Gordon Louis Tyrone, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford at 2335LT on June 22 on Operation St Paul/Harrow and Catarrh (Special Operation Executive). After two Dutch agents, G. A. van Borssum Buisman and H. Letteboer, parachuted to safety, the airplane was returning to base when it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer 8 km west of Urk. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Norman Blanchard, flight engineer,
Sgt George Noel Cochrane, air gunner,
Sgt Gordon George, bomb aimer,
Sgt Frank Groom, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles William Hartin, navigator,
P/O Robert Geoffrey Higgins, pilot,
F/Sgt Maynard Hazlett Moore, navigator,
Sgt Robin Douglas Pryde-Watson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 2309LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Oud-Zuilen. The flight engineer was killed (parachute failure) and seven others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O J. Carrie, pilot,
G/C Douglas Ernest Lancelot Wilson, copilot,
Sgt Richard Huke, flight engineer, †
Sgt Geoffery Brian Thomason, navigator,
Sgt Richard William Hibbs, bomb aimer,
Sgt Elliott Learmont McVitie, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Morris Davies, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Herbert Hammett, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2319LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Bockum, north of Düsseldorf Airport. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O George Austen Cadmus, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Thomas Booth, flight engineer,
F/O George Thomas Vicary, navigator,
F/O Albert John Manning, bomb aimer,
W/O Carl Phillips Beairsto, wireless operator,
W/O Anthony David Deane, wireless operator,
P/O Melvin Maier Meyer, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2340LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Bronsbergen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Norman Duncan Reid, pilot,
Sgt Durston Mann, flight engineer,
F/O Armand Alphonse Pariseau, navigator,
Sgt Peter Brindley Robinson, bomb aimer,
F/O Byron McGie Gracie, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Harry Pliley Heximer, air gunner,
F/Sgt Norman Frederick Notley, air gunner.