Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2231LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed 4 km south of Bladel. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Andrew James Normandale Wilson, pilot, †
Sgt Cyril Kitchener Burton, flight engineer, †
Sgt Jacob Domnitz, navigator, †
Sgt John Alexander Lobban, navigator,
Sgt James John Pawsey, wireless operator, †
Sgt Derek Bewlay Tibble, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Kenneth William Lawson, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford at 2320LT on June 11 on a Special Operation Executive (SOE) Physician 32 and Charlotte. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Lt Alfred Francis Foster, pilot,
Sgt Arthur Moon,
P/O James Thomas O'Brien,
Sgt John Smith Riddell,
P/O Llewellyn Roberts,
S/L Antony De Quincey Walker,
P/O Frederick Lionel Williams, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2238LT on May 27 on an operation to Essen. Approaching Münster, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Leer. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Donald Sinclair Ross, pilot,
Sgt R. Jones, flight engineer,
Sgt Harry Anderson, navigator, †
Sgt Gordon John Beckford, bomb aimer,
Sgt W. G. Styles, wireless operator,
P/O Harry Langlois, air gunner,
F/O Edmund Fraser Campbell, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2230LT on May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Passing over the Netherlands, it was hit by the German Flak then shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Broekland, 5 km southwest of Raalte. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Clifford Harold Cousins, pilot,
Sgt John Parr, flight engineer,
P/O Arthur William Leon Pruce, navigator,
Sgt Joseph Francis Hughes, bomb aimer,
Sgt Arthur George Dale, wireless operator,
F/O John Wallace Coleman, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Henry Arthur Crouse, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2227LT on May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Over Germany, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Greven, 15 km north of Münster. Four crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Edward Semmens Bawden, pilot, †
Lt Per E. R. Waaler, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Knowles, flight engineer,
Sgt Leslie William Sinclair Thick, navigator,
F/Sgt Thomas Musgrove, bomb aimer, †
Sgt J. W. Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt Cyril Greenhalgh, air gunner, †
Sgt Thomas Leonard Victor Hitchcock, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2206LT on May 4 on an operation to Dortmund. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kilder. All eight crew members parachuted to safety and became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Jack Ingram Maitland Bell, pilot,
Sgt Albert Edward Bumstead, pilot,
Sgt Alan Forster, flight engineer,
Sgt Harold Mitchell Farrington, navigator,
Sgt Horac James Hamlyn, bomb aimer,
Sgt Donald Jack Marshall, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Donald Bellows Brown, air gunner,
Sgt Brian Thompson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Rufforth at 1520LT on a conversion flight. It is believed that the crew got lost or made a navigation error as the airplane drifted over The Channel. Approaching the French coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Eric Ford Williamson, pilot,
Sgt Clive Richard Leonard Thornton, flight engineer,
Sgt Dennis Charles Butlin, navigator,
Sgt Wilfred John Pelham, navigator,
Sgt Allan John Dunn, wireless operator,
Sgt Dennis William Suffling, bomb aimer,
Sgt Henry Hinett, air gunner,
Sgt John Hunter, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 0040LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Estern, 46 km west of Münster. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Bruce Wainwright Thomas, pilot, †
Sgt Albert Hawley, flight engineer, †
Sgt Edwin Hall Wood, navigator, †
Sgt Frederick Norris, bomb aimer,
Sgt Frederick John Chandler, wireless operator, †
Sgt George Eric Testal, air gunner,
Sgt Ronald Ernest Hemsworth, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 0051LT on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over Amsterdam, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed on the Hotel Carlton located in the city center. All seven crew members were killed as well as nine people on the ground, three German and six Dutch citizens.
Crew:
Sgt Donald Gordon McNab, pilot,
Sgt John Wood, flight engineer,
Sgt Fred Noel Slingsby, navigator,
F/O Noel Douglas Fleming, bomb aimer,
Sgt Bertie Frederick Keable, wireless operator,
Sgt Clifford Clarence Strain, air gunner,
Sgt Jack Clegg, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2041LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hassloch, 20 km southwest of Mannheim. Six crew members were killed and an air gunner became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Ernest Webb, pilot, †
Sgt Stanley Braybrook, flight engineer, †
Sgt Kenneth Rees George Williams, navigator, †
Sgt Jack Kay, bomb aimer, †
F/Sgt Allen Roderick Ross, wireless operator, †
Sgt Leslie Bernard Mitchell, air gunner,
F/Sgt Geoffrey Brown, air gunner. †