Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V

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. †

The crew was engaged in a test flight at RAF Tempsford. The airplane crashed almost immediately after takeoff due to the failure of the port inner engine. All seven crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
F/O D. A. Cussens, pilot,
Sgt E. Jenner,
P/O Richards,
Sgt George,
F/O Cocker,
Sgt Whyte,
Sgt Betts.

The crew was engaged in a conversion training sortie out from RAF Swinderby. During the takeoff roll completed in crosswind conditions, the pilot applied full right rudder to correct the swing. When he tried to ease off the rudder, the control became locked in the full right position. The aircraft swung and both undercarriage legs were torn off. The airplane came to rest and was damaged beyond repair. Both crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
F/Sgt W. J. Wilkinson, instructor pilot,
P/O J. L. Cooper, student pilot.

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford at 1950LT on Operation Vega 3 (Secret Intelligence Service), heading for Norway. Passing over Denmark, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Skagerrak, some 30 km northwest of Skagen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Herbert Lloyd Wynne, pilot,
F/Sgt Raymond Robert Rolfe,
Sgt Thomas Bell Colwell,
F/O William Harry Franklin,
Sgt James Cornelius Insole,
Sgt Eric William Foster,
P/O Thomas William Challoner, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford at 2000LT on Operation Irridium (Secret Intelligence Service), heading for Czechoslovakia. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Dürnbach, south of Munich, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Alfred Ellis Prior, pilot,
F/O Alfred John Kingham, pilot,
Sgt Felix James Mowles, flight engineer,
F/O Richard Winter Taylor, navigator,
P/O George McWilliam, wireless operator,
Sgt Francis Douglas Bell, air gunner,
Sgt John Henry Kempton, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford at 1957LT on Operation Director 34 (Special Operations Executive) heading for France. It suffered an engine failure and crashed in Fawley, bursting into flames. Two crew members were killed and four others were injured.
Crew:
F/O G. A. Osborn, pilot,
Sgt Stevens,
F/O D. Thornton,
Sgt R. Poltock,
Sgt Hugh Shearer, wireless operator, †
Sgt Barrie Lincoln Crane, air gunner. †

The crew departed RAF Swinderby at 1150LT on a training exercise. While completing a 3-engine practice at an altitude of 2,000 feet, the pilot elected to unfeather the port outer propeller when he lost control of the airplane that crashed in a pasture located east of RAF Cranwell, bursting into flames. Five crew members were injured, one escaped unhurt and the wireless operator was killed.
Crew:
Sgt W. J. King,
Sgt K. L. Howard,
Sgt C. E. Towill,
P/O Bowden,
Sgt R. Stevens, †
Sgt N. Jackson,
Sgt S. J. Proctor.

The airplane departed RAF Netheravon at 2123LT to attack an electric station in Distré. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed one km south of the village. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O David Herbert Upsher, pilot,
F/O Malcolm Cedric Hayes, pilot,
F/Sgt Keith Reynold Marshall, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter Mather, navigator,
S/L Campbell Crichton-Miller, meteorologist and weather officer,
F/Lt Michael Edward Jackson Croker, air gunner,
F/Sgt Thomas William Holland, air gunner.