Elsham Wolds AFB

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 Elsham Wolds at 2040LT on April 9 on an operation to Duisburg. While returning to base the following night and flying in the vicinity of Alkmaar, in the Netherlands, it was badly shot about by a German fighter and crash landed near RAF Bodney. An air gunner was killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Kenneth George Bickers, pilot,
Sgt A. E. Fullick, flight engineer,
P/O Cyril John Plummer, navigator,
P/O Stanley Wilfred Peglar, bomb aimer,
Sgt A. G. Holmes, wireless operator,
Sgt G. H. Shaw, air gunner,
Sgt Richard Herbert Howell, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 0429LT on an operation to Emmerich. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hulshorst. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Charles O'Donoghue, pilot,
Sgt James Edward Callaghan, flight engineer,
Sgt Antony Hare Fry, navigator,
F/O Eric Richard Victor Ashcroft, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Edwin Winn, wireless operator,
F/O Ian Crawford Burns, air gunner,
Sgt Sefton Stafford, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 1953LT on an operation to Essen. It crashed for unknown reasons in Gross Reken, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Harry Welland Dugard, pilot,
Sgt Edwin Carlo Fermanian, flight engineer,
P/O Peter Graham Harris, navigator,
Sgt Ronald Alfred Gerrard, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Richard Jones, wireless operator,
Sgt Percival Edwin Trew, air gunner,
Sgt William Andrews, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 2008LT on March 9 on an operation to Munich. The following night, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Lavannes. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Victor Roper, pilot, †
Sgt Stanley John Rose, flight engineer, †
Sgt J. M. Curnow, navigator,
Sgt John Alexander Todd, bomb aimer, †
Sgt John Scott Dobie, wireless operator, †
Sgt Jack Smith, air gunner, †
Sgt Ernest Solomon Waghorn, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 1857LT on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Hohenaspe, some 57 km northwest of Hamburg. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alexander Greig, pilot,
F/Sgt James Mead, copilot,
Sgt Douglas William Perch, flight engineer,
F/Sgt John Campbell Paton, navigator,
Sgt Peter Bailey, bomb aimer,
Sgt Charles Victor Ellen, wireless operator,
Sgt Norman Frederick Trigg, air gunner,
W/O David Wesley Lowther, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 1851LT on an operation to Berlin. Passing south of Wilhelmshaven, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Bockhorn, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Gilbert William Stanhope, pilot,
Sgt Robert Frazer, flight engineer,
F/O Harry Clinton Pulley, navigator,
Sgt Philip Smart, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ronald Leslie Hunt, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald Douglas Foley, air gunner,
Sgt James Dennis Williams, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 1853LT on an operation to Berlin. While cruising along the Frisian Islands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Vlieland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Frank Austin, pilot,
P/O Alfred Frederick Reif, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Peter George Roberts, navigator,
Sgt Derrick Norman Duckers Waite, bomb aimer,
Sgt Kenneth Herbert Chapman, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald Edward Joseph Boland, air gunner,
Sgt Edward John Cook, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 1852LT on an operation to Cologne. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Knapsack. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Francis Stewart Crichton Cook, pilot,
Sgt John Newton Town, flight engineer,
Sgt Charles Derrick Smith, navigator,
Sgt Eric James Davey, bomb aimer,
Sgt Hugh Woodfield, wireless operator,
Sgt Tom McCall, air gunner,
Sgt Douglas Reynold South, air gunner.