Elsham Wolds AFB

The airplane was engaged in a local test flight at RAF Elsham Wolds AFB. During the takeoff procedure, it swung out of control and ran into a ditch. A fire developed though the crew escaped injury, the Lancaster was so badly damaged that a technical inspection ruled out any possibility of repair.
Crew:
F/Sgt A. E. Egan, pilot +4.

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 2057LT on April 28 for mine laying duties in the Tangerines area. Over Denmark, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Jordrup. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur Dennis Nicholson, pilot,
Sgt George L. K. McCallum, flight engineer,
F/O Leonard Meakin, navigator,
Sgt James Charles Lilley, bomb aimer,
Sgt Thomas James Daley, wireless operator,
Sgt Maurice Dawbry Peters, air gunner,
Sgt Abraham Segal, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 2141LT on April 20 on an operation to Szczecin. Passing over Denmark, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Vester Vedsted. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O George May Pettigrew, pilot,
Sgt James Cooper, flight engineer,
Sgt Walter Dennis Ramsay, observer,
Sgt Archibald Ian Mackay, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Patrick Joseph Cramer, wireless operator,
F/O Arthur Daley, air gunner,
Sgt Raymond George Elkins, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 2112LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. While approaching the Škoda factory, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O James Owen Beggs Mooney, pilot, †
Sgt Stephen Biggs, flight engineer,
F/O Aaron Henry Gipson, observer, †
F/O Francis James Hudson, wireless operator, †
Sgt Horace Joseph Dennis Rouse,
Sgt Victor John Merefield, air gunner, †
Sgt Robert William Harley, air gunner. †

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. †