Linton-on-Ouse AFB

Shortly after takeoff, while in initial climb, the crew informed ground that a fire erupted on board and elected to return for an emergency landing. During a last turn to the left, the aircraft went out of control, lost height and crashed in a huge explosion in a field located 2,5 miles southwest of the airfield. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (1665 HCU):
S/L Kenneth Stammers, pilot,
W/O D. R. Roberts,
F/O W. I. Harvey,
F/Sgt S. Fox,
LAC J. C. Simpson,
LAC G. Pritchard,
LAC H. Sharling

The aircraft was flying from RAF Linton-on-Ouse and had earlier been carrying out bumps and circuits but the crew became tired of this and decided to fly around the local area. As it became dark the crew became disorientated and eventually ended up circling Glossop. The aircraft was observed flying into the hillside at 2210LT.
Crew (408th Squadron):
F/O Anthony Arthur Clifford, pilot,
F/O Kenneth McIvor, flight engineer,
F/O David Fehrman, bomb aimer,
W/O Michael Cecil Cameron, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Clarence Halvorson, air gunner,
F/Sgt Leslie Claude Hellekson, air gunner.
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The crew was on his way to Germany to bomb the Düsseldorf-Lohausen Airport. The aircraft left RAF Linton-on-Ouse with 60 others bombers. En route, while cruising south of Düsseldorf, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field. Five crew members were killed.
Crew (408th Squadron):
F/O David Garfield Kellar, †
F/Lt W. L. Friker, †
F/O W. H. Dunwoodie.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2049LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Vesles-et-Caumont, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Brian Walter Edward Wedderburn, pilot,
Sgt John Strachan, flight engineer,
Sgt Brodie John Clinging, navigator,
F/Sgt Francis Owen Ross, bomb aimer,
Sgt Francis Christopher Fidgeon, wireless operator,
Sgt Leonard Norman Jonasson, air gunner,
Sgt Stephen Hugh Colin Brown, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2100LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Max-Eyth Lake in Mühlhausen, 7 km north northeast of Stuttgart. The pilot was killed and six other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Arthur Patrick Dowse, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Thompson Slater, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Richard Desjardins, navigator,
Sgt Henry Edward Thompson, bomb aimer,
Sgt Philip Langsford, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert William Hoare, air gunner,
F/O Andrew Nielson Orr, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2051LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. Outbound at 12,000 feet, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Trier. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Edward George Mortenson, pilot, †
Sgt John Alexander Bell, flight engineer,
P/O Raymond Claud Walter Dennis, navigator,
F/O Walter George Frank Fisher, bomb aimer,
Sgt Alfred Steven, wireless operator,
Sgt Lawton Cyril Minshaw, air gunner,
Sgt Donald Alfred Pitman, 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 airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2115LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Goyencourt, killing all seven crew members.
Crew:
Sgt William Illingworth, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Woodhall, flight engineer,
Sgt Clifford George West, navigator,
F/O Herbert Donald Dixon, bomb aimer,
Sgt Edwin Gordon Thomas, wireless operator,
Sgt Sydney William Patton, air gunner,
Sgt David Aubrey Watkins, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2001LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Grossbottwar, 17 km south southeast of Heilbronn. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt George Clifford Wright, pilot, †
W/O Albert George Charles Read, flight engineer,
F/O Alexander Nicholson Cooper, bomb aimer, †
F/O Harold Eric Smith, bomb aimer, †
F/O James Frederick Webb, wireless operator, †
Sgt Dennis Bert Wombwell, air gunner,
F/Sgt Fraser Allan Robb, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2118LT on April 14 on an operation to Stuttgart. It was very badly shot about by several German fighters. On regaining the south coast, the pilot crash landed at 0316LT, wheels down but without the aid of flaps, at Manston Airfield. A crew was critically injured and later died that day from injuries sustained.
Crew:
Sgt J. Carrie, pilot,
Sgt R. Huke,
Sgt G. B. Thomason,
Sgt Michael Frederick Weir, †
Sgt E. L. McVitie,
Sgt S. M. Davis,
Sgt W. W. A. Wanless, air gunner.