Avro 683 Lancaster

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2159LT on May 15 to attack the Möhne Dam located east of Dortmund. While overflying Germany at night, the crew lost his orientation and convinced he was flying to the wrong direction, the captain decided to reduce his altitude to follow a canal bound to the southeast. Flying at a too low altitude, the airplane hit high tension cables and crashed in a huge explosion. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (617th Squadron):
F/Lt William Astell, pilot,
Sgt John Kinnear, flight engineer,
P/O Floyd Alvin Wile, navigator,
F/O Donald Hopkinson, air bomber,
Sgt Abram Garshowitz, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Francis Anthony Garbas, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Richard Bolitho, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 0008LT on an operation to Bochum. It was hit by the German Flak near Cologne and returned to England where it crash landed while on approach to RAF Coltishall. All seven crew members were rescued, among them one was injured.
Crew:
W/Cdr R. V. McIntyre, pilot,
Sgt S. P. George,
P/O H. N. Petts,
Sgt G. M. Haylett,
F/Sgt J. D. W. Renno,
Sgt W. L. Fuller,
Sgt R. H. Crystal, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2138LT on May 13 on an operation to Plzeň. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 20 km west of Den Helder. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O William Douglas Rail, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Theodore Cuthbert Bromwich, flight engineer,
Sgt Norman Kenneth Underwood, navigator,
Sgt Wilfred Charles Digby, bomb aimer,
Sgt Robert Cecil Boardman, wireless operator,
Sgt Richard Samuel Augustus Walker, air gunner,
Sgt George Batty, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2139LT on May 13 on an operation to Plzeň. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Twist, at the Dutch / German border. Six crew members were killed while the navigator became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Myron Edward Barker, pilot, †
Sgt Frederick Ernest Lee, flight engineer, †
Sgt John Drake Robertson, navigator,
Sgt Warren Morgan Ewing, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Leslie Joseph Beech, wireless operator, †
Sgt Frank Butterfield, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Allan Davis Monoghan, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 2329LT on May 13 on an operation to Bochum. Approaching Recklinghausen, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Scherlebeck, north of Herten. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Frederick William Morgan, pilot, †
Sgt Kenneth Foster, flight engineer, †
Sgt Gordon Leslie Fountain, navigator,
Sgt Kenneth J. G. Walker, bomb aimer,
Sgt Raymond Maginnis, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Reginald Richmond, air gunner, †
Sgt Gordon Thomas Spiece, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 2324LT on May 13 on an operation to Bochum. For unknown reasons, the pilot was forced to ditch the airplane into the North Sea, some 19 km northwest of Blankenberge (coordinates 51° 25' N 2° 55' E). All seven crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt C. V. Scott, pilot,
Sgt H. T. Bedford,
Sgt G. H. Russell,
Sgt R. F. Rees,
Sgt G. D. Mitchell,
P/O P. H. Phillips,
Sgt L. F. Range, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 2137LT on May 13 on an operation to Plzeň. Homebound, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kemphausen, 30 km north northeast of Oberhausen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Kevin Eugene Mahoney, pilot,
Sgt Bernard George Hickling, flight engineer,
F/O Edwin Francis Hamilton Heard, navigator,
Sgt Maurice Brian Squires, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Glover Berry, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry William Cox, air gunner,
F/Sgt Byron Leo Haley, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Fiskerton at 2150LT on May 13 on an operation to Plzeň. The crew encountered severe technical problems with the engine and returned to base where the airplane crashed on landing at 0103LT the following night. No serious injuries reported among the crew.
Crew:
Sgt J. Morrison, pilot,
Sgt T. J. Page,
Sgt J. Dorian,
Sgt H. C. Annett,
Sgt R. I. Green,
Sgt G. Green,
Sgt H. J. Maggs, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe at 2159LT on an operation to Plzeň. Just before midnight, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Messingen, 12 km southeast of Lingen. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O William Goode Pickens, pilot,
Sgt C. Taylor, flight engineer,
P/O Michael Hall, navigator,
Sgt John Gordon Hanby, bomb aimer,
F/O Thomas Royds, wireless operator,
Sgt William Augustus Roberts, air gunner, †
W/O William Bruce Nichol, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2140LT on an operation to Plzeň. Just before midnight, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hörstel, 31 km west of Osnabrück. Six crew members were killed while the pilot survived and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt James Guy McDougall Olding, pilot,
Sgt Paul Stephens, flight engineer, †
Sgt Eric Leslie Orchard, navigator, †
Sgt Ronald Dewey, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Norman Edwin Gei Taylor, wireless operator, †
Sgt Duncan Cram, air gunner, †
F/Sgt William Edward O'Halloran, air gunner. †