Wyton AFB

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 0031LT on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Eemnes. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Leslie Arthur Rickinson, pilot, †
F/Sgt David Barclay Bourne, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt Horace D'Arcy Meadows Ransome, navigator,
F/Sgt Thomas Robert Cairns, bomb aimer, †
P/O William Lionel Gibbs, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Horace Plant, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Stanley Alfred Hathaway, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Gransden Lodge at 2143LT on April 4 on an operation to Dortmund. While returning to base the following night, the airplane ran out of fuel and while trying to land in misty weather conditions, it collided with trees and crash landed in a field near the airbase. All seven crew members were rescued, among them four were slightly injured.
Crew:
F/O W. Weiser, pilot,
Sgt T. Geary,
F/O G. B. Ellwood,
P/O R. E. Baker,
Sgt F. D. Mayou,
F/Sgt L. Colburn,
F/O H. C. Banks, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2234LT on April 4 on an operation to Dortmund. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed, killing the entire crew of eight.
Crew:
Sgt John Robert Leigh, pilot,
W/Cdr James Robert Gillman, pilot,
Sgt Frederic James Cleasby, flight engineer,
F/O Oliver Mansell Cornish, observer,
Sgt Thomas Griffith, bomb aimer,
Sgt Fred Johnson, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas Harry Rock, air gunner,
F/O Philip Ritchie Smith, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2123LT on April 20 on an operation to Szczecin. After passing over Copenhagen, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Klagshamn, southwest of Malmö. All seven crew members were rescued and interned.
Crew:
P/O C. P. McDonald, pilot,
Sgt T. J. Parrington, flight engineer,
P/O Victor William Joseph Nunn, navigator,
Sgt C. M. Paley, bomb aimer,
Sgt M. A. Coles, wireless operator,
F/O John Percival Crebbin, air gunner,
F/Sgt C. J. Ford, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2117LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Pontavert. The pilot was killed and six other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Glen Alexander McNichol, pilot, †
W/O George Christopher Mott, flight engineer,
F/O Henry Harold Beaupre, navigator,
F/O Thomas William Lewis, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt George Stanley MacFarlane, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry Richard Willis, air gunner,
F/Sgt Charles Erskine Hobbs, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2129LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Dobřany, 10 km southwest of Plzeň. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Frank Cyril Milton, pilot,
F/Sgt Roy Beaven, flight engineer,
F/O Norman Milton McLellan, navigator,
F/Lt Walter Basil Wells, navigator,
Sgt Alex Podolsky, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Jack Rodgers, air gunner,
Sgt Maurice Kleinhorn, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 1950LT on an operation to Essen. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the city. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Robert Bernard Hope, pilot,
Sgt Ronald George Pegg, flight engineer,
W/O Leo Neil McArthur, navigator,
Sgt Cedric Leslie Billington, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt James Spy Keay, wireless operator,
Sgt Dennis Brennen, air gunner,
Sgt William Billington, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2010LT on an operation to Essen. Approaching Düsseldorf, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Mönchengladbach. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Cyril Desmond Calvert, pilot,
Sgt Robinson Bee, flight engineer,
P/O George Mackay, navigator,
Sgt James Carleton Aston, bomb aimer,
P/O John Horace Ridd, wireless operator,
Sgt Raymond O'Brien, air gunner,
Sgt Leonard Ralph Tomlinson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 1940LT on an operation to Essen. It was later shot down over the Netherlands and crashed in Winterswijk, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L Frank Thompson Flower, pilot,
F/Sgt Frank William Thomas Routledge, flight engineer,
F/O Frederick Albert Southon, navigator,
Sgt Douglas McEwen, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Leslie Fieldhouse, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Eric L'Estrange Lightfoot Shandley, air gunner,
W/O Clarence Malcolm McGregor Coghill, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2135LT on an operation to Berlin. At 2233LT, the crew was forced to return after encountering severe weather. The airplane failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Noel Charles Johnson, pilot,
F/O William Francis Coldwell,
Sgt Douglas Hayden Harper,
Sgt Gordon Barrie McFarlane,
F/Sgt Alvin Harold Penner,
Sgt George Thomas Still,
F/Sgt Robert Desmond McCullagh, air gunner.