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The airplane departed RAF Leconfield at 2109LT on April 16 on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Couvron-et-Aumencourt. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Ivor Malcolm Payne Morgan, pilot,
F/Sgt Roy Hill, navigator,
F/O Albert William Arnold Trevarthen, bomb aimer,
Sgt Norman Bruce, wireless operator,
Sgt Leslie Pickford, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2032LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Missy-lès-Pierrepont. All seven crew members parachuted to safety, three evaded and four became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt J. E. McCrea, pilot,
Sgt J. Alderdice, flight engineer,
P/O Daniel Graham Spencer, navigator,
Sgt Clement Barnett Ings, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Edwin Conway Simpson, wireless operator,
Sgt D. L. Jones, air gunner,
Sgt Alec William Davis, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2146LT on an operation to Mannheim. Over France, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Brunehamel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O James Lauder Shiells, pilot,
P/O Kenneth Mark Piche, pilot,
Sgt John Percy Lacy, flight engineer,
P/O Clive Bolas Perring, navigator,
Sgt John Gould, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Bertie Joseph August Bessette, air gunner,
Sgt Donald James Arthur Hyde, air gunner,
Sgt Leslie Arthur James, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2116LT on an operation to Plzeň. Outbound at 16,000 feet, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Liesse-Notre-Dame. Four crew members were killed, two evaded and one the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt William Robert Owen, pilot,
F/Sgt William George Allen, flight engineer,
P/O George Cruickshank, navigator, †
F/Sgt John Reid Martyn, navigator, †
F/Sgt Donald Ronald Bradley, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Cyril Bourne, air gunner, †
Sgt Joseph William Young, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2131LT on April 14 on an operation to Stuttgart. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a marshy field located in Tugny-et-Pont. The wireless operator was killed and six other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Leyland Ellis Usher, pilot,
Sgt Robert Ernest Dressler, flight engineer,
P/O Grenville Marshall Parkinson, navigator,
Sgt Ian Ross MacDonald, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Joseph Courtney, wireless operator, †
Sgt Walter Reed, air gunner,
P/O Raymon Harry Jay, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth in the evening of April 14 on an operation to Stuttgart. Homeboud, it was shot down by a German fighter and crash landed in Dallon, southwest of Saint-Quentin. All five crew members survived and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Branscombe Dingman, pilot,
P/O Harold Ernest Garland,
Sgt Charles Albert Frederick William Griffin,
P/O Thomas Robert Cliffird Irwin,
Sgt Eric Charles Mitchell Guyatt, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 2112LT on April 14 on an operation to Stuttgart. Homebound the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Mesnil-Saint-Laurent. Two crew members were killed, two evaded and one became PoW.
Crew:
S/L F. V. Taylor, pilot,
F/O Sydney Brown, bomb aimer, †
P/O John Alexander Simpson, †
F/O G. C. Crowther,
Sgt Hugh Neil McKinnon.

The airplane departed RAF Bourn at 0019LT on an operation to Frankfurt. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sainte-Geneviève, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Eric John Trezise, pilot,
Sgt Arthur Loudon, flight engineer,
Sgt Thomas James Letbe, navigator,
F/O Peter Skinner McCaughey, bomb aimer,
Sgt Jack Harrison, wireless operator,
Sgt Harry Wakefield, air gunner,
Sgt Frederick Ronald Burton, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Kirmington at 2310LT on April 10 on an operation to Frankfurt. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Beautor, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Jerrold Mountford Everill, pilot,
F/O Francis Desmond Clarke, navigator,
P/O Roy Brown, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Robert Gurdon, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Thornton Edward Richardson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2311LT on April 10 on an operation to Frankfurt. Outbound at between 16,000 and 17,000 feet, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hirson. Four crew members were killed and four others evaded.
Crew:
F/Lt Arthur Horace Hull, pilot, †
Cpt John R. Whitley, flight engineer,
P/O Walter John Painter, navigator, †
Sgt M. B. Strange, bomb aimer,
Sgt M. A. T. Davies, wireless operator,
P/O George Alfred Bozier, wireless operator, †
Sgt Philip Edwin Matthews, air gunner, †
P/O John Arthur Ayliffe Morgan David, air gunner.