Vickers 416 Wellington IC

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2057LT on April 17 on an operation to Berlin. During the course of the next five hours, a number of w/t signals were received, the last being at 0058LTZ when SOS was heard. At this stage, the bomber was plotted 30 miles off Lowestoft. It is believed that the bomber crashed into the sea but no trace of it nor the crew was ever found.
Crew:
Sgt Frank Weldon Baker,
Sgt George Gibb,
Sgt Harry Franklin Hurt,
Sgt John Ernest Johnson,
Sgt John William Nightingarl,
Sgt Robert Donald Cowan Stark.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 0055LT on an operation to Cologne. It was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Edward Ernest Allnatt,
Sgt Talbot Charles Cyril Clifton,
Sgt Jack Peel,
P/O Kenneth Ernest Platt,
Sgt Harry Spencer Walters,
Sgt John Wood.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2023LT on an operation to Cologne. At 2343LT, the crew indicated he was preparing to bail out the the airplane crashed in Neuwied, 12 km northwest of Koblenz. Two crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Gordon Ernest Heaysman, pilot,
Sgt Grant John Mavor, observer,
Sgt George Charles Balch,
Sgt Benjamin Hanlon,
Sgt Terence Lancaster,
Sgt Stanley Frederick Whitlock.

The airplane departed RAF East Wretham az 2055LT on an operation to Berlin. While passing over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed in Baexem. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Vaclav Kosulic,
Sgt Frantisek Kracmer,
F/O Vladimir Kubicek,
Sgt Rudolf Lifcic,
F/O Frank Sixta,
Sgt Vaclav Stetka.

The crew was completing a local training flight at RAF Syerston. On approach, the pilot lost control of the airplane due to strong crosswinds and the airplane crashed near the airfield. Three crew members were killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
F/O Rudolf K. Christmann, †
Sgt Wiesław Pietruszcwski, †
Sgt Antoni Berger, †
F/O Z. Galczynski,
Sgt T. Aranowski,
Sgt J. Jarosz.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall on an operation to Kiel. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Kiel-Holtenau. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Reginald Cyril Payne, pilot,
Sgt Peter Robert Birch Meynell, pilot,
Sgt Henry William Patten, observer,
F/Sgt Thomas Eric Evans, wireless operator,
Sgt Leonard George Gillam, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur George Humphries, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2150LT on an operation to Mérignac, Bordeaux. While cruising at night, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed onto several houses located in the center of the village of Saint-Sever, bursting into flames. A crew survived and became PoW while five other occupants were killed. The airplane and the houses were destroyed and nine people on the ground were also killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ernest John Holland, observer, †
Sgt Ronald Hutchinson, wireless operator, †
P/O Ronald Rutherford Morison, pilot, †
Sgt John Leo Guy Westley, pilot, †
Sgt Walter Hugh Wilkinson, air gunner, †
Sgt K. C. H. Rawlings.
Those killed on the ground were:
Mr. & Mrs. Léon Champion,
Guy Boudier,
Marcel Champagne,
Paulette Vaudry,
Gabrielle Bricod,
Jeanine Lebedel,
Georges Morel,
Maurice Brochet.

The airplane departed RAF Alconbury at 2040LT on April 10 on an operation to Bordeaux. While returning to base the following night, it crashed for unknown reasons in The Channel. A crew was killed and five others were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
P/O John Peter Leslie Branson, †
F/Lt Frederick Anthony Bowler,
F/Lt Leonard Stewart Dunley,
Sgt Edward Alan Jewson,
Sgt Ernest Spencer,
P/O Anthony Barclay Trench.

The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 2000LT on an operation to Berlin. While approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crash landed near Berlin. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
S/L David Clifford Torrens,
Sgt Eric Harrison Berry,
P/O P. A. Goodwyn,
Sgt A. J. Smith,
Sgt Alfred Arthur Jenner,
P/O J. F. Palmer.

The airplane departed RAF Marham at 1930LT on an operation to Brest. While approaching the target area, it crashed into the sea, maybe after being shot down by enemy fire. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Robert Edward Venning Anderson, observer,
Sgt John Donald Brown,
Sgt Tahu William Dabinette,
Sgt David Francis Henderson,
Sgt Arthur George Plumb,
Sgt George Stewartson Snoddon.