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The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2135LT on April 24 on an operation to Kiel. It was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Murray Gibson,
P/O Gordon Herbert Kidd,
Sgt Alfred Henry Norris,
F/Sgt Keith Edward Taylor,
F/Sgt John Purdie Wilson.

The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crash landed into the sea west of Crete. All three crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt V. Hudson +2.

The floatplane suffered an accident in the Bay of Biscay. All 18 crew members were rescued and the airplane sank and was lost.

The floatplane departed Killadeas NAS in Ireland on a maritime patrol flight with nine crew members on board. It failed to return from operations and probably crashed somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Irish coast. All nine occupants were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Walter Henry Balch,
W/O Clifford Bond,
F/Lt Henry Francis Dempster Breese,
F/Sgt Leslie Stewart Dilnutt,
Sgt Alexander Vaughan McRae,
AC2 Herbert Vernon Norton,
Sgt Horace Arthur Tann, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Alfred Tizzard, air gunner,
AC1 James Frank Woodward.

The bomber was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in the Mediterranean Sea west of Crete Island. Two crew members were killed and two others were rescued.
Crew:
Lt Alfred Pich, pilot,
Gefr Willi Nagel, bomb aimer, †
Uffz Gottfried Haustein, radio operator, †
Uffz Erich Dürnwirth, air gunner.

The airplane was completing a patrol mission with a second similar machine. As weather conditions deteriorated, the wingman returned to base about an hour into the flight. But the leader continued and probably crashed somewhere into the sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Domenico Valsania, pilot,
Sgt Antonio Sirignano, pilot,
Maj Luigi Barbesino, pilot,
Cpl Ezio Mita, engineer,
Cpl Aldo Balducci, mechanic,
Cpl Attilio Calvari, air gunner.

The bomber departed Creil Airport on an operation to England but crashed for unknown reasons in The Channel. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt W. vom Felde, pilot,
Fw P. Schönhoff, observer,
Fw R. Janocha, radio operator,
Fw W. Rübich, mechanic.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2041LT on April 17 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following night, it was hit by the German Flak over Hamburg, which wrecked the port engine. At 0350LT the starboard motor seized and caught fire, followed ten minutes later by a ditching in the North Sea. Late in the evening of April 20, a Hudson sighted the crew in their dinghy and a second Hudson later dropped Lindholme rescue gear in their vicinity. At 2230LT that same evening on very exhausted bomber crew were rescued by an ASR launch some 64 hours after coming down in the sea.
Crew:
P/O A. A. Law,
Sgt A. Whwell,
P/O McNeil,
Sgt Rose,
Sgt Steggall.

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 Topcliffe at 2027LT on April 17 on an operation to Berlin. It was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Donovan Gibson, pilot,
F/O Leslie Edward Pearson, pilot,
Sgt Cyril Edward Gansler, observer,
Sgt Harold Douglas Bowles, wireless operator,
Sgt Leonard William Flint, wireless operator.