Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford on Operation Director 22/Reporter and Surgeon (Special Operation Executive) with eight crew on board. Passing north of Caen, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Douvres-la-Délivrande. A crew was killed, four became PoW and three evaded.
Crew:
W/O S. Jensen, pilot,
F/O Bolesław Korpowski, flight engineer,
Sgt A. N. Dent,
F/L I. Izycki,
Sgt G. Evans,
Sgt Jan Lesniewicz, wireless operator, †
W/O Leszek Wladysław Zaborowski, air gunner,
W/O L. Urbanski, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2334LT on April 10 on an operation to Frankfurt. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in an open field in Anoux. An air gunner was killed and six others crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Henry Jack Adams, pilot,
Sgt Matthew Clarke, flight engineer,
F/O Philip Hyden, navigator,
Sgt Stanley Victor Fred Hurrell, bomb aimer,
Sgt Clifford James Price, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley George Reed, air gunner,
Sgt Jethro Nathaniel Enright, 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.

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2341LT on April 10 on an operation to Frankfurt. Over France at an altitude of 16,000 feet, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Fleigneux. Four crew members were killed, two others became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
F/O George Frank Lambert, pilot,
Sgt Anthony Claude Beddoe, flight engineer, †
F/O Vernon Reginald Matthews, navigator, †
Sgt John Richard Jones, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ronald Albert Kempsell, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald Albert Nason, air gunner, †
Sgt Samuel James Knight, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Elvington at 2141LT on an operation to Duisburg. Shortly after midnight, while returning to base and flying at an altitude of 15,000 feet, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Moyvillers. Seven crew members were killed and one parachuted to safety and became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Julien William Noel Balley, pilot, †
Sgt Louis Frederick Samson, pilot, †
Sgt James William Robert Henry Woodley, flight engineer, †
Sgt Thomas Smith McStay, navigator, †
Sgt Roland Wilson, navigator,
F/Sgt Peter Alexander Greene, wireless operator, †
Sgt Ronald Walter Hedicker, air gunner, †
Sgt Tom Crossland, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2138LT on April 8 on an operation to Duisburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Maurice Alec Stanley Elliott, pilot,
F/O Harold Humphrey Rogers, flight engineer,
Sgt John Douglas Armstrong, navigator,
F/O Alexander Millar Houston, navigator,
P/O Reginald Renouf Johnston, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt John Appleton, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald John Matthews, air gunner,
F/Sgt Thomas Kenneth Wagstaff, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 2147LT on an operation to Duisburg. Over Krefeld, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. Six crew members were killed and the flight engineer became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Hubert Morris, pilot, †
Sgt Lavern Elmer Turner, flight engineer,
Sgt Kenneth Herbert Godbold, navigator, †
F/O Arthur Reginald Hickey, navigator, †
Sgt Reginald John Amos, wireless operator, †
Sgt Percy John Ireland, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Delmar Cyril Way, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse in the evening on an operation to Duisburg. For unknown reasons, the crew was forced to return to base earlier and the airplane crashed upon landing at 2305LT and was damaged beyond repair. All seven crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
P/O D. McClelland, pilot,
Sgt E. Ackroyd,
F/Sgt J. W. Beals,
P/O E. E. Tingley,
Sgt E. J. Currie,
Sgt J. R. Brown,
P/O G. C. Stevenson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2042LT to lay mines in the Cinnamon area, off La Rochelle. Last heard at 2323LT and probably crashed shortly later into the sea off Isle of Ré, west of La Rochelle. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O John Harvey Edwards, pilot,
Sgt Archibald Don Gordon, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Robert John Jones, navigator,
F/Sgt Reginald Victor Stuart, navigator,
Sgt Lionel Robert Wallace, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Floyd Roger Willis Anderson, air gunner,
F/Sgt Frank Duncan Roberts, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Melbourne at 2021LT on April 4 on an operation to Kiel. It was badly shot about by a German fighter and on return, an emergency landing was attempted at RAF Thornaby. On final approach, at an altitude of 500 feet, all engines failed and the bomber stalled and crashed in an open field located short of runway. All seven crew members escaped unhurt.
Crew:
Sgt R. C. Williams, pilot,
Sgt W. Laverick,
Sgt J. Hooson,
Sgt S. J. Stone,
Sgt R. G. H. Wray,
Sgt H. C. Redman,
Sgt J. Smith, air gunner.