Vickers 424 Wellington IV

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2353LT on April 17 on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 25 km off Terschelling. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Józef Jan Kuśmierz, pilot,
F/O Jan Urbaniak, pilot,
F/O Jan Orsza-Matysek, observer,
Sgt Jan Orlewski, wireless operator,
Sgt Franciszek Bay, air gunner,
Sgt Aleksander Hupalo, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2144LT on April 14 on an operation to Dortmund. It was badly damaged by the German Flak but the crew was able to return to England. Short of fuel, the captain attempted an emergency landing in an open field located in Bardney. Two crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Stanisław Michał Krzystyniak, pilot,
P/O Kazimierz Józef Szrajer, pilot,
F/O Radomir Ryszard Walczak, observer,
Sgt Czesław Harmuszkiewicz, wireless operator,
Sgt Ignacy Adamczyk, air gunner,
Sgt Leon Brunon Abakanowicz, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2143LT on April 14 on an operation to Dortmund. Approaching the Belgian coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed off the coast of West Flanders, region of Ostend. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Mieczysław Rzemyk, pilot, †
F/Lt Stanisław Antoni Reyman, pilot,
F/O Zdzisław Franciszek Zamoyski, observer, †
Sgt Janusz Piotr Truszkowski, wireless operator, †
Sgt Stanisław Niewiadomski, air gunner, †
Sgt Edward Wojan, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2151LT on April 12 on an operation to Essen. It was wrecked in a forced landing at a decoy airfield site located in Crostwick, northeast of RAF Horsham St Faith (Norwich). All six crew members escaped uninjured while the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
F/O Jerzy Goldhaar, pilot,
Sgt Józef Adolf Stephani, pilot,
F/O Zbigniew Kazimierz Staerz, pilot,
Sgt Józef Tadeusz Piasecki, pilot,
Sgt Zdzisław Zygmunt Twarkowski, wireless operator,
Sgt Ludomir Lucjan Marian Lasocki, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2143LT on April 12 on an operation to Essen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Boekel. Five crew members were killed and a sixth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Wladyslaw Zalejko, pilot,
Sgt Jan Alojzy Kuczak, pilot,
F/O Poitr Pajer, navigator,
Sgt Wladyslaw Strzelczyk, wireless operator,
Sgt Konrad Lubojanski , wireless operator,
Sgt Josef Balucki, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2207LT on an operation to Essen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Broekkant, southwest of Beers. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Edmund Burszewski, pilot,
P/O Jerzy Wasilewski, pilot,
S/L Kasimierz Francizek Przykorski, navigator,
Sgt Stefan Mucha, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Marian Henryck Zawodny, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Leon Blach, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 0014LT on an operation to Essen. Passing over Cologne, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the center of Hürth, in the southwest suburb of Cologne. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt George Henry Mays, pilot,
Sgt Lawrence Ernest Taylor, pilot,
F/Sgt Victor Reginald Dufton, observer,
Sgt Francis Geoefrey Huntley, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Ronald Bennett Blatchley, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt David Maxwell Laing, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2128LT on March 28 on an operation to Lübeck. It was hit by the German Flak and while returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel, probably due to a holed fuel tank. All six crew members bailed out and became PoW. The airplane dove into the ground and crashed in Mijdrecht.
Crew:
P/O J. H. Hall, pilot,
F/Sgt L. H. Houghton, pilot,
F/Sgt J. E. Harritt, navigator,
F/Sgt A. R. Tidder, wireless operator,
Sgt G. P. Wadsworth, wireless operator,
Sgt E. J. Pettitt, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2139LT on March 28 on an operation to Lübeck. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed on the Cambrai Kaserne. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt George Thomas Leather, pilot,
Sgt Wilfred Clarence Picher, pilot,
Sgt Gerald Patrick Murray, observer,
Sgt Hugh James McHutchinson, wireless operator,
Sgt Horace James Whale, wireless operator,
Sgt Kenneth William Smith, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1955LT on an operation to Essen. While returning to base in the late evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Bloemendaal. Five crew members were killed and a sixth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Franciszek Stanisław Porada, pilot, †
F/Sgt Emil Horbajczu, pilot, †
F/O Wiktor Jankowiak, observer, †
Sgt Jan Marian Tobola, wireless operator, †
Sgt Jerzy Pietrow, air gunner, †
Sgt Ryszard Pukas, air gunner.