Lioré-et-Olivier LeO 45 (451-459)

The airplane departed Orléans-Bricy AFB to bomb a column of tanks east of Saint Quentin. While attacked by Me.109, the pilot elected to evacuate the area. Flying at a too low altitude, the airplane collided with power lines and crashed in a field, bursting into flames. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Adj André René Lucien Vuathelot, pilot,
Adj Jacques Louis Mac-Guiness, pilot,
Adj Raymond Eugène Maffat, radio operator,
Sgt Henri Hippolyte Legrand, air gunner.

The airplane departed Claye-Souilly Airfield on a bombing mission over the area of Amiens. After being shot down by enemy fire, it crashed in a wooded area located in Lawarde-Mauger-l'Hortoy, bursting into flames. All four occupants were seriously injured.
Crew:
Lt Henri Gabriel Hourtic, Chief,
Sgt/C Jacques Tanchoux, pilot,
Cpl Jean Roger, radio operator,
Sgt Jean Desneux, air gunner.

The airplane departed Persan-Beaumont at 1100LT to attack German columns between Trélon and Chimay, Belgium. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in an open field located in Rogécourt, bursting into flames. All four crew members bailed out and were injured.
Crew:
Cdt Pierre Nicolas Schmitter, pilot,
S/Lt Fernand Macombe, observer,
Sgt René Vergnet, radio operator,
Sgt Émile Panay, air gunner.

The airplane departed Persan-Beaumont Airfield at 1140LT to attack German columns between Guise and Bohain-en-Vermandois. Over Montcornet, it was shot down by Flak and crashed in a field located in Macquigny. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/Lt Aimé Louis Masclaud, Chief,
Cpt André Victor Raymond Rocher, pilot,
Adj/C Roger Louis Lambert, radio operator,
Cpl/C Yves Marie Joseph Le Goyat, air gunner.

The airplane departed Persan-Beaumont at 1100LT to attack enemy columns between Trélon and Chimay, Belgium. It was shot down by Flak and crashed near Esquéhéries. One crew member survived after he bailed out while three others were killed.
Crew:
Lt Gilbert Marcel Boudot, Chief, †
Sgt/C Gérard Louis Marcel Gombert, pilot, †
Sgt/C Pierre Le Guellec, radio operator,
Adj/C Louis René Gast, air gunner. †

The airplane departed Persan-Beaumont to attack German columns between Trélon and Chimay, Belgium. It was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed in Floyon. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/Lt Arsène Alfred Marie Rigourd, Chief,
Sgt/C Hervé Jean Bougault, pilot,
Sgt Robert Jacques Jean Halma, radio operator,
Adj/C Paul Louis Marie Eugène Fourneau, air gunner.

The airplane departed La Ferté-Gaucher to attack enemy troops based in the sector of Liart. It was shot down by Flak and crashed into a house. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt/C André Marcel Edouard Masset, pilot,
S/Lt Alfred Charles André Devalez, Chief,
Sgt Maurice Buisson, radio operator,
Sgt/C Jean Pierre Joseph Moity, air gunner.

The airplane departed Roye Airfield to attack a German column moving on a road in Montcornet. After being shot down by Flak over Juvincourt, the crew bailed out and abandoned the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in a field. The aircraft was destroyed and all four crew members were slightly injured.
Crew:
Cpt Robert Henri Hirsch, pilot,
S/Lt Louis Raoul, observer,
Adj/C André Perrigouard, radio operator,
Sgt/C René Lucien Mériguet, air gunner.

The airplane departed Soissons on a bombing mission. After being hit by Flak, the pilot attempted an emergency landing with one engine on fire when the airplane crashed in a field. A crew member was killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
Adj/C Cherigie, pilot,
S/Lt Lemaire, Chief,
Sgt/C Henri Etienne Pironneau, radio operator, †
Cpl/C Fourrier, air gunner.

The airplane departed Soissons at 1145LT on a patrol flight with four crew members on board. En route, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and exploded. Two crew members were able to bail out before the aircraft crashed on a road in Bulson. Two other crew were killed.
Crew:
Adj/C Lucien Leroy, pilot, †
Lt Paul Louis Robert Joseph Jean Hugot, Chief, †
Sgt Henri Lebeaupin, radio operator,
Adj Jacquemin, air gunner.