Bay of Biscay

En route from UK to Morocco and while flying over the Bay of Biscay, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea. All seven occupants were killed.
Crew:
F/O Gordon Saunders McCulloch, pilot,
F/Sgt Kenneth Malcolmson Gillies, navigator,
F/O Patrick Joseph Mccrohan Greig, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt James Charles Nicol, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Gerard Daniel McDougall, air gunner.
Passengers:
Cpl Allan Cyrenius James Coates,
Lac John Bruce Leitch.

En route from UK to Morocco and while flying over the Bay of Biscay, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea. All seven occupants were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Alexander Theodore Sodero, pilot,
F/O George Henry Hubbell, navigator,
Sgt William Robert King, bomb aimer,
Sgt Robert Spencer Hollowell, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Harry Llewellyn Davis, air gunner.
Passengers:
Cpl James Foster MacKenzie,
Lac Thomas Robert Brookes.

The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath at 2211LT on May 21 to lay mines in the Bay of Biscay. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed in the target area. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Cyril Edward Tomlin, pilot,
Sgt Albert Camps,
Sgt George Thomas Cook,
Sgt Ernest William Hall,
Sgt Allan James,
Sgt Walter Henry Arthur Shelvington,
Sgt John Stanley Warburton, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington to lay mines in the Furze area, Bay of Biscay. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the Bay of Biscay. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Ralph Brown, pilot,
Sgt Robert Albert Storey, flight engineer,
F/O Basil Carey,
Sgt Ralph James Mitchell Cox,
F/Lt Ronald Yarwood Higginson,
Sgt Harold Jenkins,
W/O Joseph Frederick Nutt, air gunner,
Sgt Joseph Arthur Bland, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Saint Eval at 1632LT on an anti-shipping strike operation in the Bay of Biscay. During the attack, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea off the French coast. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Gordon Alton Cline, pilot,
F/O Wilfred Blythe Keown, observer,
W/O Alexander Michael John Kelly, air gunner,
F/Sgt John McMahon Ryan, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Kirmington at 2217LT on April 6 to lay mines in the Artichokes region, off Lorient. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Bay of Biscay. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Lt Nigel Stuart Hally Brown, pilot,
F/Sgt Eric Edward Lancaster,
Sgt Ronald Lankester,
Sgt Malcolm Harold Victor Lewis,
Sgt Ivan Caulton, air gunner.

Failed to return to base following a maritime patrol flight over the Bay of Biscay. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Lt Gerhard Feist, pilot,
Obfw Willi Eck, radio operator,
Uffz Walter Wirt, observer,
Obfw Georg Kircher, mechanic,
Uffz Albert Bode, mechanic.

The airplane departed RAF Kirmington to lay mines in the French coastal waters. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Bay of Biscay. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur Henry Radbourne, pilot,
Sgt Eric William Aldridge,
Sgt Wallace Carter,
Sgt Jack Stock,
Sgt Thomas Henry Luscombe, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe at 2028LT to lay mines in the Deodars region. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Bay of Biscay. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Lt Alan Hone Nichols, pilot,
F/O John Campbell Davis,
Sgt John William Moon,
F/O John Parsons,
Sgt Albert Ernest Roberts,
Sgt Cecil Mark Skelton,
F/Sgt Austin Gabriel Maguire, air gunner.

While attacking a RAF Wellington registered BK516, the airplane was shot down by the Polish crew and crashed into the Bay of Biscay as well as the Wellington. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Karl Franz, pilot,
Gefr Dalbor, mechanic,
Uffz Theil, radio operator.