The Channel

The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 2120LT on April 20 to lay mines off the French coast. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into The Channel. All five crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt Richard Campbell Ellison, pilot,
Sgt W. G. Bailey,
Sgt Horace Edwin John Horton,
Sgt Edward Clowes Nicholson,
Sgt Walter Joseph Mullaney, air gunner.

While engaged in an operation to England, the airplane was probably shot down by a British fighter and crashed into The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Obfw Heinz Ahrens, pilot,
Uffz Rudolf Siegmund, observer,
Uffz Heinrich Knapp, radio operator,
Fw Alfons Kurze, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Netheravon at 1858LT to drop leaflets over Châteauroux. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt William Ronald Erasmus, pilot,
Sgt Sidney Albert George Wraight, observer,
Sgt Jack Heaton Beebe, radio operator,
F/Sgt Edward Froggatt, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Ingham at 1810LT on an operation to Lorient. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt George Moses, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Stevens Guy,
W/O Leonard James Sweitzer,
Sgt Derek Wilfrid Turner,
Sgt Howard Jack Read, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 1207LT to attack a viaduct in Morlaix. Approaching the French coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into The Channel. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Clifford Stanley Thomas, pilot,
F/O Richard Laurence Bowyer,
Sgt Robert Morton,
Sgt George Currah, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 1626LT on an operation to Lorient. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Eugene Joseph Stanton, pilot,
P/O Frank Noon,
F/O Walter Douglas Marks,
Sgt Wilfred George Goode,
F/Sgt Joseph Claude Desrosiers, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1215LT to attack the Cherbourg-Maupertus Airport. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into The Channel. A crew survived and three others were killed.
Crew:
F/O S. B. Peryman, pilot,
Sgt Basil Dewdrey Bridge, radio operator, †
F/O Kenneth William Johns, observer, †
Sgt Kenneth Joseph Teague, air gunner. †

The twin engine airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1220LT on an operation to the airport of Cherbourg-Maupertus, with five other similar airplanes. Following an uneventful mission, the airplane was returning to base when it crashed in unknown circumstances into The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew (464th Squadron):
Sgt Norman Ernest Powell, pilot,
Sgt Peter Arnold Nodes, navigator,
Sgt James Dunne, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Stanley John Newton, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Ingham at 2234LT on January 14 on an operation to Lorient. It failed to return to base and was probably shot down by the German Flak and crashed somewhere into The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Stanisław Gosiewski, pilot,
P/O Stefan Zukotynski, navigator,
Sgt Jerzy Burda, radio operator,
Sgt Henryk Imialek, bomb aimer,
Sgt Josef Jednaki, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Chedburgh at 1826LT on an operation to Lorient. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
S/L P. W. M. Carlyon, pilot,
F/O D. K. O'Donnell,
Sgt C. E. C. Ransom,
Sgt L. Carr,
Sgt J. L. Kemp,
F/Sgt J. N. Peck,
P/O P. F. Pinder, air gunner.