Cherbourg

The airplane departed RAF Hixon on a mission to Paris. Passing over Cherbourg, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. Three crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Hennessy, pilot, †
P/O Gerald Thomas Freemantle, observer,
Sgt Reginald James Franklin, radio operator,
Sgt John Anderson, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Rowland John Paul Chandler, air gunner, †
Sgt William Gilroy, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 0810LT on an operation to Cherbourg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea some 5 km off Cherbourg. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Kenneth Niles Symons, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Edward Neathway, observer, †
Sgt Edgar Dixon, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley George Richardson, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAG Great Massingham at 1436LT on an operation to Augsburg. Approaching the French coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off the harbor of Cherbourg. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Frederick Herbert Ashton Ashford, pilot,
P/O Francis Albert Grills, observer,
Sgt Alfred Donald Gardiner, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island on a reconnaissance photo operation over Cherbourg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the harbor of Cherbourg. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt David Adye Buchan, pilot,
Sgt Patrick Godfrey Thompson, observer,
Sgt Richard Elwyd French, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Stringer, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Watton at 1040LT to attacks the docks in Cherbourg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt William Douglas Barker,
Sgt Cyril Gordon Penn,
S/L Herbert John Charles Tudge.

The airplane departed RAF Watton at 2205LT on an operation to Hanover. For unknown reasons, the crew was forced to make an emergency landing near Cherbourg. All three crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt R. J. McConnell,
Sgt E. W. Green,
Sgt D. Bristow.

The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 2300LT on September 17 on an operation to Cherbourg. Approaching the target at low altitude, the crew dropped its torpedo then initiated a turn to the east to the Val de Saire when the airplane was shot down by the German Flak. Out of control, the airplane collided with an electric pole at Hôtel Giffard Street then crashed onto a house located in Bourbourg, in the suburb of Cherbourg. There was no explosion nor fire. All four crew members as well as seven people on the ground were killed.
Crew:
P/O Thomas Atherton, pilot,
P/O Ruthven Arnold Macfarlane, pilot,
Sgt John Leslie Feather, wireless operator,
Sgt Cyril James Harvey, wireless operator.
Those killed on the ground were:
Albertine Lecouey,
Marie Burnel and five members of families Auvray and Burnel.

Crashed upon landing west of Cherbourg, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
Uffz Werner Ose, pilot,
Lt Wilhelm Sibeth, observer,
Uffz Willi Kaiser, radio operator,
Uffz Siegmund Lindemann, mechanic.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2105LT on August 14 on a raid over Chartres. At the end of the night, probably due to a fuel exhaustion after being hit by enemy fire, the crew ditched the airplane off Cherbourg. The aircraft sank and was lost. All three crew members took place in a dinghy and became PoW after the reached the shore.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Roy Newton, pilot,
Sgt Gavin Allen McCreary, observer,
Sgt Frederick Miles Hotchkiss, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed Cherbourg on a reconnaissance mission over England. While cruising at an altitude of 18,000 feet, it was attacked by three Hurricanes. The crew reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in a field, bursting into flames. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Fw Fritz Bohnen, pilot,
Oblt Georg Thiel, observer,
Uffz Alfred Werner, air gunner.