Le Havre

The airplane departed RAF Tangmere at 1346LT to attack a tanker reported at Le Havre. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Seymour Leslie Thomas Paine, pilot,
Sgt Reginald George Banks,
Sgt William James Stanley Wolstenholme.

The airplane departed RAF Tangmere at 1346LT to attack a tanker reported at Le Havre. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Raymond Meredith Hudson, pilot,
Sgt George Stephenson Needler,
Sgt Derek Poulston.

The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 1909LT on a maritime patrol flight. Approaching the French coast, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea off Le Havre. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Charles Fraser Rogerson, pilot,
P/O Robert Arban Gee, observer,
Sgt Arthur Simpson Riddell, radio operator,
F/Sgt Michael Leslie Sharpe, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1927LT on an operation to Le Havre. Approaching the target area, it crashed in unknown circumstances, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/Cdr James Kenneth Montague Drysdale, pilot,
F/Lt Walter Ronald Gardiner, pilot,
F/Sgt William Charles Wheatley, observer,
F/Sgt John Desmond Truscott, wireless operator,
F/Lt William Charles Ward, air gunner,
F/Lt Ithel David Jeremy, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Oulton at 0625LT on an anti-shipping operation. While approaching Le Havre, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Ronald Brownlie Galt,
Sgt Christopher Frederick James Parslow,
Sgt Stanley Vardy, observer.

The airplane departed RAF Oulton at 0625LT on an anti-shipping operation. While approaching Le Havre, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Frank Wilfred Turner, pilot,
P/O Roy Stewart Wilson, pilot,
Sgt Richard Thomas Stephens, observer.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Le Havre. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the estuary of the Seine, few km south of Le Havre. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L James Anderson Pitcairn Hill, pilot,
P/O Arthur Peter Lindsell, pilot,
Sgt Charles Gordon McCarthy, observer,
P/O Victor Arthur Rendell, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 0905LT on a reconnaissance mission after another RAF Blenheim registered L8792 was missing since the previous day in the area of Cherbourg. While flying over Le Havre, the airplane was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Deryck Allnutt Drew, pilot,
Sgt Arthur Gordon Herbert, observer,
Sgt James Reuben Close, wireless operator and air gunner.

The crew departed RAF Marham at 2115LT on May 21 on a bombing mission over Dinant. While approaching Le Havre, the bomber went out of control and crashed for unknown reason. All six occupants were killed.
Crew (115th Squadron):
P/O Douglas W. W. Morris, pilot,
Sgt Francis Williams, pilot,
Sgt Francis A. G. Lowe, observer,
LAC Harold G. Griffin, wireless operator and air gunner,
AC2 Thomas Kennedy, wireless operator and air gunner,
AC2 Allen Robinson, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the Seine estuary, off Le Havre, while on a flight from Villacoublay to Lympne, Kent. The pilot was rescued while the aircraft was salvaged but later declared as damaged beyond repair. The airplane was carrying a load of jewelry from Spanish Nationalist refugees.