Lorient

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 1859LT on an operation to Lorient. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O John Charles Young, pilot,
Sgt Douglas Eric Cardwell, mechanic,
P/O Wilfred Ronald Neville, navigator,
P/O Alexander William Stubbs, radio operator,
Sgt John Charles Woodward, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Arthur James Mason, air gunner,
Sgt Herbert Charles Ford, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Blyton at 1730LT on an operation to Lorient. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the target area, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O John Morling Bell, pilot,
F/Sgt Harold Eunson Woodruff, navigator,
F/Sgt Elwyn Knowles Jones, observer,
F/O Robert Joseph Keyes, radio operator,
F/Lt Arthur Cowie, air gunner,
Sgt George Easey, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe on an operation to Lorient. Approaching the target area, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Evan Arthur Davies, pilot,
Sgt Donald Robert Bishop, mechanic,
W/O John Howard Bailey, navigator,
F/Sgt John Herbert McCarthy, radio operator,
F/O Maurice James Steward, observer,
F/Sgt William James Hogg, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Lloyd Harvey Peterson, air gunner,
F/Sgt Keith Jonathan Hodgson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1802LT on an operation to Lorient. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Lorient. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Desmond Skinner, pilot,
Sgt John Hunter, mechanic,
Sgt Harold Theodore Waddell, navigator,
Sgt Alan Knight, radio operator,
Sgt George Taylor Vincent, bomb aimer,
Sgt Arthur Howells, air gunner,
F/Sgt Raymond Walton, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1908LT on an operation to Lorient. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed in the target area. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Dean William Smith, pilot,
Sgt Douglas Matthew Brackenridge, mechanic,
F/Sgt William Harris Cowman, radio operator,
F/Sgt Joseph Fisher Sayers, observer,
Sgt Reginald James Salt, observer,
W/O William Herbert Lough, observer,
F/Sgt Joseph Emery Giguere, air gunner.

The airplane the departed RAF Ingham on an operation to Lorient. Over the target area, it crashed for unknown reasons, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Kenneth Powell, pilot,
Sgt Anthony Edward Keeton, pilot,
Sgt Morris John Norgate, navigator,
F/Sgt Charles Barry Sullivan, radio operator,
Sgt David Coventry Pennycook, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ronald Valentine Baker, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1912LT on an operation to Lorient. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the target area, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Herbert Dalton Lewis, pilot,
Sgt Charles Frederick Abraham, mechanic,
F/O Kenneth Llewellyn Morgan, navigator,
Sgt George Edward Young, radio operator,
Sgt Howard Llewellyn Williams, bomb aimer,
Sgt Alfred Raymond Parker, air gunner,
Sgt John Brown Hillhouse, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Kirmington at 1717LT on an operation to Lorient. Approaching the target area, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Robert Malcolm Gray, pilot,
Sgt Bernard Martin,
Sgt George William Jackson,
Sgt Robert Thomas Sharp,
Sgt Douglas Ernest Hardy, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Molesworth on an operation to Lorient. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off the city. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Ehle H. Reber, pilot,
2nd Lt Allan D. Mitchell, copilot,
T/Sgt Duke L. Hamilton Jr., mechanic,
1st Lt Jarold J. Byrom, navigator,
S/Sgt Irwin D. Blankenship, radio operator,
2nd Lt Robert J. Swindle, bomb aimer,
S/Sgt Luther M. Gross air gunner,
Sgt Victor G. Hand air gunner,
S/Sgt Donald A. Mayo, air gunner,
Sgt Roger W. Milford air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1702LT on an operation to Lorient. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed into the sea off Lorient. Lost without trace.
Crew:
S/L Mark Arthur Lotherington Williams, pilot,
P/O Edgar Richard Charlesworth, navigator,
P/O Alfred Raymond Eckton, bomb aimer,
Sgt Henry Duncan Munro, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter Henry Pates, air gunner.