Plouay

The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 1726LT on an operation to Lorient. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Plouay and was destroyed. Four crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas Gilmour Rait, pilot, †
F/O William Matthew Currie, navigator, †
Sgt Leonard Thomas Hooper, radio operator,
F/O Desmond James Rose, observer, †
Sgt Sydney John Gray, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Newmarket at 1753LT on an operation to Lorient. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and abandoned by the crew before crashing in Plouay. Two crew members were killed, one evaded and four became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Roy Arthur Williams, pilot, †
Sgt Kenneth Gudmunsen, mechanic,
F/Sgt Donald Elgin Browne, navigator,
Sgt T. H. Smith, radio operator,
Sgt Harry Sawyer, bomb aimer,
Sgt Leonard R. Willis, air gunner,
P/O Dudley Harding-Smith, air gunner. †