Saint Eval AFB

The airplane departed RAF St Eval on an anti submarine operation off the French coast. It was shot down by a four German fighters and crashed into the sea off Saint-Brieuc. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Percival Allan Davies, pilot,
Sgt Maurice Thorpe Denham, pilot,
Sgt Richard Rawcliffe, observer,
P/O Vivian James Wotton, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Thomas Henry Miller, air gunner,
P/O Robert Sword, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval on an anti-submarine patrol mission over the Atlantic Ocean. While returning to base, it ran out of fuel and diverted to RAF Carew Cheriton where it crashed on final approach. The pilot was killed and five other crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Brian Arthur Tidman, pilot, †
F/O Dennis McHarrie, navigator,
Sgt J. Wilson, bomb aimer,
Sgt D. L. Crossley, wireless operator,
Sgt D. M. Shyba, air gunner,
Sgt M. D. Woods, air gunner.

The airplane was engaged in a bombing practice exercise with a crew of four on board. While flying over the sea, the crew was preparing for a second run but the airplane was too low and failed to gain height. It collided with a hedge and crashed in a field near Freshwater West, bursting into flames. Three crew members were killed and the air gunner was injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt Leslie Eric Letchford Huddleston, pilot, †
F/Sgt Gilbert Gerard Belec, navigator, †
F/Sgt Donald Frederick Page, wireless operator, †
W/O Alex Maier, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval on a maritime patrol flight over the Bay of Biscay. Passing over Brittany, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Taulé, northwest of Morlaix. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Ferries Raffan, pilot,
P/O Malcolm Graeme Grant, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Cheetham, navigator,
Sgt Edward Marsden, navigator,
Sgt James David Maxwell, radio operator,
Sgt Gilbert Charles James Heywood, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval on an anti-submarine patrol mission over the Bay of Biscay. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
W/O Moses Zumar, pilot,
F/Sgt George Alvin Keil, navigator,
F/Sgt Leslie Arthur Merchant, air gunner,
F/Sgt Thomas Henry Grain, air gunner,
F/Sgt Horace James Woolatt, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval on a maritime patrol flight over the Bay of Biscay. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off La Rochelle. The pilot was killed while four other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt James William McLean, pilot, †
Sgt Philip Francis Barnet Creech, copilot,
W/O John Donald Carmichael, radio operator,
W/O John Torrie Johnston, observer,
Sgt Melvin Howard Treanor, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval on an anti-submarine sweep operation in the Atlantic Ocean. Due to fuel exhaustion, the crew was forced to make an emergency landing. The airplane crash landed on a beach in Pentrez. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Neville James Mundell, pilot,
W/O James Frederick Grier,
Sgt Hugh Gerald Philip Hart,
W/O Ian Gilchrist Keiller,
F/Sgt Kenneth George d'Arcy Farrell,
Sgt Eric James Christian, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 1145LT to attack the tanker named 'Coruna' cruising north of Spain. It is believed that it was shot down by enemy fire while attacking the tanker and failed to return to base. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Archibald Leonard Searby, pilot,
P/O Arthur Eaton, flight engineer,
Sgt Ian Verdun Witham, navigator,
Sgt Albert Eric Townsend, bomb aimer,
F/O Rupert Alexander Haig, wireless operator,
Sgt David Canet, air gunner,
Sgt Samuel Richard Vowles, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval on a seven-and-a-half hour patrol flight over the Atlantic Ocean. The port engine failed, forcing the crew to ditch the airplane off Brest. All five crew members were able to get into the dinghy and were picked up by a Royal Navy destroyer three days later.
Crew:
Sgt F. Boyd,
Sgt W. G. Wishart,
Sgt T. Parker
Sgt R. F. Crouch
Sgt A. J. Hendry.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval on a meteorology mission. While returning to base, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with a cloud base at 150 feet. When over the airfield, the crew called on the R/T and was directed to land at RAF Predannack, south Cornwall. The crew acknowledged this instruction but instead of flying to Predannack, the aircraft flew along the coast. At an insufficient altitude, the airplane impacted the ground and crashed near Port Quinn. All four crew members were killed.
Crew
Sgt Douglas Ellerington Peart, pilot,
Sgt Derek John Newcombe, observer,
Sgt Morris Solomon, wireless operator,
Sgt Eric Leslie Waldron, air gunner.