The Channel

The airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 1207LT to attack a viaduct in Morlaix. Approaching the French coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into The Channel. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Clifford Stanley Thomas, pilot,
F/O Richard Laurence Bowyer,
Sgt Robert Morton,
Sgt George Currah, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 1626LT on an operation to Lorient. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Eugene Joseph Stanton, pilot,
P/O Frank Noon,
F/O Walter Douglas Marks,
Sgt Wilfred George Goode,
F/Sgt Joseph Claude Desrosiers, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1215LT to attack the Cherbourg-Maupertus Airport. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into The Channel. A crew survived and three others were killed.
Crew:
F/O S. B. Peryman, pilot,
Sgt Basil Dewdrey Bridge, radio operator, †
F/O Kenneth William Johns, observer, †
Sgt Kenneth Joseph Teague, air gunner. †

The twin engine airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1220LT on an operation to the airport of Cherbourg-Maupertus, with five other similar airplanes. Following an uneventful mission, the airplane was returning to base when it crashed in unknown circumstances into The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew (464th Squadron):
Sgt Norman Ernest Powell, pilot,
Sgt Peter Arnold Nodes, navigator,
Sgt James Dunne, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Stanley John Newton, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Ingham at 2234LT on January 14 on an operation to Lorient. It failed to return to base and was probably shot down by the German Flak and crashed somewhere into The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Stanisław Gosiewski, pilot,
P/O Stefan Zukotynski, navigator,
Sgt Jerzy Burda, radio operator,
Sgt Henryk Imialek, bomb aimer,
Sgt Josef Jednaki, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Chedburgh at 1826LT on an operation to Lorient. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
S/L P. W. M. Carlyon, pilot,
F/O D. K. O'Donnell,
Sgt C. E. C. Ransom,
Sgt L. Carr,
Sgt J. L. Kemp,
F/Sgt J. N. Peck,
P/O P. F. Pinder, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 1810LT on an operation to Stuttgart. While returning to base the following night and crossing the Normandy coast, it was shot down by the German Flak. It was ditched into The Channel and was lost. Six crew members were rescued and became PoW and one was killed.
Crew:
P/O Richard Norman Williams, pilot,
F/Lt George Major Bishop, observer,
F/O Jack Russell Bushby,
F/Sgt Charles Herbert Crawley,
F/Sgt Graham Lamprey Davies,
F/Sgt Thomas Rodham Armstrong, †
P/O Olaf Cecil Yves Lambert, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Stuttgart. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into The Channel, or maybe the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O S. R. Young, pilot,
Sgt E. A. Waters,
Sgt C. A. Weymouth,
Sgt T. W. Brock,
Sgt W. K. D. Page,
F/O D. J. Appleton,
F/Sgt J. G. R. Tough, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford on a Special Operation Executive to France. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O John Edward Turnham, pilot,
W/O Jack Robert O'Leary, pilot,
F/O Laurence Wheatley, navigator,
Sgt Falconer Morrison, wireless operator,
Sgt Arnold Hallewell, air gunner,
Sgt Sydney White, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 1742LT on an operation to Genoa. It crashed in unknown circumstances into The Channel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Gordon Shotton Hughes, pilot,
F/O Wilbert Harry Thomas, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Anderson,
F/Sgt Lloyd Denzil Clark,
P/O Thomas Edward Oliver, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Norman George Edmund Perrett,
Sgt Harry Hardy, air gunner,
P/O Kenneth William Leakey, air gunner.