The Channel

The airplane departed RAF Bradwell Bay on an operation to Melun. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Arthur Thomas Persian, pilot,
P/O Charles Gordon Tassie McGregor, observer,
F/Sgt Charles Edwin Stuart, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2023LT on September 8 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, it suffered engine problems and was ditched in The Channel. A crew member drowned while four others were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt Terence Bryce Treble, †
F/Sgt J. C. Heddon,
Sgt J. C. Holmes,
Sgt M. P. Noble,
Sgt R. S. Taylor.

The airplane departed RAF Bradwell Bay at 2144LT on an operation to Rouen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Albert John Richard Millman, pilot,
P/O James Alexander Howard McClafferty, observer,
Sgt Sydney Raymond Williams, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Bradwell Bay on an operation to Dieppe (Operation Jubilee). After being hit by enemy fire, the crew ditched the airplane into The Channel. A crew was killed and two others were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt W. L. Buchanan,
P/O Paul Clark Gillicuddy, observer, †
Sgt C. G. Scott.

The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1909LT on an operation to Dunkirk (Operation Circus 186). Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and was later ditched some 15 km off the coast of Kent into The Channel. All four crew members were rescued, among them two were injured.
Crew:
P/O L. J. Skinner,
Sgt R. Foster,
Sgt B. Bernstein,
Sgt G. Mann.

The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1809LT on an operation to Dunkirk. Over the target area, it was badly shot about by antiaircraft fire. The crew was able to evacuated the area but was eventually forced to abandon the airplane that crashed into The Channel some 15 km off the coast of Kent. All four crew members were later rescued, among them one was injured.
Crew:
F/O Leonard John Skinner, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Foster, observer,
Sgt B. Bernstein, wireless operator,
Sgt G. Mann, air gunner.

The airplane failed to return to base following an operation over the enemy territory. It is believed that it crashed into The Channel off the French coast. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt John Charles Bennett, pilot,
Sgt Robert Drummond Stevenson, observer,
P/O Robert Michael Cundy, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport on an operation to England. It crashed in unknown circumstances into The Channel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Fw U. Sonnemann, pilot,
Fw H. Wimmer, observer,
Uffz K.-H. Westmar, radio operator,
Uffz. A. Kanther, mechanic.

The airplane departed RAF Woolfox Lodge at 2105LT on an operation to Le Havre. After being damaged to the starboard engines by the German Flak, the crew decided to return to England but was forced to ditch the airplane some 30 km off the South Coast of England. The crew took to their dinghy and after five days they ended up on rocks Pelee Island off Cherbourg. Sgt Meikle decided to swim ashore. Unfortunately he drowned in the attempt. The remaining crew were captured and made PoW's and also treated for exposure.
Crew:
Sgt D. H. McSporran, pilot,
Sgt F. Hartley, flight engineer,
Sgt A. V. Cuthbert, navigator,
Sgt K. J. Watson, bomb aimer,
Sgt David James Meikle, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt Hey Hardy, air gunner,
Sgt J. J. M. Rigley.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2033LT on March 27 on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. While returning to base the following night, it came down in The Channel and sank. After spending 10 hours in their dinghy, all five crew members were rescued by a minesweeper.
Crew:
F/Sgt Grey,
F/O Whitworth,
P/O Leslie Lisle Orchard,
Sgt Shine,
Sgt Humphreys.