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The aircraft took off from Paris-Le Bourget Airport at 0750LT on a flight to test a new type of air scoop. The new scoop was fitted to one engine only to allow comparison tests to be made. Five minutes later, the aircraft reached the altitude of 4,300 feet and four minutes later, at 0759LT, the starboard engine was stopped and the test commenced with a climb on the port engine with cooling gills open. At 0811LT, at an altitude of 6,980 feet, the crew commenced the second phase of the test with the port engine cooling gills in the trail position. Level off was completed at 0822LT at an altitude of 7,900 feet with the cooling gills closed. About an hour later, while flying at a relative low speed, the airplane went out of control and entered a spin, lost its empennage and eventually crashed in a field located in Moisville. The aircraft was destroyed and all five crew members were killed.
Crew:
René Gallichet, pilot,
Louis Pichard, flight engineer,
Jacques Légalité, radio navigator,
Lucien Goulay, engineer,
Paul Martin, engineer.

The crew was performing a training mission between Lydda and London. While overflying France, west of Evreux, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions with low visibility when the aircraft crashed in a field and disintegrated on impact. A crew member survived while eight other occupants were killed. It is believed the loss of control may have been caused by a navigational error or occurred when the pilot attempted to establish a visual control with the ground.

The airplane departed RAF Rougham (Bury St Edmunds) at 0530LT on an operation to Le Bourget Airport near Paris. While returning to base and passing over Évreux, it was shot down by a German fighter. Nine crew members bailed out and parachuted to safety. The pilot remained on board and crash landed the airplane in a pasture. Four crew members became PoW and six evaded.
Crew:
Cpt Ken Hastings Harrison, pilot,
2nd Lt David Hamilton Turner Jr., copilot,
S/Sgt Jefferson Davis Polk, flight engineer,
2nd Lt Robert Thomas Conroy, navigator,
2nd Lt Roscoe F. Greene, bombardier,
T/Sgt Charles Hudkens McNemar, radio operator,
T/Sgt James Horacce Curtis, air gunner,
S/Sgt Richard Henry Lewis, air gunner,
S/Sgt Einos Asiala, air gunner,
S/Sgt Earl LeRoy Porath, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford in the evening of July 12 on a Special Operation Executive (SOE) - Operation Roach 94/Roach 92 and set course for France. Shortly after midnight, it crashed in unknown circumstances near the Château de Lillebec located 2 km southeast of Pont-Audemer. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (138 Sq):
F/Sgt Edward Jonski, pilot,
F/Lt Julian Morawski, flight engineer,
Sgt Konrad Joseph Tomaszewski, observer,
F/Lt Napoleon Stanisław Lewicki, navigator,
F/Lt Leon Stanisław Bonk, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Jan Nawrot, air gunner,
F/Sgt Edmund Rusinski, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Grafton Underwood to attack the airport of Villacoublay. Passing over Lisieux, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed one km south of La Chapelle-Hareng, 14 km northwest of Bernay. Five crew members were killed, four became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
2nd Lt Thomas A. Cuddeback, pilot,
F/O Luther E. Adair, copilot,
S/Sgt Edward T. Bessey, mechanic, †
2nd Lt George R. Singer, navigator, †
S/Sgt Philip James Fink, radio operator,
2nd Lt James Francis Dillon Jr., bombardier,
S/Sgt Albert L. Suchy, air gunner,
S/Sgt Marvin Frank Brown, air gunner, †
S/Sgt David J. Hardin, air gunner, †
S/Sgt John Vincent Selgo, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Grafton Underwood to attack the airport of Villacoublay. Approaching Paris, it was shot down by a German fighter. The crew abandoned the airplane that crashed in an open field located in Bernouville, 6 km west of Gisors. All 10 crew members parachuted to safety, two evaded and eight became PoW.
Crew:
2nd Lt Howard Cyril Burgoon, pilot,
2nd Lt Victor Charles Kress, copilot,
S/Sgt William Aguiar, mechanic,
S/Sgt Harold S. McFarland, radio operator,
2nd Lt David B. Wilmot, navigator,
2nd Lt Tom J. E. Hunt, bombardier,
T/Sgt Edward Lawrence Peckham, air gunner,
S/Sgt Edward C. Costello, air gunner,
S/Sgt Roland Hairston Jenkins, air gunner,
S/Sgt Henry J. Ullmer, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Ford at 0101LT on an operation to Tours and Orléans. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Pont-Audemer, killing all three crew members.
Crew (418th Squadron):
F/O Duncan Alexander Carmichael, navigator,
P/O Ernest Quarrier Findlay, pilot,
W/O John Wallace Robertson, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford in the evening of May 13 on Operation Physician 10 / Roach 6. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Pont-Audemer, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Thomas Noble, pilot,
Sgt James Woods, flight engineer,
Sgt Dudley Frank West, navigator,
Sgt Kenneth Hubbard, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas Albert Ball, air gunner,
F/Sgt John Patrick Keating, air gunner.

In unknown circumstances, the airplane collided with a RCAF Boston registered W8325 and carrying three crew members that was engaged in an operation to Melun and Brétigny. Following the collision, both airplanes came down on the edge of the airfield and were destroyed by a post crash fire. All six crew members in both airplanes were killed.
Crew:
Lt Walter Held, pilot +2.

The airplane departed RAF Bradwell Bay at 2202LT on an operation to Melun and Brétigny. Over Évreux-Saint-André AFB, it collided with a German Air Force Do.217 registered U5+TW and carrying three crew members. Following the collision, both airplanes came down on the edge of the airfield and were destroyed by a post crash fire. All six crew members in both airplanes were killed.
Crew:
S/L Hugh Drummond Venables,
F/O Henry Douglas Baker,
F/O Donald James McKay.