Charente-Maritime

The airplane departed RAF Stanton Harcourt at 1055LT on an operation to La Pallice, west of La Rochelle. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Joseph Francis Patrick John McKenna, pilot,
F/Sgt Valentine Arthur Davis, wireless operator,
Sgt Roger Francis Stuart Ford-Hutchinson,
F/Sgt Roy William Joseph Hill, air gunner,

Sgt John Mitchell Pilbeam, wireless operator,
Sgt Leonard Thomas Rice,
Sgt George Summers.

The airplane departed RAF Stanton Harcourt at 1055LT on an operation to La Pallice, west of La Rochelle. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea. All seven crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
S/L William Richard Williams, pilot,
Sgt Leonard James Butler,
P/O John George Ireton,
Sgt Samuel Jones,
Sgt Norman Kershaw,
Sgt Alexander Henry John Turner,
Sgt George Robert Wedderburn.

The airplane departed RAF Stanton Harcourt at 1036LT on an operation to La Pallice, west of La Rochelle. It was hit by the German Flak then shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea north of the Isle of Ré. All six crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Ernest William Constable,
Sgt John Noel Gibson,
Sgt Allan Gillbanks,
F/Sgt Stanley Desmond Greaves,
Sgt Albert Henery,
Sgt Gordon Herbert Frank Ogden,
Sgt Wilfrid Campbell Walters.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval on a maritime patrol flight. Flying along the French coast, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off La Rochelle. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
F/O John Welsh, pilot, †
Sgt Eric Chesterman, wireless operator, †
Sgt Walter Joseph Parsonage Wheat, †
W/O H. E. C. Young.

The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2000LT on a mine laying operation off La Rochelle. Approaching the target area in foggy conditions, it crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Albert Charles Evans,
S/L Duncan Charles Frederick Good,
Sgt Horace Cuthbert Page,
P/O John George Embleton Willis.

The floatplane crashed in unknown circumstances off Royan. The radio operator Gefr Otto Heinrichs was killed.

During the takeoff roll at Royan-Médis Airport, the twin engine airplane suffered a loss of engine power, went out of control and crashed. An engine was destroyed, the tail and one wing were torn off. The pilot and the passenger escaped uninjured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
S/Lt Paul Pagy, pilot.

The crew departed Rochefort at 0745LT on a gunnery exercice over the island of Oléron. En route, the engine failed following the rupture of a connecting rod. The crew attempted an emergency landing when the airplane struck vineyard plans and crashed, bursting into flames. Both occupants were injured and the airplane was destroyed by a post crash fire.
Crew:
Sgt/C Joseph Menard, pilot,
Cpl Maurice Cholet, mechanic.

Twelve Potez 25 operated by the Centre d’Instruction de Bombardement (CIB) from Chateauroux took off from their base to reach the Oleron firing range. They flew in two formations of six. At Rochefort Airport, several aircraft from the 2nd formation landed at the same time. Upon landing, the Potez 25 registered 2175 and flown by Sgt Chanal banked very slightly right, but that was enough to create a slipstream that hit the Potez 25 registered 2022, that landed on its left wheel. It rolled for few dozen metres before coming to rest upside down. Both crew members evacuated safely.
Crew:
Sgt Maurice Pelastaing, pilot,
Sgt Roger Borrel, mechanic.

The pilot was completing a local solo training flight at Royan-Médis Airport. After a tour of the airfield at an altitude of 200-300 metres, the pilot initiated a turn to join the runway when the airplane stalled and crashed in a field. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and the pilot was killed.
Crew:
Sgt/C Paul Perrier, pilot.