Finistère

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1614LT to lay mines off Lorient. Passing over Brest, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into sea off the city. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Adam Pankiewicz, pilot,
Sgt Edmund Jerzy Malinowski, navigator,
Sgt Tadeusz Glowczynski, radio operator,
F/O Tolimir Władysław Kozlowski, observer,
Sgt Wiktor Sroka, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Rufforth at 1712LT on an operation to Lorient. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Plougasnou, 14 km north of Morlaix. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Sydney Henry White, pilot,
Sgt Nicholas Pringle, mechanic,
P/O Kenneth Charles Hammond, navigator,
P/O Michael Kerslake Brett, radio operator,
P/O Ronald George Woods, bomb aimer,
Sgt Henry Berryman Moorshead, air gunner,
Sgt Thomas Leslie Gray, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Newmarket at 1746LT on an operation to Lorient. Passing over Morlaix, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Kerescars, near Saint-Thégonnec. The pilot evaded while six other crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt R. M. Kidd, pilot,
Sgt Gilbert Frank Mitchell, flight engineer, †
Sgt James William Schofield, navigator, †
Sgt Bernard Torrance, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Eric Berry, wireless operator, †
Sgt James Edward Brewster, air gunner, †
Sgt Peter Douglas Fowler, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Molesworth at 0900LT on a operation to Lorient. Over Finistère, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Saint-Hernin. All 10 crew members parachuted to safety, eight became PoW and two evaded.
Crew:
1st Lt Oran Thomas O'Connor, pilot,
2nd Lt Eldon Theodore Ruppe, copilot,
T/Sgt Merle Sedgewick Mullendore, mechanic,
Sgt Norman Hugues, radio operator,
2nd Lt Bruce Wilbur Gordon, navigator,
2nd Lt Earle Joseph DuMont Jr., bomb aimer,
Sgt Clifton Ray Fincher, air gunner,
Sgt Jack Lucas, air gunner,
Sgt Lester Monroe Robuck, air gunner,
Sgt Frank Lorenzo Batterson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Molesworth at 1030LT on an operation to Lorient. Over Finistère, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kergolay, east of Motreff. A crew was killed, five became PoW and four evaded.
Crew:
1st Lt Ellis Jewell Sanderson Jr., pilot,
2nd Lt Horace Dale Bowman Jr., copilot,
T/Sgt Sidney Devers, mechanic,
2nd Lt John W. Spence, navigator,
T/Sgt Miles B. Jones, radio operator,
2nd Lt Grady Baxter Ward, bomb aimer,
S/Sgt Frank W. Greene, air gunner,
S/Sgt Carlos Jesus Silva, air gunner,
S/Sgt Harry F. Swanson, air gunner,
S/Sgt Joseph L. Markiewicz, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Molesworth on an operation to Lorient. Over Finistère, it was shot down by a German fighter and was partially abandoned by the crew. It crashed near Edern and was destroyed. Two crew members were killed, six became PoW and two evaded.
Crew:
1st Lt Harry Albert Robey Jr., pilot, †
2nd Lt Mark L. McDermott, copilot,
T/Sgt Francis Sulcofski, mechanic,
2nd Lt Charles Richmond Grice, navigator,
S/Sgt Sebastian L. Vogel, radio operator,
2nd Lt Roy R. Moser, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Wilburg F. Hummel, air gunner,
Sgt Val B. Hannon, air gunner,
Sgt Thomas Haynes Morrison, air gunner,
Sgt Edward T. Levering, air gunner.

The airplane was engaged in an anti submarine operation off Lorient. Flying along the French coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Pointe de Landunvez. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Floyd E. Love, pilot,
2nd Lt Kent H. Wolfsen, copilot,
T/Sgt Raymond N. Kirkendoll, flight engineer,
T/Sgt Roland B. Digman, radio operator,
2nd Lt Francis J. Wachel, navigator,
2nd Lt Laurence Goreski, bomb aimer,
S/Sgt Raymond E. Bandy, air gunner,
Sgt Larry C. de Bruin, air gunner,
Sgt Robert E. Joyce, air gunner,
S/Sgt Peter G. Galarza, air gunner.

The crew was performing a local training flight at Quimper Airfield when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Arno von Heinburg, pilot,
Uffz Manfred Gesenberg, observer,
Obgfr Kurt Schwarz, radio operator.

The airplane departed RAF Thurleigh on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. Flying off Brittany, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 3 km off Ushant Island. Nine crew members parachuted to safety and became PoW and one was killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Ralph J. Gaston, pilot,
2nd Lt Don Herbert Eldredge, copilot,
T/Sgt Lester D. Quandt, mechanic,
Sgt John Daniels Jones, radio navigator,
2nd Lt James Otay Walker, navigator,
2nd Lt Kenneth H. Jones, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Rudolph Garcia, air gunner,
Sgt Joseph Alan Dillard, air gunner,
Sgt Albert J. Conte, air gunner,
Sgt Percy Garland Bolinger, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 1656LT to lay mines in the mouth of the Gironde River. Over Brittany, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Lambarquet. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Galbraith Michael Bullen Hyde, pilot,
Sgt Edward Eric Harrison, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Alister Godfrey Cumming, navigator, †
Sgt Edward Carl Kehl, bomb aimer, †
Sgt John Joseph Charles Sheridan, wireless operator,
Sgt Deryk Lionel Ashmead-Bartlett, air gunner,
Sgt Donald Leslie Spriggs, air gunner.