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The airplane departed RAF Thurleigh on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Ushant. Six crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt Edwin Gaylord Pipp, pilot,
1st Lt James B. Lear, copilot, †
T/Sgt Eli Clayton Rogers, flight engineer,
2nd Lt Leland J. Flower, navigator, †
T/Sgt Buren C. Williams, radio operator, †
Sgt James J. Melillo, bombardier,
Sgt Edward W. Kaczanowski, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Norman A. Neuweiler, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Eddie Zaban, air gunner, †
S/Sgt James Lowell Babbs, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bassingbourn on an operation to the submarine base in Saint-Nazaire. While cruising along the French coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 3 km northwest of Porspoder. Five crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt Robert D. Rand, pilot, †
Maj Maurice Rosener, copilot,
T/Sgt Clarence V. King, flight engineer, †
T/Sgt David Butler Hatch, radio operator,
2nd Lt Donald Sternglanz, navigator, †
S/Sgt Walter Carl Wawrzynek, bombardier,
S/Sgt James Bruce Farrar, air gunner,
S/Sgt Alvar Bryce Platt, air gunner,
S/Sgt Thaddeus F. Kusowski, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Richard E. Shumard, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Hardwick on an operation to Brest. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Ushant. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Beattie H. Fleenor, pilot,
1st Lt James R. Hardin, copilot,
T/Sgt Arch M. Crump, flight engineer,
1st Lt James J. Leary, navigator,
S/Sgt Richard L. Guess, radio operator,
1st Lt George A. Pinner, bombardier,
S/Sgt Stephen L. Hegedus, air gunner,
S/Sgt T. J. Kilmer, air gunner,
S/Sgt Ronald L. Nelson, air gunner,
S/Sgt James V. Roberts, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Hardwick on an operation to Brest. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Ushant. Seven crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt Frank Reece Hodges, pilot,
1st Lt Orval Hartwig Mickelson, copilot,
T/Sgt James J. Barnes, flight engineer, †
T/Sgt Forrest Sterling Hughes, radio operator,
1st Lt Kenneth D. Baughman, navigator, †
1st Lt Robert D. Grant, bombardier, †
Sgt Donald F. Bonnom, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Paul Kirken, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Paul F. Logan, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Walter C. Race, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Hardwick on an operation to Brest. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Saint-Renan, 11,5 km northwest of Brest. Three crew members were killed and eight others became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt Franklin David Lown Jr., pilot,
2nd Lt Robert Henry Hudspeth, copilot,
T/Sgt Herbert B. Daly, flight engineer, †
T/Sgt Harold Secor, radio operator,
2nd Lt Orval Dwayne Huff, navigator,
2nd Lt Thaddeus I. Hawkins Jr., bombardier, †
1st Lt Harold J. Tannenbaum, photographer, †
Sgt James Stram Marsh, air gunner,
S/Sgt Arthur Lee Crandall, air gunner,
S/Sgt Cleiborn Usry Booker, air gunner,
S/Sgt Thomas Willard Hughes, air gunner.

The seaplane departed Hamilton, Bermuda, on a transatlantic flight to Largs, Scotland, carrying two passengers and four crew members. For such a long flight, the airplane was unarmed. Approaching Europe, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions and became disoriented. He was rerouted to Plymouth instead of Largs but due to a navigation error, the airplane continued over Brittany. Due to a fuel exhaustion, the crew was forced to land off the French coast when the airplane was shot down by a combination of German Flak and fighter. The seaplane crashed into the sea off Vougo. Three crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Cpt Edward Howard Stafford, pilot,
Sgt Alan Rodgers, flight engineer, †
F/O Keith Thompson, navigator,
Sgt Howard Lionel Covert, radio operator.
Passengers:
F/O Harry Leo Abrin, †
R/O Roslyn Lloyd George Browne. †

The airplane departed RAF Portreath at 1642LT to attack an oil tanker at Brest (Operation Ramrod 63). It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Ploudalmézeau, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Harold Edwin Blundell, pilot,
W/O Thomas Coke Du Bose, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Albert Norman, wireless operator,
Sgt Kenneth Ether Price, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Portreath at 1649LT to attack an oil tanker at Brest (Operation Ramrod 63). Over the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 30 km off Brest, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Eric James Andrew, pilot,
F/Sgt Gerald Baird McKennie,
F/Sgt Joseph Stanley Laidlaw,
Sgt George Charles Garner.

The airplane departed RAF Portreath at 1641LT to attack an oil tanker at Brest (Operation Ramrod 63). While leaving the area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Brest. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Melvyn Alexander McDonald, pilot,
F/O Lloyd George Girty,
Sgt Robert Clifton Milliken,
F/Sgt Bruce Herbert May.

The airplane departed RAF Thurleigh on an operation to Lorient. Over the target area, it was hot by the German Flak and later abandoned by the crew and crashed in Saint-Jean-Trolimon. A crew was killed, one evaded and eight others became PoW.
Crew:
Maj John Leonard Ryan, pilot,
1st Lt Gerald L. Simmons, copilot, †
T/Sgt Charles E. Perry, flight engineer,
1st Lt Robert B. Hermann, navigator,
S/Sgt Glenn A. Blakemore, radio operator,
1st Lt James A. Laine, bombardier,
S/Sgt William H. Forrester, air gunner,
T/Sgt James Clyde Greene Jr., air gunner,
S/Sgt John R. Chapman, air gunner,
S/Sgt Robert Glen Mumaw, air gunner.