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The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 1726LT on an operation to Lorient. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Plouay and was destroyed. Four crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas Gilmour Rait, pilot, †
F/O William Matthew Currie, navigator, †
Sgt Leonard Thomas Hooper, radio operator,
F/O Desmond James Rose, observer, †
Sgt Sydney John Gray, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Newmarket at 1753LT on an operation to Lorient. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and abandoned by the crew before crashing in Plouay. Two crew members were killed, one evaded and four became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Roy Arthur Williams, pilot, †
Sgt Kenneth Gudmunsen, mechanic,
F/Sgt Donald Elgin Browne, navigator,
Sgt T. H. Smith, radio operator,
Sgt Harry Sawyer, bomb aimer,
Sgt Leonard R. Willis, air gunner,
P/O Dudley Harding-Smith, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe on an operation to Lorient. Approaching the target area, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Evan Arthur Davies, pilot,
Sgt Donald Robert Bishop, mechanic,
W/O John Howard Bailey, navigator,
F/Sgt John Herbert McCarthy, radio operator,
F/O Maurice James Steward, observer,
F/Sgt William James Hogg, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Lloyd Harvey Peterson, air gunner,
F/Sgt Keith Jonathan Hodgson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1802LT on an operation to Lorient. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Lorient. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Desmond Skinner, pilot,
Sgt John Hunter, mechanic,
Sgt Harold Theodore Waddell, navigator,
Sgt Alan Knight, radio operator,
Sgt George Taylor Vincent, bomb aimer,
Sgt Arthur Howells, air gunner,
F/Sgt Raymond Walton, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1908LT on an operation to Lorient. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed in the target area. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Dean William Smith, pilot,
Sgt Douglas Matthew Brackenridge, mechanic,
F/Sgt William Harris Cowman, radio operator,
F/Sgt Joseph Fisher Sayers, observer,
Sgt Reginald James Salt, observer,
W/O William Herbert Lough, observer,
F/Sgt Joseph Emery Giguere, air gunner.

The airplane the departed RAF Ingham on an operation to Lorient. Over the target area, it crashed for unknown reasons, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Kenneth Powell, pilot,
Sgt Anthony Edward Keeton, pilot,
Sgt Morris John Norgate, navigator,
F/Sgt Charles Barry Sullivan, radio operator,
Sgt David Coventry Pennycook, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ronald Valentine Baker, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Kirmington on an operation to Lorient. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Lanester, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Maurice Freeman Clements, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Williams Edwards, navigator,
Sgt Charles Arthur Pitt, radio operator,
Sgt Alfred Brian Burgess, bomb aimer,
Sgt Donald Jack Smith, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Rufforth at 1901LT on an operation to Lorient. Approaching the target area, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Lanester, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Peter Leslie Beesley, pilot,
Sgt George William Whiles, pilot,
Sgt Ralph Lewis, mechanic,
Sgt Eric Brindle, navigator,
Sgt Frederick George Carr, radio operator,
Sgt Leonard Bygrave, bomb aimer,
Sgt Kenneth Bowley, air gunner,
Sgt Edwin Francis Cowper, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1912LT on an operation to Lorient. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the target area, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Herbert Dalton Lewis, pilot,
Sgt Charles Frederick Abraham, mechanic,
F/O Kenneth Llewellyn Morgan, navigator,
Sgt George Edward Young, radio operator,
Sgt Howard Llewellyn Williams, bomb aimer,
Sgt Alfred Raymond Parker, air gunner,
Sgt John Brown Hillhouse, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1826LT on an operation to Lorient. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Ploemeur, south of Lorient Airport. Four crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Cuthbert Michael Parsons, pilot, †
Sgt Arthur Moore Templeton, †
Sgt Peter Sandover, †
P/O A. J. B. Thompson,
Sgt Hughie Francis Davies, air gunner. †