Morbihan

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1656LT on an operation to Lorient. Approaching the target area, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Cléguer, some 11 km north northeast of Lorient Airport. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Theunis Christoffel Roux, pilot,
F/O Edwin Payling,
Sgt Francis Anthony Cavadino,
Sgt Joseph Rostron,
P/O Rowland George Brinkworth,
Sgt William Kenneth Barton,
Sgt James Dick Adam, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Kirmington at 1717LT on an operation to Lorient. Approaching the target area, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Robert Malcolm Gray, pilot,
Sgt Bernard Martin,
Sgt George William Jackson,
Sgt Robert Thomas Sharp,
Sgt Douglas Ernest Hardy, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Molesworth on an antisubmarine mission off Lorient. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and was partially abandoned by its crew before crashing in a wooded area in Bois de Keronic, northwest of Pluvigner. Seven crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt Joseph E. Haas, pilot, †
2nd Lt Roy W. Christianson, copilot, †
T/Sgt Antone Pacheco, mechanic, †
S/Sgt Charles Lapham Roth, radio operator,
1st Lt John Henry Embach, navigator,
2nd Lt Ewell Ross McCright, bombardier,
Sgt Jerry Walter Dobbins, air gunner, †
S/Sgt John H. Sherman, air gunner, †
Sgt Peter Soria, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Wayne O. Stevens, air gunner, †

The airplane departed RAF Molesworth on an operation to Lorient. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off the city. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Ehle H. Reber, pilot,
2nd Lt Allan D. Mitchell, copilot,
T/Sgt Duke L. Hamilton Jr., mechanic,
1st Lt Jarold J. Byrom, navigator,
S/Sgt Irwin D. Blankenship, radio operator,
2nd Lt Robert J. Swindle, bomb aimer,
S/Sgt Luther M. Gross air gunner,
Sgt Victor G. Hand air gunner,
S/Sgt Donald A. Mayo, air gunner,
Sgt Roger W. Milford air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1702LT on an operation to Lorient. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed into the sea off Lorient. Lost without trace.
Crew:
S/L Mark Arthur Lotherington Williams, pilot,
P/O Edgar Richard Charlesworth, navigator,
P/O Alfred Raymond Eckton, bomb aimer,
Sgt Henry Duncan Munro, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter Henry Pates, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bassingbourn on an operation to Lorient. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by German fighters and crashed into the sea off Lorient. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt William D. Bloodgood,
1st Lt Cecil R. Tabor,
1st Lt William S. Chubb,
1st Lt Frank T. Dreisbach,
T/Sgt Hubert B. Buchanan,
T/Sgt William H. Steele,
T/Sgt Willy H. W. Zeeck,
S/Sgt Arden G. Gearhart,
S/Sgt William R. Marks,
S/Sgt Donald Velasquez.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1659LT on December 6 on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base in the evening, it is believed that the crew got lost and deviated from the prescribed route to the west over France. The airplane ran out of fuel and crashed in Langonnet, 47 km east northeast of Quimper. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O George Edward Cronk, pilot,
P/O John David James Rodger, navigator,
W/O John Cachia, radio operator,
P/O Ronald Hayes, observer,
F/Sgt David Smith Urquhart, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Molesworth in the morning on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. Passing Quiberon, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Belle-Île-en-Mer. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Charles G. Miller, pilot,
1st Lt Arthur E. Reddig, copilot,
T/Sgt Devon B. Nolen, mechanic,
2nd Lt John Ercegovich Jr., navigator,
T/Sgt Robert W. Van Fleet, radio operator,
2nd Lt John W. Plummer, bomb aimer,
S/Sgt Ferrell A. Mann, air gunner,
S/Sgt Gerald S. Sturgis, air gunner,
Sgt Alexander S. Grieb, air gunner,
Sgt George T. Senior, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1733LT to lay mines in the French waters off Lorient. Approaching the target area, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Andrzej Rogowski, pilot,
Cpt Kazimierz Joszt, navigator,
Cpl Bronisław Ossowski,
Cpl Wacław Jozef Polarski,
F/O Jerzy Gorecki.

The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 1900LT to lay mines of Saint Nazaire. At the end of the evening, while returning to base at an altitude of 2,000 feet, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Lorient. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O James Duncan Inglis,
P/O John Charles William Simpson,
Sgt Thomas Snowden Temple,
Sgt John Frank Wagner,
Sgt R. Smith.