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The crew was engaged in a local training flight at Lille-Lesquin Airport and was completing several touch-and-go maneuvers. On final approach, just prior to touchdown, the airplane went out of control and crashed onto the runway. It was damaged beyond repair and both pilots were killed.
Crew:
Jean-Claude Timmermans, student pilot,
Étienne Lemmens, instructor.

For unknown reason, the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in a field located in Herzeele, about 20 km south of Dunkerque. The aircraft was written off and the occupant fate remains unknown.

Parked at RAF Thorney Island, West Sussex, the aircraft was stolen by Manik Agnani, a 22 years old mechanic from the RAF who did not held any pilot licence. Hew flew over the London area for more than three hours and then changed his route and flew to the south, over The Channel and then to France. Shortly past midnight, he lost control of the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in flames onto a house located in Vicq, about 9 km northeast of Valenciennes. The pilot was killed and four people in the house as well, two old people and two young girls aged 9 and 10.

The crew was performing a flight from Knokke le Zoute Airfield, near Zeebrugge, to England. While approaching Dunkirk, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed, killing all four crew members. It appears that the crew was flying too close to the city of Dunkirk which was still occupied by the German forces.
Crew (276th Squadron):
W/Cdr Norman John Starr,
W/Cdr James Heathcote Humphris,
S/L Henry Crawford Haley,
F/O Rowland Baker Moore.

Crash landed for unknown reason at Cambrai-Niergnies Airfield. No casualties.

Following an uneventful supply mission over Courtrai, Belgium, the twin engine aircraft was returning to its base in Swanton Morlay, when the crew encountered engine problems and was forced to divert to Lille Airport. The crew completed a belly landing and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair while all four crew members were uninjured.
Crew (88th Squadron):
F/O J. B. Wilson,
P/O W. T. MacDonald,
F/L F. J. G. Patridge,
Sgt. T. Hunt.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 1948LT on March 9 on an operation to Munich. The following night, it crashed in unknown circumstances near Maubeuge, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L Derrick Maxwell Barker, pilot,
Sgt Frank George Gibling Edwards, flight engineer,
Sgt Joshua Morgan, navigator,
Sgt Reginald William Walker, navigator,
Sgt Herbert Brock, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Frame Millar, air gunner,
F/Sgt Fred Salvage, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 1924LT on an operation to Nuremberg. Over France, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Ors. Three crew members were killed, three became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
F/O John Hilton Brown, pilot, †
Sgt Alan Tacey, flight engineer,
S/L Gomer Donald Waterer, navigator,
Sgt Albert Geroge Coulam, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt David Aitken Sibbald, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Patrick Flynn, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Stanley Seymour Vinicombe, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Shipdham on an operation to Dunkirk. While attacking positions in the harbor of Dunkirk, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near the target area. Seven crew members were killed and four others parachuted to the ground and became PoW.
Crew:
Cpt Arthur Vincent Cullen Jr., pilot,
Maj Donald W. MacDonald, pilot, †
T/Sgt Albert W. Emery, mechanic, †
1st Lt John L- Mackey, navigator, †
T/Sgt Samuel S. Weiser, radio operator, †
2nd Lt Paul D. Caldwell, bombardier, †
Sgt James A. Hilley, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Thomas E. McKinsey, air gunner, †
T/Sgt David Hong Woo, air gunner,
Sgt Charles Arthur Arnold, air gunner,
Sgt Jesse Max Norwood, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Thurleigh to attack a train factory located in Lille. In unknown circumstances, it collided with a second USAAF B-17 registered 41-24471 that was also carrying 10 crew members on the same operation. Following the collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed in the city of Marcq-en-Baroel. Six crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt Jack A. Spaulding, pilot, †
Cpt Russell Gilbert Kahl, copilot,
T/Sgt Thomas H. Gilliland, mechanic, †
2nd Lt Wallace Braxton Kirkpatrick, navigator,
S/Sgt Edward A. Nork, radio operator,
2nd Lt Gordon R. Grant, bomb aimer, †
S/Sgt Dale A. Davis, air gunner, †
Sgt Louis R. Morgan, air gunner, †
T/Sgt Leon Williams, air gunner, †
Sgt Earl E. Santos, air gunner.