Pas-de-Calais

The airplane departed RAF Methwold at 0957LT on an operation to Courtrai-Wevelghem. Approaching Calais, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea 8 km north of the city. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Percy Moodey, pilot,
Sgt Glencoe Henry Collins,
Sgt Leslie Sutcliffe Lovatt,
Sgt Sydney Scott, air gunner.

The twin engine airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1420LT to bomb the Saint-Omer Aerodrome, with 11 other similar aircraft. While approaching the French coast, it was shot down by the German Flak. With both engine on fire, it was impossible for the pilot to continue the mission so all four crew members bailed out. The aircraft crashed some 300 metres offshore and was lost. All four crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew (464th Squadron):
P/O Philip Roy Roberts, pilot,
P/O Philip Charles Middleton, navigator,
F/Sgt John Dowling, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt John Francis Webb, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Ingham at 1702LT on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base in the evening, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Boulogne-sur-Mer. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpl Jozef Furmaniak, pilot,
Lt Stanisław Cichowicz, observer,
Cpl Zdzisław Derulski, navigator,
Cpl Bolesław Sapko, radio operator,
Pvt Adam Kozakiewicz, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 1709LT on November 20 on an operation to IJmuiden. After midnight, while returning to base, the crew sent a last message while flying in poor weather conditions. In unknown circumstances, the airplane crashed into the sea off Cape Gris-Nez. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur James Tippett, pilot,
P/O John Joseph Lynn, observer,
Sgt Douglas Lloyd George Millar, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Robert Theodore Sleep, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Oulton at 1256LT on an operation to Saint-Omer. Over the target area, it crashed in unknown circumstances near the Saint-Omer Airfield and was destroyed. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Donald Kenneth Hulme, pilot,
Sgt Leonard Charles Willey, navigator,
Sgt Eric Bradley, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bovingdon at 0900LT to attack the Compagnie de Fives steel plant in Lille. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter. Three crew members were able to bail out from an altitude of 18,000 feet while six others were killed when the airplane crashed in flames into The Channel some 8 km north of Saint-Omer.
Crew:
1st Lt Francis H. Chorak, pilot, †
2nd Lt Joseph J. Fracchia, copilot,
S/Sgt Donald E. Buckland, radio operator, †
S/Sgt John J. Dolan, radio operator, †
S/Sgt Paul E. Gordon, mechanic, †
M/Sgt James E. Lane, mechanic, †
2nd Lt Grady Wayne Roper, navigator,
2nd Lt Charles G. Kolodzinski, bomb aimer,
S/Sgt Malcolm Culpepper, air gunner. †

The twin engine airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 1050LT to bomb a power station located in Chocques, Pas-de-Calais. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed. A crew evaded and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt M. A. Collins, pilot
P/O Harold John Milford, observer,
Sgt George Alfred Nicholls, wireless operator and air gunner.

The twin engine airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 1050LT to bomb a power station located in Chocques, Pas-de-Calais. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
F/Sgt Marcel Auguste Henri Demont, pilot,
P/O Robert William Andrew, observer,
Sgt William Elwyn Ronald Wareham, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby 2044LT on an operation to Essen. While returning to base in the late evening, it was attacked and badly shot about by a German fighter on a line between Maastricht and Brussels around 2300LT at a height of 9,000 feet, dived steeply to 7,000 feet to escape, flew on and was engaged by Flak over Saint-Omer at 2345LT. It was finally abandoned at 3,000 feet by crew except the pilot who made a belly-landing in an open field located in Alquines. The pilot evaded and all four other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Donald Beausire Barnard, pilot,
Sgt Albert Edward Buckell,
Sgt R. Forster,
P/O Raymond Edwin Glensor,
Sgt Howard Matthew James.

The airplane departed RAF Bourn at 2240LT on September 2 on an operation to Karlsruhe. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Gennes-Ivergny. Seven crew members were killed and the eighth occupant became PoW.
Crew:
P/O George Handy Quinn, pilot, †
Sgt Richard John Bebbington, pilot, †
Sgt Samuel Coop, observer, †
Sgt William Ernest Overend, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Raymond Turley, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Shearer, wireless operator,
Sgt William Henry Creed, air gunner, †
P/O Edward Mcgee Palmer, air gunner. †