Seine-Maritime

While overflying The Channel, the crew encountered technical problems with the engines. While approaching the French coast, the pilot in command attempted an emergency landing in a field located in Le Tréport. The airplane crash landed in an open field, slid for several yards and came to rest. All three occupants were uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Due to a strike by Air France, all flights from Paris to London were cancelled and the Ice Hockey National Team of Czechoslovakia was grounded in Paris. As the team should fly to London to take part to a tournament, it was decided that few players rent a plane by Mercure Taxis Aériens. The founder and Chief Pilot of this company disagreed to do the flight due to poor weather conditions above The Channel but was finally convinced to fly to London. The twin engine aircraft left Paris-Le Bourget at 1638 bound for Croydon. About an hour later, while flying over The Channel, the crew encountered poor weather conditions (mist) and maybe, the pilot elected to return to Paris or to divert to Cherbourg when the aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea off Dieppe. As the aircraft failed to arrive in Croydon, SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the eight occupants was found. A year later, human remains were found on a beach and analysis suggest that they belonged to the pilot.
Crew:
René de Narbonne, pilot 1.
Passengers:
Ladislav Trojak,
Karel Stibor,
Zdenek Svarc,
Vilibald Sorrel,
Miloslav Pokorny,
Zdeněk Jarkovský.

While cruising north of Rouen, the crew encountered poor weather and severe icing conditions. The aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field located north of Rouen, some 24 km southeast of Saint-Valéry-en-Caux. All four crew members were killed.

The crew was engaged in a bombing mission and while approaching Le Havre, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in a field. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (320th Squadron):
1st Lt Folkert Bouma,
Sgt Hugo Jan Hadjiwodo Seelig,
Cpl Rudolf Langendam,
Cpl Wilhelmus Antonius Henricus Melissen.

While on a bombing mission, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Frichemesnil, north of Rouen. A crewmen was taken POW while all three other occupants were killed.

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 0001LT on an operation to Krefeld. It was hit by the German Flak while leaving the Dutch coast at Overflakkee and later ditched roughly 30 km off Le Havre. All seven crew members were rescued. The airplane sank and was lost.
Crew:
Sgt S. G. Honey, pilot,
Sgt A. J. Dick,
Sgt R. Ward,
Sgt R. O. Tudberry,
Sgt J. Brennan,
Sgt F. R. Hayward,
Sgt D. A. Wagar, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Dalton at 2345LT on May 12 on an operation to Duisburg. The following night, while cruising along the French coast, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Sotteville-sur-Mer. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Walter Edward Mann, pilot,
F/O Wallace Wesley O'Brien, navigator,
F/O Linwood Alton Dingley, bomb aimer,
P/O Paul Grant Kelly, wireless operator,
Sgt Ernest Edward Lundy, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Kirmington at 2321LT on April 10 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following morning, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near the petrol dock of Le Havre. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Philip Raymond Hall, pilot,
Sgt Tudor Lewis Edwards, flight engineer,
Sgt Harry Elliott, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Reginald Lionel Casterllari, wireless operator,
Sgt Eric James Peacock, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Chelveston on an operation against the Renault factory located in Boulogne-Billancourt. Approaching Rouen at an altitude of 20,000 feet, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Fontaine-sous-Préaux, 7 km northeast of Rouen. Two crew members were killed, one evaded and seven became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt Harold Patrick O'Neill, pilot,
2nd Lt Peter W. Branch, copilot,
T/Sgt Charles Hulbert Provine, flight engineer,
2nd Lt Warren B. Collins, navigator,
T/Sgt Clifford Don Fisher, radio operator,
S/Sgt Raymond Emmett Wells, bombardier,
S/Sgt James H. Ahern, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Georges H. Hargadon, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Roy Louis JAmeson, air gunner,
S/Sgt Charles Frederick John Kindle, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Molesworth on an operation against the Renault factory located in Boulogne-Billancourt. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Le Bocasse, 18 km north of Rouen. Six crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt Ercil F. Eyster, pilot, †
2nd Lt Fred H. Hayward, copilot, †
T/Sgt Harold J. Dunham, flight engineer, †
2nd Lt John D. Shanks, navigator, †
Sgt Edmund Robinson Thornton, radio operator,
S/Sgt Marcus K. Davis, bombardier,
Sgt George Tom Morton, air gunner,
S/Sgt Robert Carl Altizer, air gunner,
S/Sgt Floyd Earl Bauer, air gunner, †
Sgt Eugene A. Nicosia, air gunner. †