Lioré-et-Olivier LeO 45 (451-459)

The airplane departed Étempes-Mondésir Airfield to attack German columns moving in the area of Chaulnes. It was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in a huge explosion. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/Lt Georges Antoine Marius Paulet, Chief,
Adj Marcel Joseph Gabriel Gatinois, pilot,
Sgt/C René Jules Bernard Midonnet, radio operator,
Sgt Lucien Laberty, air gunner.

The airplane departed Oysonville to attack enemy columns based in Chaulnes. It was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed in Ognolles. Two crew members were killed and two others were seriously injured.
Crew:
Cpt Théodore Just Emile Marchand, Chief,
Sgt/C Ange Dominique Defendini, pilot, †
Adj Marcel Jean Paul Mariani, radio operator, †
Cpl Robert Adrien Boileau, air gunner.

The airplane departed Montbard-Touillon Airfield at 2220LT on June 4 to bomb a BMW factory in Munich. While returning to his base at night, after being damaged by the German Flak, the captain attempted an emergency landing in an open field when the aircraft crashed and exploded. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Adj Henri Chamaud, pilot,
Adj Georges Edouard Delacroix, radio operator,
Lt Charles Robert Léon Raillard, Chief,
Sgt/C Paul Alexandre Verdy, air gunner.

The airplane departed Étempes-Mondésir Airfield to attack enemy troops located northeast of Amiens. It was shot down by a group of Me.109, entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed near a wooded area located in Sains-en-Amiénois. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
Cdt Paul Bertrand Berdoulat, Chief, †
Cpt Pierre-Maurice Hilaire Maury, pilot, †
Adj/C Henri Meyzonnade, radio operator,
Sgt Justin René Salesses, air gunner. †

The airplane departed Chartres on a bombing mission over Abbeville. Around 1845LT, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter. With the right engine on fire, it crashed in a pasture, bursting into flames. Two crew members were uninjured, one was seriously wounded and a fourth was killed.
Crew:
Cpt Charles Bernard Henri Marie Victoire d'Irumberry de Salaberry, pilot,
Lt Geoffroy Marie Justinien de la Tour du Pin Verclause, observer,
Sgt André Rey, bomber,
Sgt Pierre Dauge, radio operator. †

The airplane departed Chartres to attack armored columns between Amiens and Abbeville when it was shot down by a German fighter. All four crew members bailed out and survived. The aircraft was destroyed.
Crew:
S/Lt Rapoport, chief,
Adj Loiseleux, pilot,
Sgt Callac, radio operator,
Sgt Le Mezo, air gunner.

The airplane departed Étempes-Mondésir Airfield to attack enemy troops located northeast of Amiens. It was shot down by a group of Me.109 and crashed in Le Plessier-Rozainvillers. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/Lt Jean Henri Joseph Debrock, Chief,
Adj/C Robert Henri Allaire, pilot,
Asgt/C Pierre Augustin Thouron, radio navigator,
Adj Rodolphe Joseph Blanquart, air gunner.

The airplane departed Orléans-Bricy Airbase on a bombing mission over enemy troops based near Amiens. It was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed in Wanel, bursting into flames. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Adj Robert Mathonnière, Chief,
Lt Etienne Dominique Filippi, pilot, †
Cpl/C Edmond Julien Lucien Dumont, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Cpl/C Edouard Jacquemin, air gunner.

Engaged in a bombing mission over Amiens, the airplane was shot down by Me.109 and crashed northeast of Grattepanche, near the Bois de Camont. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/Lt André René Louis Mazerolles, Chief,
Adj/C Jean Alfred Célicourt Daniel, pilot,
Sgt/C Pierre Peyron, radio operator,
Sgt/C Marcel Jean Baptiste Sylvain Rose, air gunner.

The airplane departed Étempes-Mondésir Airfield at 1815LT to bomb enemy positions northeast of Amiens. En route, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109. All four crew members bailed out but the aircraft was too low so they were killed as the distance to the ground was insufficient.
Crew:
S/Lt André Charles Albert Bourges, Chief,
Adj/C Hubert Eugène Raymond Gauthier, pilot,
Sgt/C Georges Gaston Weber, bomber,
Sgt Pierre Sauveur Joseph Michel, radio operator.