The Channel

The twin engine aircraft left RAF Feltwell at 1220LT to attack the airport of Cherbourg-Maupertus with five other similar aircraft. After an uneventful mission, the aircraft was returning to its base when it crashed in unknown circumstances into The Channel, killing all four crew members.
Crew (464th Squadron):
Sgt N. E. Powell, pilot,
Sgt P. A. Nodes, navigator,
Sgt J, Dunne, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt S. J. Newton, air gunner.

The aircraft left RAF Coningsby at 2050LT on April 16 to lay mines in the mouth of the Gironde River. While overflying The Channel, the aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea. SAR operations did not find any trace of the aircraft nor the 7 crew members.
Crew (106th Squadron):
P/O Charles Scatchard, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Henry Power, pilot,
Sgt Robert Robertson, observer,
Sgt Donald Neale Storer,
Sgt Douglas Wightman, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt William Valentine Rogerson, air gunner,
F/O George William Ward, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2033LT on March 27 on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. While returning to base the following night, it came down in The Channel and sank. After spending 10 hours in their dinghy, all five crew members were rescued by a minesweeper.
Crew:
F/Sgt Grey,
F/O Whitworth,
P/O Leslie Lisle Orchard,
Sgt Shine,
Sgt Humphreys.

The airplane departed Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport on an operation to England ('Operation Donnerkeil'). While cruising over The Channel, the airplane collided with a second Luftwaffe Dornier DO.217E-4 registered U5+KT and also carrying a crew of four. Following the collision, both airplane entered a dive and crashed into the sea. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Hermann Rüss, pilot,
Uffz Egon Winzer, observer,
Fw Werner Haufe, radio operator,
Ogefr Heinz Wieland, mechanic.

The airplane departed Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport on an operation to England ('Operation Donnerkeil'). While cruising over The Channel, the airplane collided with a second Luftwaffe Dornier DO.217E-4 registered U5+FT and also carrying a crew of four. Following the collision, both airplane entered a dive and crashed into the sea. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Helmuth Meier, pilot,
Uffz Herbert Stütelberg, observer,
Gefr Karl Schnelle, radio operator,
Uffz August Seif, mechanic.

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 1735LT on an operation to Brest. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Thomas Mcelligott Dando,
F/Sgt Robert Ballantyne Dick,
Sgt Paul William Hine,
Sgt Donald Norman MacNab,
Sgt Arthur William Eaton Nelson,
Sgt George Douglas Savage.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook on an operation to Le Havre. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in The Channel. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Walter Aston,
Sgt George Henry Bonner,
P/O Norman Nelson Powell,
P/O Edward Sharman,
Sgt David Thomas Smith,
Sgt Robert Charles Wentworth-Hyde.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 1735LT on an operation to Brest. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Arthur Gordon Huggett,
Sgt Cecil Ward Chandos Micklethwaite,
P/O George Kildea Traynor Milne,
F/Lt William St. Clair McNeilly,
Sgt Lloyd Lawson Phillips,
F/Sgt Geoffrey Ernest Probert.

The airplane departed RAF Woolfox Lodge at 1850LT on an operation to Brest. While returning to base in the evening and cruising over The Channel about 80 km south of Plymouth, the crew sent a short mayday message then the airplane crashed into the sea. SAR operations failed to find any trace of the airplane and one body was found few days later on a beach on the Scilly Islands.
Crew (61st Squadron):
F/Lt Harry Charles Shaw Page, pilot,
P/O Denys Lowe Atkinson,
P/O Alan Gladstone Burt,
Sgt Thomas Alfred Evans,
Sgt Leonard William Dann,
F/Sgt Harry Edward Turner,
Sgt Ronald Sidney Jones,
S/L Thomas Noel Challoner Burrough.

The airplane departed Soesterberg AFB on an operation over the Thames Estuary. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Oblt Hellmuth Lau, pilot,
Uffz Erich Barthel, observer,
Uffz August Schwiering, radio operator,
Ogfr Ewald Menke, mechanic.