Cherbourg

The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island on a reconnaissance photo operation over Cherbourg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the harbor of Cherbourg. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt David Adye Buchan, pilot,
Sgt Patrick Godfrey Thompson, observer,
Sgt Richard Elwyd French, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Stringer, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Watton at 1040LT to attacks the docks in Cherbourg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt William Douglas Barker,
Sgt Cyril Gordon Penn,
S/L Herbert John Charles Tudge.

The airplane departed RAF Watton at 2205LT on an operation to Hanover. For unknown reasons, the crew was forced to make an emergency landing near Cherbourg. All three crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt R. J. McConnell,
Sgt E. W. Green,
Sgt D. Bristow.

The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 2300LT on September 17 on an operation to Cherbourg. Approaching the target at low altitude, the crew dropped its torpedo then initiated a turn to the east to the Val de Saire when the airplane was shot down by the German Flak. Out of control, the airplane collided with an electric pole at Hôtel Giffard Street then crashed onto a house located in Bourbourg, in the suburb of Cherbourg. There was no explosion nor fire. All four crew members as well as seven people on the ground were killed.
Crew:
P/O Thomas Atherton, pilot,
P/O Ruthven Arnold Macfarlane, pilot,
Sgt John Leslie Feather, wireless operator,
Sgt Cyril James Harvey, wireless operator.
Those killed on the ground were:
Albertine Lecouey,
Marie Burnel and five members of families Auvray and Burnel.

Crashed upon landing west of Cherbourg, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
Uffz Werner Ose, pilot,
Lt Wilhelm Sibeth, observer,
Uffz Willi Kaiser, radio operator,
Uffz Siegmund Lindemann, mechanic.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2105LT on August 14 on a raid over Chartres. At the end of the night, probably due to a fuel exhaustion after being hit by enemy fire, the crew ditched the airplane off Cherbourg. The aircraft sank and was lost. All three crew members took place in a dinghy and became PoW after the reached the shore.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Roy Newton, pilot,
Sgt Gavin Allen McCreary, observer,
Sgt Frederick Miles Hotchkiss, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed Cherbourg on a reconnaissance mission over England. While cruising at an altitude of 18,000 feet, it was attacked by three Hurricanes. The crew reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in a field, bursting into flames. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Fw Fritz Bohnen, pilot,
Oblt Georg Thiel, observer,
Uffz Alfred Werner, air gunner.

Shot dow by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Cherbourg. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Eric Edward Lockton, pilot,
Sgt Henry Corcoran, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island on a reconnaissance mission over Northern France. Approaching the French coast, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off Cherbourg. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Alan Kinnear Jackson, pilot,
Sgt Reginald Vincent Kingshott, observer,
Sgt John Arthur Hunter, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 1130LT on a support mission to ground forces in the lower Seine. After being shot down by enemy fire, it crashed in a field near Cherbourg. All three crew members evaded.
Crew:
P/O Myland, pilot,
Sgt Pirks, observer,
Sgt P. J. Petrie, wireless operator and air gunner.