Portreath AFB

The airplane departed RAF Porthreath on a flight to Gibraltar with a crew of three on board. It failed to arrive at destination and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Atlantic Ocean. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Wilfred John Bratt,
Sgt Joseph Edward Cook,
Sgt William Brimelow Smith.

The airplane departed RAF Portreath on a transit flight to Gibraltar with a crew of six on board. While passing over Portugal, it is believed that it was mistakenly shot down by friendly fire (HM Trawler Loch Oskaig) and crashed on a beach in Sesimbra. Four crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew.
P/O Kenneth Duncan Adams, pilot, †
Sgt Noel Arnold Graystone, pilot, †
Sgt Hugh Berry, wireless operator, †
Sgt Thomas Patrick McBride, wireless operator, †
Sgt J. K. Evans,
Sgt L. F. J. Harris.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval on a transit flight to Gibraltar. Few minutes after takeoff, while flying at night along the coast, it went out of control and crashed into the sea off RAF Portreath, about 31 km southwest of RAF St Eval. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Harry Wallace Tindley,
Sgt Leslie Jennings, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Thompson Rene Renshaw,
Sgt Alan John Griffiths,
Sgt Myles David Gould.

The airplane was on a transit flight from RAF Portreath to Luqa with an intermediate stop in Gibraltar. Passing south of Porto, the crew encountered an unexpected situation and made an emergency landing near the São Jacinto Airbase. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt J. B. Thompson,
Sgt Harold Frederick Dolland Parsons,
Sgt R. G. Martin.

The airplane was on a transit flight from RAF Portreath to Luqa with an intermediate stop in Gibraltar. Passing over Lisbon, the crew encountered an unexpected situation and made an emergency landing in Monte da Caparica, south of the capital city. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt D. Grant,
Sgt J. Bowling,
Sgt Raymond Vincent Dart.

The airplane departed RAF Portreath at 0807LT on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
crew:
S/L George Stephen King, pilot,
Sgt Joseph Eckersley Austen-Johnson, observer,
Sgt Denison Owen, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Portreath at 0811LT on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. Approaching the target, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Frank Henry Miller, pilot,
Sgt Norman Joseph Ingram, observer,
Sgt William Eric Whiteman, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Portreath at 1330LT on an anti-shipping operation. It was last seen at a height of 200 feet off Camaret-sur-Mer, attacking a 1,000 ton vessel then crashed into the sea with its left engine on fire. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Richard Langebear,
F/Sgt Alec Kenneth Newbery,
P/O Jack Richard Stone.

The airplane departed RAF Portreath on an anti-shipping operation. It crashed at 1116LT, streaming flames, into the sea, after attacking a cargo vessel. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Robert Bramston Barker,
Sgt Vernon Hughes,
Sgt Norman Henry Meanwell.

The airplane departed RAF Portreath at 1154LT on an operation to La Pallice, in La Rochelle. Approaching the harbor at low height, it clipped the mast of a ship while attacking a convoy. It crashed at 1500LT on return to base. A crew was injured.
Crew:
Sgt J. A. H. Kirkpatrick,
Sgt J. Burns,
Sgt V. E. White.