Saint Eval AFB

The airplane departed RAF St Eval on a mine laying operation off Lorient. While returning to RAF Wigsley (main base), the right propeller detached. Out of control, the airplane dove into the ground and crashed near Watchfield, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Alan Herbert Metcalfe, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Max Donohoe,
F/O James Albert Sayer,
F/Sgt George Stevenson Wilson, wireless operator.

The crew was engaged in a local training exercise at RAF Saint Eval. On final approach at night, the pilot-in-command abandoned the landing procedure and initiated a go around manoeuvre. While in initial climb, the twin engine airplane went out of control and crashed in a field located one mile north of the airport. All three crew members were killed.
Crew (233th Squadron):
Sgt William Wilfred Parr, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Edwin Hyam,
Sgt Sydney William Benson.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval on a night patrol mission off Brest. It was shot down by enemy fire and crash landed on the north part of the Ushant Island. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Norman Scott Ferguson,
Sgt James Frederick Barnes,
Sgt Thomas Ratcliffe Calder,
Sgt Bert Clark Gillespie,
Sgt Garfield Stacey Harris,
Sgt Max Fred Sikal.

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 departed RAF St Eval at 2257LT on a maritime patrol flight. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
S/L Cecil Rhys Davies,
Sgt Arthur George Gooch,
F/Lt Joseph Herbert Higgleton,
Sgt Tom Ford Houldsworth,
Sgt Jack Roberts.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval on an operation to Nantes. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the Bay of Quiberon off Quiberon. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt John Reginald Noble, pilot,
P/O Arthur John Dearden, observer,
Sgt William Robert Furzey, wireless operator,
Sgt John Francis McGee.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 1533LT on an operation to Nantes. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a He.115 and crashed in the district of Chantenay, Nantes. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr John Collins Mayhew, pilot,
F/Sgt Edwin Whysall Walters, observer,
Sgt Harold Ashton, wireless operator,
Sgt Leonard Howard Fowler, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 1605LT on a gardening operation off Saint-Nazaire. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. The observer was killed and three other occupants became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Richard Marklew Iliff, pilot,
Sgt Herbert Smith, observer, †
Sgt Arthur John Tonkin, wireless operator,
W/O Cyril Garfield Meader, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 1635LT on a mine laying operation. Flying along the French coast, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Saint-Mathieu. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Mervyn Gill, pilot, †
Sgt Noel Boyd Orr, observer, †
Sgt John Richard Griffiths, observer, †
Sgt James Alexander Cronie, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 0339LT on an anti-shipping operation. Flying along the French coast, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Saint-Trojan-les-Bains. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Peter Inglis Hall, pilot,
P/O Henry Leslie Powell, observer, †
Sgt James Eric Davis, wireless operator, †
Sgt Alwyn Howard, air gunner.