Saint Eval AFB

The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 0111LT on an operation to Brest. It crashed for unknown reasons at 0320LT at Carnewas Farm, two miles north of RAF St Mawgan. All three crew members were injured. One of them died from injuries sustained on March 30.
Crew:
F/Lt Gordon Percy Yarrow, †
P/O R. Y. Ashley,
Sgt J. Grant.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 1838LT on a mission to Ushant. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Robert Norman Philpott, pilot,
Sgt Cyril Arthur Carew Goad, observer,
Sgt Frederick George Manning, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Saint Eval at 1330LT on a reconnaissance photo mission over Brest. Passing the French coast, the airplane was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in Plouarzel. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O George Richard Humphreys Newton, pilot,
Sgt Charles Whitehill, observer,
Sgt John Roderick Miller, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 0950LT for a patrol mission between Boulogne and Ushant. The crew saw two German destroyers north of Cape Vierge but was unable to shadow them because of an engine giving trouble. The crew radioed their position and returned to their base when enemy aircraft attacked them. Approaching with one engine off, the airplane overshot, impacted the ground and crash landed. All three crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O Joseph Watters, pilot,
Sgt Philip, observer,
Sgt Lawrence, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 1640LT to attack the cruise ship named 'Admiral Hipper'. It was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed near Ploudalmézeau. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Ronald William Gair, pilot,
Sgt Joseph Ronald Holmes Webster, radio operator,
Sgt Arthur William Richard Beeden, radio operator,
Sgt William Noel Abbott, radio operator.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 1630LT to attack the cruise ship named 'Admiral Hipper'. It was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed in La Forest-Landerneau. A crew was killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Francis Adrian Burdett Tams, pilot,
P/O Alan Howard Stratford, observer,
W/O Charles William Douglas Cannon, radio operator,
Sgt James Francis John Sheridan, radio operator. †

The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 1635LT to attack the cruise ship named 'Admiral Hipper'. It was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed in Saint-Divy, about six km east of Brest Airport. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Climyn George Lane Williams, pilot,
Sgt Norman Victor Pusey, observer,
Sgt Henry Cowling, radio operator,
Sgt Joseph Thompson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval to lay mines in the Garonne Estuary north of Bordeaux. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Le Verdon-sur-Mer. Both pilots were killed while both other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Peter George Tunstall, pilot, †
Sgt John Bell Barclay, pilot, †
Sgt Benjamin Dixon, radio operator,
Sgt Fred Cain. Bailey, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 1115LT on maritime patrol flight. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Lanvéoc-Poulmic NAS. A crew was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O John Hexley Wybrants, pilot,
F/Lt Arthur Vicary Hunter,
P/O Louis Brull Barry,
Sgt Peter Henry Clarke,
Sgt Geoffrey Dean Holiday.

The crew departed RAF St Eval at 1457LT to attack the cruise ship named 'Admiral Hipper'. Flying northwest of Morlaix, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Plouescat. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Bell Rutherford, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Patrick O'Byrne, observer,
Sgt William Samuel Ralph Browning, radio operator,
Sgt John Anthony Duckworth Wood, air gunner.