Thorney Island AFB

The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 1235LT on a maritime patrol mission. While cruising along the Belgian coast, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea. All four crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Francis Driscoll Flinn,
Sgt Francis Arthur O'Malley,
W/O Alexander Mitchell Buchan Robertson,
Sgt Stanley Walter Shirley.

The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island on a mine laying operation of Brittany. Approaching the French coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea 2 km south of Pendruc. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt John Reginald Bendell, pilot,
Sgt Cyril Kenneth Woolnough, pilot,
Sgt Charles Frederick Masson, radio operator,
Sgt John Allan MacNaughton, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island on an operation over northern France. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Le Vast. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth Victor Palmer, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Edward Wright, observer,
Sgt Douglas Allan Walters, wireless operator and air gunner.

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.

The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island to attack a convoy of invasion barges and support vessels located in the English Channel, 8 miles off Calais France. Approaching the target, 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 Alexander William Valentine Green,
P/O Peter Claude Wickings-Smith,
Sgt Reginald Douglas Haig Watts.

The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island to attack a convoy of invasion barges and support vessels located in the English Channel, 8 miles off Calais France. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/L Frederick William Flood,
P/O Norman Basil Shorrocks,
Sgt Bruce Robertson Sharp.

The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 0415LT on a mission over Cherbourg. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Quiberville, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
P/O James Jackson Finlay, pilot,
Sgt Frederick John Leonhardt, observer,
Sgt Andrew Liggat Peddie, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane was completing a local training exercice out from RAF Thorney Island when it was mistakenly shot down by the pilot of a Hurricane. It crashed into the sea off Bracklesham Bay, killing bot crew members.
Crew:
P/O David Noel Woodger,
Sgt Daniel Leslie Wright.

The airplane was completing a local training exercice out from RAF Thorney Island when it was mistakenly shot down by the pilot of a Hurricane. It crashed upon landing at RAF Thorney Island and was damaged beyond repair. Both crew escaped unhurt.
Crew:
Sgt K. E. Naish,
Sgt Owen.

The aircraft departed RAF Thorney Island at 2200LT on August 18 on a raid over Caen Airfield. While cruising at night and in poor weather conditions, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances near Bayeux. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Bruce Reynolds, pilot,
Sgt William George Frederic Whiting, observer,
Sgt William Gaston Jules Wilkinson, wireless operator and air gunner.