Ardennes

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2233LT on May 19 on an operation to Mannheim. It was hit by the German Flak while over the French coast, and this was followed at 0045LT by a night-fighter attack. With the starboard inner engine ablaze, the pilot ordered his flight engineer to feather the propeller, but in the confusion of the moment, he inadvertently stopped the starboard outer. All attempts to restart this engine failed and the bomber went into a steep dive, crashing at 0055LT near Aiglemont. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Ronald Walter Valters, pilot, †
Sgt Sidney Richard Stickney, pilot, †
Sgt William Richard Hunt, flight engineer, †
P/O Richard Guy Baker, navigator,
Sgt George Daft, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald George Southwell, wireless operator,
Sgt Gordon Kennedy, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Bourn on an operation to Mannheim. While outbound, the port engine failed. The pilot made an emergency landing near Charleville-Mézières where the airplane was wrecked. A crew was killed.
Crew:
Sgt Jack Beecroft, pilot,
Sgt John Percival Love,
Sgt Sidney Bradley, navigator, †
Sgt H. P. Hanwell, wireless operator,
Sgt Alexander Crichton, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Alconbury on an operation to Mannheim. Passing over France, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hargnies, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L Thomas Campbell McGillivray, pilot,
F/Sgt Donald Mathieson, pilot,
P/O Denis Hellyer, observer,
P/O Kenneth Vincent Whelan, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Corbett Stevens, air gunner,
P/O Edward Francis Valentine, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2200LT on April 27 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over France, it was intercepted and shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Fromelennes, near the Belgian border. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Jan Mieczysław Fusinski, pilot,
P/O Wacław Piotr Wasik, pilot,
F/O Tadeusz Wawerski, observer,
Sgt Aleksander Małecki, wireless operator,
Sgt Mieczysław Sierpina, air gunner,
Sgt Stefan Miniakowski, air gunner.

The airplane was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in Tagnon, bursting into flames. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/Lt Philippe Charles Adrien Georges Riche, pilot,
Sgt Guy Marie Camille Meynard de Chabannes, pilot,
Sgt Roger André Louis Weiler, radio operator,
Cpl/C Lucien Louis Vridaud, air gunner.

The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in flames in Tagnon. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Pierre Henri Edgar Dupont, pilot,
S/Lt Jacques Pierre Jean Gilet, observer,
Cpl Albert Victor Arnulphy, radio operator.

Crashed for unknown reasons shortly after takeoff from Charleville-Mézières Airport. All four crew members were killed.

The crew departed RAF Marham at 2115LT on May 21 to attack enemy positions in the region of Dinant. While flying over north of France, the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in a pasture located in Poix-Terron, Ardennes, after the airplane was hot by enemy fire. The aircraft was damaged beyond repaira and all six occupants became PoW.
Crew (115th Squadron):
F/O D. F. Laslett,
P/O G. T. Dodgshun,
Sgt W. L. Flower,
AC1 H. D. Glendinning,
AC1 L. W. Ludlam,
P/O J. Whilton.

The crew departed RAF Newmarket at 2120LT on May 21 on a bombing mission to Dinant. While flying at night, the airplane was shot down by the German Flak, exploded and crashed in a field located in Belval, some 6 km northwest of Charleville-Mézières. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (99th Squadron):
F/O John P. Dyer, pilot,
F/O Owen L. Williams, pilot,
Sgt John H. Lawrenson, observer,
LAC Charles R. A. Lovejoy, air gunner,
AC1 Edward Morton, wireless operator and air gunner,
AC1 Stanley C. Ogilvie, wireless operator and air gunner.

The aircraft departed RAF Watton to bomb troops based in Gembloux, Belgium. It was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed in Sévigny-la-Forêt, France. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Toft, pilot,
Sgt Arthur George Bernard Crouch, observer, †
LAC Raymonde Morris, wireless operator and air gunner. †