Calvados

The crew was taking part to the D-Day over Normandy and was towing a glider. Shortly after the glider was released, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by enemy fire. The crew decided to attempt an emergency landing in a field located in the region of Bayeux. While all five occupants were rescued, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The Dakota was taking part to the D-Day over Normandy and left RAF Blakehill Farm at 2317LT on June 5 with 4 crew members and several paratroopers on board. Over Calvados, all paratroopers bailed out and the crew continued at low altitude to join the K drop zone. On approach, the aircraft was hit by enemy fire. Two crew members, the navigator and the copilot, were able to bail out while the captain stayed in the aircraft with the air gunner who was injured and unable to bail out. The aircraft crashed in a field and while the air gunner was rescued, the captain was killed.
Crew (233th Squadron):
F/O Harvey Edgar Jones, pilot, †
F/Sgt J. A. Daldorph, copilot,
F/O L. H. Williams, radio navigator,
W/O N. Engleberg, air gunner.

Crashed on approach to Caen-Carpiquet Airport. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Ogefr Albert Geissle, pilot,
Uffz Johann Watermann, radio operator,
Gefr Alex Selikow, air gunner,
Gefr Theodor Weber, air gunner.

Crashed on approach to Caen-Carpiquet Airport. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Johann Zengerle, pilot,
Uffz Helmuth Haberkorn, radio operator,
Fw Martin Fischer, mechanic,
Gefr Ernst Hasselhuhn, air gunner.

The airplane crashed following an engine failure and was destroyed. There were no casualties.

Crashed near Caen following a fuel exhaustion. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Lt Werner Neudeck, pilot, †
Uffz Heinrich Jänchen, radio operator, †
Gefr Joachim Kraus, observer,
Fw Adolf Binder, mechanic.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval on a reconnaissance mission over Saint-Nazaire. Approaching Caen, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near the airport of Caen-Carpiquet. Both pilots were killed and two others occupants became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Dermot Ezra Read Ellwood, pilot, †
F/Sgt Gerald Thomas Hardwick, pilot, †
W/O William Bennett,
W/O George Alexander Duncan Ritchie.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2150LT on an operation to Mérignac, Bordeaux. While cruising at night, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed onto several houses located in the center of the village of Saint-Sever, bursting into flames. A crew survived and became PoW while five other occupants were killed. The airplane and the houses were destroyed and nine people on the ground were also killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ernest John Holland, observer, †
Sgt Ronald Hutchinson, wireless operator, †
P/O Ronald Rutherford Morison, pilot, †
Sgt John Leo Guy Westley, pilot, †
Sgt Walter Hugh Wilkinson, air gunner, †
Sgt K. C. H. Rawlings.
Those killed on the ground were:
Mr. & Mrs. Léon Champion,
Guy Boudier,
Marcel Champagne,
Paulette Vaudry,
Gabrielle Bricod,
Jeanine Lebedel,
Georges Morel,
Maurice Brochet.

Following a bombing mission over Avonmouth, the crew was returning to base at night when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Caen. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Erwin Schul, pilot,
Uffz Heinz Bolle, observer,
Fw Engelbert Buck, radio operator,
Gefr Karl-Heinz Kayser, air gunner.

Shortly after takeoff from Caen, departing for Brest, the floatplane crashed in the Caen Canal. The pilot was killed and three other crew members were injured.
Crew:
Ofw Walter Niess, pilot, †
Fw Josef Haas, mechanic,
Uffz Karl Tubbesing, radio operator,
Ogefr Wilhelm Bauer, mechanic.