Côtes-d'Armor

The crew was completing a mail flight from Paris to Lannion with an intermediate stop at Dinard Airport. On final approach, the crew encountered foggy conditions and was unable to locate the runway. The captain decided to initiate a go-around after it passed over the runway threshold at a height of 200 feet. The airplane flew over the entire runway when the left wing struck the tops of pine trees and was partially torn off (2 meters). Control was lost and the airplane crashed 3,3 km west of the airport, between the villages of Pleumeur-Bodou and Trébeurden. The wreckage was found the next morning. A crew member was seriously injured while two other occupants were killed. It is believed that the accident occurred after the pilot-in-command suffered a spatial disorientation.

The aircraft left RAF Methwold at 0735LT to bomb a viaduct located near Saint-Brieuc. While approaching the French coast, the mission was cancelled due to low visibility caused by clouds. At this time, the Ventura was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in a field. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (464th Squadron):
W/O N. A. P. Kane-Maguire, pilot,
F/Sgt J. Lawson, navigator,
F/Sgt E. W. Goodheart, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt A. J. Galley, air gunner.

The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances near Lannion. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
Fw Walter Majewski, †
Oblt Alfons Gesser, †
Uffz Theodor Grossmann, †
Uffz Karl Krause.

The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton on an anti-shipping operation. It crashed in unknown circumstances in a beach at Saint-Michel-en-Grève. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Douglas Appleyard,
P/O Francis Reece,
Sgt William Henry Smyth.

The airplane was approaching the French coast on an anti-shipping mission when it crashed into the sea off Saint-Brieuc. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Thomas Donald Kerr, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Percival Tom Fletcher,
Sgt Jack Hine.

Crashed upon landing at Lannion Airport after being shot down by a British fighter. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured. The airplane was destroyed.
Crew.
Gefr Robert Altermeyer, mechanic,
Fw Emil Jahn, radio operator,
Gefr Max Schwarzer, air gunner, †
Oblt Helmut Eiermann, observer. †

Crashed in a field and burst into flames near Hénanbihen. All four crew members were injured.
Crew.
Oblt Eberhard Strauch, observer +3.

The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2000LT on April 28 on a mine laying operation off La Rochelle. While returning to base the following night, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the village of Quilliampe, near Loudéac. Two crew members were killed, one evaded and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Douglas Frederick Ross, wireless operator, †
Sgt Joseph Francis O'Hare, wireless operator, †
Sgt J. E. Martin,
F/O J. A. Whitecross.

The bomber crashed in unknown circumstances in a field in Créhen. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Herber Dagott, pilot,
Uffz Wilhelm Baier, observer,
Obfw Bruno Sengespreik, radio operator,
Gefr Heinz Pieperheit, mechanic.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1856LT on March 3 on an operation to Brest. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Trébeurden, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt James Harrington, pilot,
Sgt John Kirkwood Purdon, pilot,
Sgt Cecil Calvert, wireless operator,
Sgt Daniel Gilfillan Farmer, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Halford Knighton, observer.