Avro 652 Anson

Crashed on take off for unknown reasons. There were no casualties.

The crew was performing a maritime patrol flight when the twin engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the Celtic Sea, some 50 miles west off Lundy Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Philip Sidney Bensted,
Sgt Joseph Goddard,
LAC Ernest Richards,
P/O Harry Steel,
P/O Antony O'Neill Willcox.

Crash landed at RAF Windrush for unknown reasons. There were no casualties.

Shortly after take off from RAF Windrush, while on night training mission, the twin engine aircraft collided with a Luftwaffe Heinkel He.111. Its crew was involved in a bombing mission over the RAF Brize Norton but apparently mistaken Windrush for Brize Norton. Both aircrafts crashed and all five crew members were killed.
Crew (6th SFTS):
Sgt Bruce Hancock.

At 1657LT, the crew sent a distress call when the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances some 4 km southeast of Penha Garcia, near Castelo Branco. All four occupants were killed.
Crew (217th Squadron):
P/O Anthony Gordon-Peiniger, pilot,
P/O Richard Maxwell Coulman, navigator,
Sgt Eric Kendrick Mellody, wireless operator,
Sgt Edgar Hopperton, wireless operator.

The crew was engaged in a maritime patrol flight along the coast between Ostend and Scheveningen. While flying at night along the Dutch coast, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Katwijk aan Zee. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew (500th Squadron):
P/O Herbert George Ross Pirie, pilot, †
P/O J. B. S. Brockway,
Sgt S. R. Croft,
Sgt Montague Adam Prentice, air gunner. †

Shortly after takeoff from RAF Carew Cheriton, while in initial climb, the twin engine aircraft collided with a RAF Fairey Battle registered N2050. It entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed to the ground, bursting into flames. At the time of the accident, it was conducting a supply mission on behalf of the Royal Dutch Navy and was carrying two RAF officers and three Dutch officers. The exact circumstances of the accident was not determined. While both British officers were killed, all three other occupants were slightly injured.
Crew:
F/S Sydney Pryce Tomley, †
Sgt Archibald Gordon Willis. †
Passengers:
Sgt A. J. Daniels,
Lt Kolff,
Cpl J. van der Schaaf.

While cruising at low altitude, the twin engine aircraft impacted the slope of a hill and was wrecked in Dalby, south of Peel, Isle of Man. All four occupants were slightly injured and the aircraft was written off.
Crew:
Robert Pierce Wigley-Jones, pilot,
Sgt D. A. Cruickshank,
Sgt R. C. Bryant,
LAC E. H. Parry.

While performing a night training mission, the crew encountered an unexpected situation and was forced to attempt an emergency landing in an open field. The aircraft crash landed and was damaged beyond repair while both pilots were unhurt.

While on a maritime patrol flight over the North Sea, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a He.111 and crashed in Pernis, in the suburb of Rotterdam. Three crewmen were killed while the fourth occupant was injured and became PoW.
Crew (500th Squadron):
P/O Arthur Wilfred Alexander Whitehead, †
P/O Anthony Ronald Mathias, †
Sgt H. W. J. Smith,
AC1 William Charles Hubbard. †