Avro 652 Anson

During takeoff roll, one of the engine failed. The aircraft went out of control, veered off runway and collided with a fence. Both pilots were slightly injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The crew was performing a night training flight over the North Sea on behalf of the 233th Squadron. In unknown circumstances, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea in a huge explosion. All three crewmen were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt William Noel Hamilton Banks,
P/O Felix Oswald Thresher,
AC1 Robert Munro.

The crew was performing a local training flight at RAF Tangmere on behalf of the 217th Squadron. Following a wrong approach configuration, the crew overshot and landed too far down the runway. After touchdown, the twin engine aircraft was unable to stop within the remaining distance, overran and came to rest in a field. Both pilots evacuated safely and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The crew was performing a training flight out from RAF Abbotsinch. While cruising at low height in thick clouds, the twin engine aircraft impacted a hill located in Whittlemoor Dam, near Howwood. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and both crew members from the 269th Squadron were killed. According to an eyewitness, it seems the crew was trying to locate an airfield to land in poor visibility when the accident occurred.
Crew:
Sgt William Alexander Sutherland,
Cpl Robert Hunter.

The crew was performing a local training flight out from RAF South Cerney. On final approach, the aircraft collided with a stone wall, lost its undercarriage and crashed in an open field located short of runway. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and both crew members were slightly injured.

The crew was performing a night training flight from RAF Driffield. On approach to RAF Greenham Common, the twin engine aircraft descended through the last cloud layer when it impacted tree tops and crashed in a wooded area located in Kingsclere, northwest of Basingstoke, Hampshire. A pilot was killed while three other occupants were injured.
Crew from 51st Squadron:
P/O David Lorraine Lloyd Morris, †
Sgt Donald William Mansbridge,
P/O Cecil Wardman Poulter,
AC2 Ronald Harry Price.

The twin engine aircraft overshot on landing and crashed in a field past the runway end. All four occupants escaped unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The crew was performing a local training flight at RAF Driffield. On final approach, the pilot failed to realize his altitude was too low when the aircraft hit tree tops, overturned and crashed upside down in an open field located short of runway. Both crew members were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

The crew was performing a local training flight out from RAF Bircham Newton. On final approach, the pilot failed to realize he was flying too low. The twin engine aircraft hit the ground and came to rest short of runway. Both occupants were injured and the aircraft was destroyed. Crew from the 220th Squadron.

Following a bombing exercise off the RAF Penrhos, Wales, a formation of 14 Avro Anson was returning to its base at RAF Bircham Newton with an intermediate stop at RAF Sealand. En route, while flying southwest of Llandudno, the leader went through a foggy area and instructed all other crews to gain altitude. While on the left of the formation, the Anson was flying at a height of some 100 feet when its pilot decided to gain altitude. The twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea of Penmaenmawr. All three crew members from the 220th Squadron were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Henry Victor Rimer, †
AC1 Michael Kirwan, †
AC2 Kenneth Mark Butcher. †