Training

The crew left his base at 2316LT on August 14 on a night training exercise via the Dunbeath radar. At 0008LT, ATC contacted the crew to inform that the weather conditions were deteriorating and that it was better to fly back. The seaplane continued to a north-westerly direction when it hit the slope of a mountain located near Lothbeg. All 15 occupants were killed. Up to date, this was considered as the worse accident involving a Short S.25 Sunderland in the RAF.
Crew:
F/O Ronald Shaw Rowson, pilot,
F/O Anton Nicholas Unser, copilot,
F/Lt William Benedict Sargent, navigator,
P/O Thomas Benedick Wood, wireless operator and air gunner,
P/O Vernon Cleveland Stordy, wireless operator and air gunner,
W/O Leroy Hart Ludington, wireless operator and air gunner,
P/O Percy Alexander Whyte, flight engineer,
Sgt Reginald Cuffley Norton, flight mechanic and air gunner,
Sgt Walter Komer, air gunner,
Sgt Donald Roy Trask, air gunner,
F/Lt Robert Lyall Mercer, pilot,
P/O Roderick William Fulton, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt Arthur Di Pisa, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt Nathan R. Dlusy, wireless operator and air gunner,
W/O Ronald Edward Jackson.
Infos & photos:
http://www.aircrashsites-scotland.co.uk/sunderland-glen-loth.htm

The pilot was performing a solo training flight in the region of Wigram AFB. While circling around the airbase, the twin engine aircraft collided with another RNZAF Oxford registered NZ286 and carrying one pilot as well. Following the collision, both aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a field located 3 km southeast of the airfield. Both pilots on both aircraft were killed. It appears that NZ1284 lost a part of its wing in the collision and crashed about a mile south of the other aircraft.
Crew:
LAC Keith Hodge, pilot.

The pilot was performing a solo training flight in the region of Wigram AFB. While circling around the airbase, the twin engine aircraft collided with another RNZAF Oxford registered NZ1284 and carrying one pilot as well. Following the collision, both aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a field located 3 km southeast of the airfield. Both pilots on both aircraft were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Pettitt, pilot.

On landing, the twin engine aircraft went out of control, swerved and veered off runway before coming to rest. While all four occupants were uninjured, the aircraft was written off.

The crew was engaged in a training exercise around New Plymouth. En route, in unknown circumstances, the twin engine aircraft crashed into the sea off New Plymouth and was lost. All four crew members were rescued.

During flight, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field in Wallacetown. Two crewmen were killed while two others were injured. Both crew killed were respectively Sgt E. D. Hawkins and Sgt R. D. Sharp.

The crew was performing a bombing exercise when bombs stored in the cargo compartment exploded in flight. While cruising at low level, the aircraft went out of control and crashed some 10 miles east of Adelaide River. Five crew members were killed while two others were injured.
Crew (2nd Squadron):
F/O Stanley Davies, pilot,
F/O Arthur Keith Buckland, †
F/O David Gethen Lane, †
W/O John Samuel McLelland Campbell, †
W/O Arthur Keith Griesbach, †
Sgt Frederick Hugh Conaghan, †
F/O Kenneth Joseph Hadley.

The crew was engaged in a training exercise around the RCAF Fingal. While cruising north of the airbase, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field located in Southwold. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O K. M. Joyce, pilot,
P/O I. H. Rees, instructor,
LAC D. F. McLay, student,
LAC S. C. Turner, air bomber pupil.

The crew was engaged in a training flight from Lincoln and the mission consisted in a test of the embarked compass system. While flying in the region of Kansas City, the crew encountered technical problems with the compass and attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft hit tree tops, electric and telephone cables before crashing onto a house located in Merriam, in the suburb of Kansas City. Three crew members were killed while three others were injured. Four people on the ground were injured as well.

The crew was engaged in a night training exercise. En route, while cruising at an altitude of 2,250 feet, the twin engine aircraft hit a mountain slope located near Mt Bennanbrack, some 6 miles north of Newton Stewart. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Raymond John Crotty, pilot,
Sgt Darius Bede Northmore, navigator,
W/O Peter Smith, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Bertram Ernest William Becker,
Sgt Edward Hugh Patrick Cresswell, wireless operator and air gunner.
Source & photos:
http://www.aircrashsites-scotland.co.uk/anson_bennanbrack.htm