Training

The crew was engaged in a training exercise on behalf of the 30th OTU. En route, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in Whernside, near Ingleton. A young sergeant was seriously injured while all six other occupants were killed.
Crew:
F/O Ernest Malcolm Barrett, pilot, †
F/L Edward Alderson, copilot, †
Sgt Philip Edwin Lomas, navigator, †
F/O Robert Gerald Campbell Brodie, bombardier, †
Sgt Ronald Charles Holmwood, wireless operator, †
Sgt Norman Skirrow, wireless operator, air gunner, †
Sgt Joseph Marks, wireless operator, air gunner.

The crew was conducting a training exercise from Victoria-Patricia Bay on behalf of the 32th OTU. On approach to Port Hardy, weather conditions were poor with a low visibility and the pilot was unable to localize the airport. The crew followed a circuit over the region but was eventually forced to attempt an emergency landing due to fuel exhaustion. The aircraft hit tree tops and crashed in a dense wooded area near Port Hardy. Two crew were killed while the third occupant was injured.
Crew (32th OTU):
P/O J. M. Talbot, †
P/O T. S. Wordlow, †
Sgt T. R. Moss.

The crew was performing a training exercise on behalf of the 77th OTU in RAF Qastina, Palestine. En route, while flying together with a Bristol Beaufighter of the 46th Squadron, both aircraft collided and crashed near Nabatieh, south of Lebanon. All seven occupants on both aircraft were killed. The exact circumstances of the collision remains unknown.

The crew was engaged in a training flight and left Austin-Bergstrom AFB in the early afternoon. While cruising some 56 km east of the airbase, the crew reduced his altitude to 300 feet and was flying over small hills when the aircraft banked to the left and reached an angle of some 50 to 60 degrees. The left wing hit trees and the aircraft crashed inverted in a wooded area. Both pilots were killed.
Crew:
Verle A. Richards 1.

The crew consisted of five student pilots and four instructors and was performing a training exercise over the mountainous region of Pennines, on behalf of the 1674 HCU. En route since eight hours, the pilot in command did not realize his altitude was insufficient. The aircraft hit the slope of Blea Crag and disintegrated on impact, killing all nine crew members. Wreckage was spotted some 10 miles east of Penrith.
Crew:
F/O Paul B. Stevens, pilot,
F/O Sydney Brookes, pilot,
F/Sgt William Alan Johnson, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt Frank Pess, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt Harold S. Seabrook, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Robert J. Littlefield, flight engineer,
Sgt William J. Morrison, navigator,
Sgt Hugh Dunningham, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Dean W. Swedberg, wireless operator and air gunner.

The crew was engaged in a training exercise with other Marauder, and left that day the RAF Toome. En route, while cruising in low visibility due to mist, the aircraft hit the Mt Chimney Rock located south of Newcastle, County Down. The wreckage was found in the Spencer Valley, in the Mourne Mountains. All five crew members were killed.

The crew left Rosecrans AFB, Missouri, for a night training exercise. En route, while cruising in the blizzard, crew lost control of the aircraft that crashed near Tecumseh. All three crew were killed.
Crew (561st ABU):
Hinton C. Daniels, instructor,
Marie Ethel Sharon, pilot 1.

The crew was engaged in a bombing exercise over the Palikulo Bay, off Luganville. The twin engine aircraft left Luganville Airport in the morning, and while performing a turn, the pilot lost control of the aircraft that overturned and dove into the sea few yards off shore. All seven occupants were killed.
Crew (9th Squadron):
F/L Gordon McLachlan,
F/L Bernard O'Fagan,
F/O Maxwell Harwood,
F/O Lionel Wood,
P/O Augustine Thurston,
Lt R. Fresb,
A. Stinson, air gunner.

The aircraft left RAF Westcott at 1235LT on a training mission on behalf of the 11th OTU. En route, a technical failure occurred and the right wing was on fire. Crew attempted to divert to Milton and crew tried to extinguish the fire without success. On approach, the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed near the church of Rothersthorpe. The aircraft christened 'Bertie' was totally wrecked and all six occupants were killed.
Crew (11th OTU):
Sgt Norman H. Hewett, pilot,
Sgt Colin J. Mowatt, navigator,
Sgt John A. Freeman, air bomber
P/O Donald McTeer, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Joseph R. Dowling, air gunner,
Sgt Ernest V. Waller, air gunner.

The airplane departed Lyon-Bron Airport on a training mission, carrying three pilots and one radio operator. After a flight of 40 minutes over the Alps, the crew passed over Chindrieux and Châtillon then the pilot made a low pass over the Lac du Bourget when the left wing tip struck the water surface and the airplane crashed into the lake. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured. In December 1993, the wreckage was localized at a depth of 112 metres.
Crew:
Adj Ernst Chronz, pilot, †
Cpl Kurt Becker, pilot, †
Cpl Rudolph Schiere, pilot,
Cpl Otto Steinbach, radio operator.