Training

The crew was engaged in a night training exercise to Greensboro with an intermediate stop in Raleigh-Durham. The aircraft left Fayetteville-Pope AFB at the end of the evening and while cruising at an altitude of some 5,000 feet, the electrical system suffered technical problems while an auxiliary generator failed. The Pitot tube deicing system failed as well, so the parameters transmitted to the airspeed indicator were erroneous. In such situation, crew decided to return to Fayetteville and while flying across the last cloud layer, the crew did not realize his altitude was insufficient due to poor visibility. The aircraft hit a mountain slope and was totally wrecked some 14 km west of Sanford. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Theodore Cole 1.

Flt Sgt Britt who was uninjured in the crash, later reported ; “At 00:21 we received a diversionary message from Ramsay instructing us to land at Bishop Court. The Pilot and Navigator were informed, and QDM’s were obtained from Bishop Court H/F D/F Station. A short time after that one of the engines cut, I think it was the starboard. The Pilot increased power from the other one, but a few seconds later that one failed. The Pilot ordered abandon aircraft at a height of about 2,500 feet. The 2nd WOP was first to leave followed by the Navigator and then myself. On the way down I saw the aircraft with its landing lights on and guessed the Pilot was looking for a place to force land.”
Crew:
Sgt R. C. Gillespie, pilot,
Sgt R. H. Sproge, navigator, †
Sgt J. Pickaunce, air bomber,
Sgt J. Britt, wireless operator,
Sgt J. G. Breathour, wireless operator.
Source: ASN

Shortly after take off from Amarillo Airport, while in initial climb, the aircraft stalled and crashed. All seven occupants were killed. Crew was on his way to Monroe and return for a night training exercise.

The crew was performing a training sortie out from Chatham Field, Savannah, Georgia. While cruising along the east coast of Florida, one of the left engine failed. The captain decided to divert to Melbourne Airport but a first attempt to land was aborted. While making a turn to the left for a second attempt to land, the airplane went out of control and crashed. The copilot Basil Huntress 0-818156 was rescued while ten other occupants were killed.

En route, while approaching Östersund, the engine failed. The pilot lost control of the aircraft that crashed in a field. Both occupants were killed.
Crew:
Y. Ryman, pilot.
Passenger:
R. Bergland.

Shortly after take off from RAF Lindley/Nuneaton, while climbing, crew encountered an engine failure and attempted to return when the aircraft stalled and crashed in flames in Digbeth, in the suburb of Birmingham. All three crew members were killed while there was no casualties on ground. The crew was completing an exercise on behalf of the 105th OTU.
Crew:
Lt B. J. Balchin,
D. Huddleston,
Sgt B. Morgan.

The crew was performing a night training exercise from the RAF Cark, Cumbria. The exercise consisted of a round trip over Dumfries, Isle of Man and Blackpool. Due to low visibility caused by night and marginal weather conditions, the crew overflew the RAF Cark. Eventually, the pilot realize his mistake and
made a turn to join his airfield but was unaware he was flying too low. The aircraft crashed on Mt Swirl How and was destroyed by impact forces, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
Sergeant Kenneth Montague, pilot,
Sergeant Kenneth John Brettell, pilot,
Sergeant Walter William "Wally" Younger, wireless operator.

The crew was engaged in a glider towing exercise. Shortly after take off, while climbing to a height of 80 feet, the left engine failed. The glider's pilot immediately released the cable when the LodeStar banked left and crashed near the runway. All three occupants were killed.

Crew was performing a training flight when the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in Shining Tor, East Cheshire. All three crew were killed.