Crash of a Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina off Pensacola NAS: 1 killed

Date & Time:
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
08316
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Pensacola - Pensacola
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
While landing by night in the Pensacola Bay, the seaplane water looped and sank. A crew member was killed while six others were injured.

Crash of a Douglas C-53-DO near Hyannis: 5 killed

Date & Time:
Operator:
Registration:
42-15547
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Alliance - Alliance
MSN:
7342
YOM:
1942
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a night training mission and departed Alliance AAF in the evening. While cruising in low visibility, the pilot made a turn to the right when the aircraft hit a mountain slope and crashed. The aircraft was demolished and all five occupants were killed. The aircraft was completing a right turn at the time of the accident and was in a bank angle of 60 degrees upon impact.
Crew:
Sgt John N. Darling,
2nd Lt Harold F. Kelly,
2nd Lt Richard P. Murphy,
Sgt Abraham Schneider,
1st Lt Roy S. Stanton.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I in Bundaberg

Date & Time:
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
AW906
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Bundaberg - Bundaberg
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a training exercise. For unknown reason, the aircraft overshot and collided with a boundary fence. While all four crew members were uninjured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I into the Sinclair's Bay: 5 killed

Date & Time:
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
MG510
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wick - Wick
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a low-level bombing practice on a target located in the Sinclair's Bay, off Wick, Scotland. After dropping a practice bomb from a height of 50 feet, the aircraft was seen to pull up to about 200 feet, and attempt to turn back onto the target. A high G stall occurred on the turn, and the aircraft crashed into the sea. The area was searched by ASR launches and a Walrus aircraft but apart from aircraft wreckage, no survivors were found.
Crew (1693 Flt):
P/O Laurence Edward Charnaud, pilot,
F/Sgt David Lindsay Farndell, navigator,
F/Sgt Andrew Wilson, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt Bernard John Yard, wireless operator and air gunner,
T/Sgt Frederick E. L. Stilwell, wireless operator and air gunner.
Source: http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=161374

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I on Mt Foel Frach

Date & Time:
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
EF909
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Jurby - Jurby
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew were on a night cross country navigation exercise from their home base of Jurby, on the northern plain of the Isle of Man. Most routes flown from Jurby were circular tours of the Irish Sea. While flying west, presumably on a clockwise orbit of the Irish Sea, the aircraft flew into to gentle grassy slopes of the Carneddau. At about 12:30 on the 1st December the RAF Mountain Rescue team based at Llandwrog were informed by the station's Flying Control Officer that two of the aircraft's crew had walked down to Bethesda, after having spent the night in the aircraft. The MRT began their search from Bethesda police station, they were then directed to the village store where they found the two aircrew. The two crew were unable to avail the team members of the exact location of the aircraft, having walked down in low visibility. They then began a search of the area to the north and west of Carnedd Llewellyn but found nothing before sunset, when they had to abandon the search and return to base. The second day of the search started at 07:30 with the team searching around Carnedd Dafydd. At 11:00 a third member of the crew was reported as having walked off the mountain to Bethesda. He was able to inform the Police more about where the aircraft, and the now lone fourth crewman was located. The hill parties were recalled and then drove to Tal-y-bont before proceeding up the track to Melynllyn to search the mountains in that area. At about 15:30 one of the search parties came across the wreck in the area between Foel Grach and Garnedd Uchaf and the cliffs of Craig y Dulyn. The fourth crew member was found alive in the aircraft's turret. He was reported to be "suffering from dehydration, starvation and a fractured foot, but his spirits were high". He was recovered by a stretcher party, arriving at the Ambulance after nightfall.
Crew (5th AOS):
Sgt James A. Knight, pilot,
Sgt Roy Gilbert, wireless operator and air gunner,
LAC Reed, navigator,
LAC Thomson, navigator.
Source:
http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/pages/wales/walesef909.htm

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-40-DL near RAF Membury: 5 killed

Date & Time:
Operator:
Registration:
42-24030
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Welford - Welford
MSN:
9892
YOM:
1943
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The aircraft registered 42-24030 left RAF Welford on a formation training mission with another USAF C-47 registered 42-24028. While cruising in the vicinity of RAF Membury, both aircraft collided and crashed in a field located 2 miles southwest of the airfield. All nine occupants on both aircraft were killed.
Crew (71st Squadron):
2nd Lt Forrest Kilmer Ames,
Sgt Irvin T. Foucheaux,
1st Lt Alvin Markey,
2nd Lt Ralph O. Rice,
S/Sgt Roy A. Taylor.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-40-DL near RAF Membury: 4 killed

Date & Time:
Operator:
Registration:
42-24028
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Welford - Welford
MSN:
9890
YOM:
1943
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The aircraft registered 42-24028 left RAF Welford on a formation training mission with another USAF C-47 registered 42-24030. While cruising in the vicinity of RAF Membury, both aircraft collided and crashed in a field located 2 miles southwest of the airfield. All nine occupants on both aircraft were killed.
Crew (71st Squadron):
Sgt Roy A. Adams,
2nd Lt Samuel J. Bryan,
2nd Lt Bernard R. Gildea,
S/Sgt Julius J. Jacobs.

Crash of a Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina in Beaufort NAS: 6 killed

Date & Time:
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
7261
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Beaufort - Beaufort
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
Shortly after take off from runway 32 by night, the pilot started a turn to the right when the aircraft hit the ground and crashed. Six crew members were killed while four others were injured.
Crew:
Lt Joseph F. Beach, pilot, †
Lt Albert M. Slingluff, †
A2C James G. Margiotis, †
A3C Arthur Mecalfe, †
Lt Jacob C. Phares, †
William B. Turner, †
William Pinkley Merck,
Robert Lewis Livellara,
Ferdinand Francis Deeley,
William E. Thompson.
Probable cause:
The exact cause of the accident was not determined with certainty.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I near RAF Moreton-in-Marsh

Date & Time:
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L4629
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a training exercise and was flying in the vicinity of RAF Moreton-in-Marsh when he was forced to attempt an emergency landing for unknown reason. Aircraft crash landed in a field and was written off while both occupants, an instructor and a pupil pilot were uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt J. G. Berry,
Sgt D. Hall.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I in Colsterdale: 8 killed

Date & Time:
Operator:
Registration:
JB926
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Riccall - Riccall
Region:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The crew left RAF Riccall on the evening of November 23 for a night training exercise with five other similar aircraft. Shortly after midnight, crew informed ground about severe icing and elected to return when the aircraft went out of control and crashed on a mountain slope locate near Colsterdale. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew (1658th HCU):
Sgt R. E. Bacon, pilot,
F/O H. McCarthy, navigator,
Sgt J. Titterton, flight engineer,
Sgt G. H. Manley, flight engineer,
Sgt B. F. Taylor, wireless operator,
Sgt J. J. MacGilliveray, bomb aimer,
Sgt A. Winton , air gunner,
Sgt D. E. Philips, air gunner.
Source: http://laituk.org/Halifax JB926.htm
Probable cause:
It was found that JB926 had in fact suffered severe structural failure in the air: the port outer wing had broken away, both outer engines had been torn off, as had both the port and starboard elevators. This together with the fact that the port wing tip was badly shattered and showed distinct scoring marks led again to conjecture that their had been some form of collision, either with another aircraft or a balloon cable. Later investigation found that the detached wing tip had almost certainly struck the fuselage of its own aircraft during the break up and the scoring marks had been made by JB926's own aerial wires.