Leicestershire

Crashed in unknown circumstances at RAF Ratcliffe. The pilot was uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt A. J. Weber, pilot.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham in the evening of September 11 on an operation to Rostock. While returning to base the following morning, it crash landed at 0615LT at Barn Farm, Billesdon. All four crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O B. S. Booker,
Sgt A. J. Pomes,
Sgt S. J. Binns,
Sgt J. S. Crossley.

The airplane departed RAF Newton at 0145LT on an operation to Boulogne. While returning to base the following night, it encountered foggy conditions when it impacted the slope of a hill located in Colborough Hill, near Halstead. A crew was injured and five others were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Vernon Edward Pereira, pilot, †
Sgt Vernon Douglas Huggett, pilot, †
Sgt Peter Jarvis, observer, †
F/Sgt Ernest Burton Wilcox, wireless operator, †
Sgt Michael Edward Gardiner, air gunner, †
Sgt Edmunds.

The airplane, with Sergeant John James Campbell as pilot, took off to carry out a general test prior to an operational trip that night. The flight was to have been for about three hours’ duration. Weather conditions at the time of the accident were favorable. The cloud base was about 3,000 feet and visibility was over 5 miles. Two hours later the aircraft was seen flying at tree-top height near St. Denys Road, Evington. After circling for a few minutes it dived lightly and then levelled out. Immediately afterwards the port mainplane struck the roofs of three houses, demolishing the chimney stacks. A woman standing in the back garden of No. 26 St. Denys Road, was killed by falling debris. After hitting the houses it struck high trees about 40 yards distant and the tail unit and part of the bomb compartment were torn off. It then crashed into the adjoining field and distributed itself over a distance of 120 yards, killing the pilot and the 1st WOp/Air Gunner. Interviewed at the hospital next day, the 2nd WOp/Air Gunner., who was the sole survivor, said that a short while before the crash they had been flying round the telephone exchange at Uppingham. It was later learned that the pilot had, until two days before, been on leave, staying at St. Denys Road, Evington, with a lady friend, who was a telephonist employed at Uppingham Exchange.
Crew:
Sgt John James Campbell, pilot, †
Sgt Leslie Albert Carn, wireless operator, †
Sgt J. E. Kilduff.
The woman killed on the ground was Mrs. Maud Louisa Harris.

The airplane was shot down by enemy fire while on an operation to Coventry and crashed near Loughborough. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Karl Dilthey,
Oswald Preiss,
Gunter Kühne,
Wilhelm Wellenbrock.

En route, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions and was forced to attempt an emergency landing in a pasture located in Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Later, while trying to take off, the single engine aircraft hit a hedge and crashed. The pilot was slightly injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The crew departed RAF Hemswell in the evening of April 30 to bomb Aalborg. After more than nine hours in the air, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Croxton Kerrial, 6 miles southwest of Grantham. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Charles William Glover, pilot,
P/O Jack Ernest Anthony Friend, pilot,
Sgt Charles Frost, observer,
AC1 John Bell Greenall, wireless operator and air gunner.

The crew was performing a training exercise on behalf of the 12th Army School. While cruising in poor weather conditions, the crew was forced to make an emergency landing following an engine failure. The twin engine aircraft crash landed six km northeast of RAF Lindley-Nuneaton. Both pilots were uninjured.

The crew departed RAF Wyton on a training mission. While flying in clouds, the pilot lost control of the airplane and bailed out. The remaining crew attempted an emergency landing in a pasture. Upon landing, the aircraft hit and killed a horse before coming to rest against a hedge. All three crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
P/O S. H. P. Smith,
Cpl T. E. Barnes,
AC1 A. E. Dean.

Shortly after takeoff from RAF Ratcliffe while on a local test flight, the aircraft stalled and crashed. Both occupants were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.