Avro 683 Lancaster

While on a training sortie, the four engine aircraft went out of control and crashed into the Bristol Channel, off Weston-Super-Mare. All 7 crew members were killed.
Crew (166th Squadron):
P/O G. Barlow,
F/S A. R. Kirschner,
Sgt C. E. Butler,
F/O J. Doyle,
F/S R. .J Sullivan,
Sgt W. F. G. Edge,
Sgt W. Gibson.

The aircraft was flying from RAF Linton-on-Ouse and had earlier been carrying out bumps and circuits but the crew became tired of this and decided to fly around the local area. As it became dark the crew became disorientated and eventually ended up circling Glossop. The aircraft was observed flying into the hillside at 2210LT.
Crew (408th Squadron):
F/O Anthony Arthur Clifford, pilot,
F/O Kenneth McIvor, flight engineer,
F/O David Fehrman, bomb aimer,
W/O Michael Cecil Cameron, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Clarence Halvorson, air gunner,
F/Sgt Leslie Claude Hellekson, air gunner.
Source:
http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/pages/peakdistrict/peakdistrictkb993.htm

The aircraft was returning to UK with 24 released prisoners of war as part of Operation EXODUS, a task placed on Bomber Command using the heavy bomber force to repatriate prisoners, some of whom had been incarcerated for over 5 years, to UK as quickly as possible. The aircraft crew sent a brief message saying that they were making a forced landing but when the pilot applied full flap, the aircraft went out of control, entering a spin from which it did not recover and it crashed and was destroyed by fire.
Crew (514th Squadron):
F/Lt Donald Beaton, pilot,
F/Sgt Alfred McMurrugh, flight engineer,
F/O Ray Bertram Hilchey, navigator,
F/Sgt John Goodworth Brittain, wireless operator and air gunner,
P/O Robert MacPherson Toms, air gunner,
P/O Orval Clare Evers, air gunner.
Passengers:
Cpt Robert Worsley Wheeler,
Lt Patrick Archibald Tomlin Campbell,
Lt Eric Thomas Theodore Snowden,
Sgt Ronald Arthur Adams,
Cpl Emanuel L. Belshaw,
Cpl Albert George Thompson,
Cpl George William Franks,
Fus Harold Cummings,
Fus Owen Parkin,
Gdm James Arthur Roe,
Gun Alfred James Spencer Crowe,
Gun A. N. Labotske,
Pio W. L. Lindheimer,
Pio Mordhai Maschit,
Pvz Thomas Anderson,
Pvt William Leonard Ball,
Pvt Samuel James Bayston,
Pvt Roland Albert Betton,
Pvt Ronald Ernest Clark,
Pvt Walter Croston,
Pvt Richard Danson,
Pvt Ralph Turnbull,
Pvt Patrick Yates,
Rif Thomas James Edwards.
Source:
http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/18570-the-first-seven-days-of-peace/

Shortly after lift off, the aircraft went out of control and crashed on a depot. All six crew members were killed and 15 people on the ground as well.
Crew (49th Squadron):
F/O G. F. Elkington, pilot,
F/S C. I. Walker, flight engineer,
F/S L. W. Evans, navigator,
F/S J. W. Petch, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/O H. Macaulay, bombardier,
F/S M. J. C. Garrett, air gunner.
Those killed on the ground were:
AC2 George Henry Brenchley,
AC1 Robert John Clewley,
F/O George Frank Elkington,
F/S Leonard William Evans,
F/S Maurice John Clive Garrett,
SGT Cyril Lesley Hammond,
CPL Haydn Spencer Hancox,
F/O Hugh Macaulay,
LAC Leonard Masterman,
F/S John William Petch,
LAC Frank Plumtree,
LAC James William Rogers,
F/S Cyril Ivan Walker,
F/L Geoffrey Wimpenny,
LAC William Wright.

While flying over The Netherlands, the aircraft was attacked by the pilot of a German Junkers JU.88. The captain ordered his crew to bail out and attempted to make an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in a field located north of Eindhoven. The captain was killed while six other occupants were safe.
Crew (153rd Squadron):
S/Ldr James Douglas Freeborn, †
Sgt L. T. A. Williams,
W/O H. L. Cosby,
F/Lt R. D. Morrison,
F/Sgt J. A. Eastman,
F/Sgt A. G. Pratt,
F/Sgt J. G. McNamara.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1430LT for a fighter affiliation exercise with an alternative of a one hour cross country navigation exercise, should the weather have been deemed suitable. About 90 minutes into the flight with the sun almost set (sun-set was 16:03) the aircraft descended through low cloud and snow showers and flew into the eastern side of the Roaches a few miles from the Staffordshire town of Leek and was completely destroyed by fire. The wreckage was found six days later and all 7 crew members were killed.
Crew (467th Squadron):
F/O Walter Vernon Wilfred Allamby, pilot,
Sgt Norman Lees, flight engineer,
F/Lt Jack Ivan Pritchard, navigator,
F/Lt Geoffrey James Dunbar, blomb aimer,
F/Sgt Richard Emonson, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Thomas Edward Harold Wright, air gunner,
F/Sgt Cleveland Charles Watson, air gunner.
Source & photos:
http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/pages/peakdistrict/peakdistrictnf908.htm

The crew departed RAF Mepal at 1548LT on a bombing mission to Vohwinkel. While overflying The Netherlands, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in Vilt. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew (75th Squadron)
W/Cdr Raymond John Newton, pilot,
P/O Richard Justin Aitchinson, pilot,
F/Sgt John Stanley Hoskins,
F/Sgt Arthur Lee,
Sgt Martin Brennan, air gunner,
Sgt Victor James Clark,
Sgt Leonard James Cooke,
Sgt Harry Sansome.

The aircraft was flying in formation with another RAF Lancaster registered PB691. While cruising over the south part of Norway, the aircraft went out of control and crashed on the slope of a wooded hill. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (97th Squadron):
F/O W. R. Sinclair,
Sgt S. B. Morgan,
F/O G. H. Kendall,
F/S K. Mannion,
F/S T. D. Cremins,
F/S E. J. Hobbs,
F/S Oliver Gaon.

The aircraft was flying in formation with another RAF Lancaster registered PB461. While cruising over the south part of Norway, the aircraft went out of control and crashed on the slope of a wooded hill. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (189th Squadron):
F/Lt G. B. White,
Sgt J. B. Clayton,
F/O H. L. Shepherd,
F/O E. A. Underwood,
Sgt W. A. Gamble,
F/O A. W. Heughan,
Sgt N. Summers.

The aircraft left RAF Skellingthorpe at 1612LT on a bombing mission to Munich. While flying over The Netherlands, the bomber crashed in unknown circumstances in Lewedorp, east of Vlissingen. All 7 crew members were killed.
Crew (50th Squadron):
F/Sgt M. J. MacLeod 6.