Boscombe Down AFB

During the takeoff roll, the airplane started to swerve on runway. It went out of control, veered off runway and collided with a hangar, bursting into flames. Six crew members were injured while both pilots were killed, both flying for Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA). Captain Kennard was one of the founder of ATA.
Crew:
Cpt Donald Ian Menzies Kennard, pilot,
3rd Off Frederick Howard Moseley, pilot.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2033LT on August 28 on an operation to Nuremberg. The following night, it ran low on fuel and crashed while attempting to land at RAF Boscombe Down. All seven crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
P/O W. W. Boylson,
Sgt G. Robinson,
Sgt W. R. Jones,
Sgt F. T. B. Wills,
Sgt A. H. Hotchkiss,
Sgt J. P. Carter,
Sgt W. Degg.

The crew departed RAF Boscombe Down on a local test flight on this first production model of the Warwick. While practicing dives, the crew lost control of the airplane after fabric panels detached from the wings. The airplane crashed in Shrewton, about 12 km northwest of the airbase. All four occupants were killed.
Crew:
S/L William Joseph Carr, pilot,
Cpl Raymond Leigh,
Cpl Frederick William Shenton,
Mr. Eric R. Staniland.

The airplane departed RAF Boscombe Down to take part to Operation Jubilee. Approaching the French coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Berneval-le-Grand, east of Dieppe. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Cecil Lloyd Woodland, pilot,
Sgt Austin Stanley Boyd, observer,
Sgt Henry George Neville, air gunner.

The crew departed RAF Defford on a flight to RAF Boscombe Down to take delivery of a second Avro 652 Anson. While cruising at an altitude of 2,000 feet, the twin engine airplane went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a field near Cirencester. All six occupants, among them two brothers, were killed.
Crew:
F/L Frank Brown,
F/O Eric Tom Sellick,
F/O George Flight Sellick,
F/O Alfred James Marsh,
LAC Henry Davis McCallum,
AC2 Roland Frederick Umney.

The airplane was an experimental machine fitted with a pressurized cabin for high-altitude reconnaissance operations. After the cabin pressurization system was checked, while cruising at an altitude of 32,500 feet, a section of one of the propeller blades sheared off, penetrating the cabin, causing a loss of pressure and possibly incapacitating the pilot. The airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and broke up before crashing in an open field located between the villages of Dale Abbey and Ockbrook. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Cyril Lancelot Fellowes Colmore, pilot,
F/Sgt Ronald Potts Gillott, wireless operator,
P/O Kenneth Radford, air gunner,
F/Sgt Arthur James Smith, observer,
Mr. C. V Abbott, flight test observer.

This test flight followed a crash of a Lancaster that had suffered a loss of a section of wing paneling on its return to England from a bombing raid on Germany. All the Lancaster aircraft at that time were brand new Lancaster 1s. The crashes were caused by faulty design of the skin/rivets on the upper wind out section. This resulted in all the Lancaster in service at that time being taken off operations and confined to navigation and night flying training flights over the UK. The Lancaster had taken off from Boscombe Down with a simulated full bomb load of concrete bombs to carry out diving trials from 13,000 feet down to 5,000 feet at various engine settings. Witnesses saw the Lancaster emerge from cloud in a slight dive, then roll onto its back and right itself before diving steeply into the ground at very high speed, crashing in a field in Charlton, norhteast of Malmesbury. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Peter Stanley Salter, pilot,
S/L Jack Donald Harris, pilot,
F/Lt Percy Frederick Wakelin, observer,
F/Lt Norman Gladswood Wilson, air gunner,
Sgt Kenneth John Jones, wireless operator.
Source:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk

The crew departed RAF Boscombe Down on a test flight consisting of a series of climb tests when the starboard outer engine (n°4) oversped and caught fire. The captain ordered his crew to abandon the airplane which they did successfully. Unfortunately, the airplane broke up and crashed in Lytchett Minster, killing the pilot.
Crew:
W/Cdr John William McGuire, pilot, †
W/O F. Robinson.

The crew departed RAF Boscombe Down on a test flight. En route, the starboard engine failed, forcing the crew to feather the propeller. At an altitude of 500 feet, the crew initiated a right turn when the right wing dropped. The airplane entered a stall and crashed in a field. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Thomas Walker Caston, pilot,
P/O John Cobean Fisher, navigator,
F/Sgt David Lewis Mullins, wireless operator.

The crew departed RAF South Cerney on a training mission to RAF Boscombe Down on behalf of the 3rd Army Training School. On final approach, the crew initiated a go around when the airplane struck the roof of a hangar, stalled and crashed. Both pilots were injured and the airplane was destroyed.