Hornchurch AFB

While cruising in poor weather conditions at a height of 3,600 feet, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of Stob ant’Sluichd located some 20 km southeast of Aviemore, Scotland. SAR operations were suspended after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. The wreckage was eventually found by walkers on August 19, 1945, on the top of the mountain, some 10 feet below the summit. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (311th Squadron):
W/O Rudolf Jelen, pilot,
F/O Jan Vella, copilot,
S/L Karel Kvapil, pilot,
F/O Leo Linhart, pilot,
P/O Valter Kauders, wireless operator.

The airplane was shot down by the British Flak and crashed onto a house at 12 Matlock Gardens near RAF Hornchurch. The aircraft and the house were destroyed. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW. Three people in the house were also killed.
Crew:
Lt Hans-Adalbert Tuffers, pilot,
Uffz Josef Haverstreug,
Uffz Richard Bubel, †
Uffz Josef Juvan. †
Those killed on the ground were:
William Bird,
Margaret Bird,
Joyce Bird.

The airplane departed RAF Hornchurch on a night patrol mission. En route, the radio failed and as the airplane ran out of fuel, the crew abandoned the aircraft that crashed near RAF Odiham. All three crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
F/O H. B. L. Hough +2.

On approach to RAF Hornchurch, the left engine failed. The crew lost control of the airplane that crashed in East Close, near the airbase. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Albert Frederick Charles Saunders, pilot,
F/Sgt John William Davies, wireless operator and air gunner.

The pilot departed RAF Hornchurch on a patrol mission. After takeoff, while climbing to an altitude of 200 feet, the right engine failed. The aircraft lost height, clipped trees and crashed, bursting into flames. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.
Crew:
F/O Albert Anthony Vickers.