Jurby AFB

On 8th April 1943 the crew of this aircraft were undertaking a cross country navigation training flight and took off from Jurby on the Isle of Man at 1419LT. Because of poor weather and low cloud the crew became lost. It was thought that the aircraft was flying much further south than the crew believed they were. Instead of being over low ground to the west of Carlisle they were actually they were flying some twelve miles south of their assumed position which was over cloud-covered high ground. At 1640LT the crew attempted to obtain their position by transmitting a message to their base but nothing else was heard from the aircraft. Possible strong up and down air currents were thought to have affected the control of the aircraft and it descended over high ground it had crashed. The aircraft failed to return to base and was recorded as missing. The wreckage was spotted two days later on 10th April 1943 and it had crashed to the west of Bassenthwaite Lake, in the area of Lord Seat. At 2145LT a rescue party were dispatched the crash site arriving at around 2300LT. It was thought at the time that four members of the five man crew had died instantly as a result of the crash. One member of the crew was found alive but suffering from serious injuries and by this stage also suffering from exposure. A team brought him down from the crash site and he was admitted to the Mary Hewetson Cottage Hospital in Keswick. Sadly his injuries were so severe that he died there on 11th April 1943.
Crew (2nd AFU):
Sgt Harold Motby, pilot,
P/O Maurice Herbert Finbow, navigator,
P/O Robert Alexander Duff, navigator,
Sgt James Cooney, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt William Frederick Marshall, wireless operator and air gunner.
Source: http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/eg361.html

The twin engine aircraft was performing a night training exercise from RAF Jurby, Isle of Man. While flying over the Rhinns of Kells Mountain Range in poor visibility, the aircraft hit the slope of Mt Corserine located some 15 miles northeast of Newton Stewart. The wreckage was found two days later and all four occupants were killed.
Crew (5th AOS):
Sgt Joseph Gerard Millinger, pilot,
Sgt Charles Lunny, observer,
Sgt Petr Haas, observer,
F/Lt Václav Jelínek, observer.

The crew was completing a training exercise out from RAF Jurby. While flying south of Peel, the airplane collided with a second RAF Blenheim registered K7084 and carrying a crew of three. Both airplanes crashed in a prairie south of Peel and all five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lac Francis Patrick Skelly, pilot,
Lac Albert Ernest Snelson, observer.

The crew was completing a training exercise out from RAF Jurby. While flying south of Peel, the airplane collided with a second RAF Blenheim registered Z6191 and carrying a crew of two. Both airplanes crashed in a prairie south of Peel and all five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Bertram Frederick Kilian, pilot,
Lac Alan Samuel Mitchell, observer,
Cpl Zbigniew Pawlowski.

The airplane departed RAF Jurby on a cross country flight to RAF Syerston, carrying a crew of five. While cruising at night, the crew encountered technical problems with the engines and the artificial horizon. Decision was taken to divert for an emergency landing. The pilot spotted a flare path and attempted to land at the Hellaby dummy Airfield when the airplane collided with high tension cables located on the boundary of the site and crashed. A crew was killed and four others were injured.
Crew:
Crew:
Sgt John William Grosvenor Hodgkinson, pilot,
Sgt Parsons,
Lac A. Hughes,
Lac L. I. Alter,
Lac John Griffiths. †

The crew was completing a local training flight at RAF Jurby. On approach, the undercarriage got jammed and the crew completed a belly landing. Both occupants were uninjured and the airplane was not repaired.

Suffered an engine failure during takeoff, swerved on runway, lost its undercarriage and came to rest. There were no casualties.

Suffered a landing accident at RAF Jurby while on a local training mission. There were no casualties.
Crew:
Sgt T. E. Coogan +2.