Military

The three engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances at Kristiansand-Kjevik Airport and was damaged beyond repair. Both crew members were injured.
Crew:
Fw Paul Hoffman, pilot,
Fw Paul von Etab, flight engineer.

After touchdown, an undercarriage collapsed. The airplane slid for few dozen metres before coming to rest. There were no injuries among the occupants and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

The airplane departed RAF Hampstead Norris on a transit flight to Gibraltar with a crew of four on board. On final approach to Gibraltar, both engines stopped and the airplane stalled and crashed into the sea some two km south of Gibraltar. All four crew members were quickly rescued and the airplane sank by a depth of about 40 metres.

The pilot, sole on board, departed Bristol-Filton Airport on a ferry flight to RAF St Athan. On final approach, both engines failed. The airplane lost height, clipped trees and crashed. The pilot was injured.
Crew:
P/O Jerzy Drewiecki, pilot.

While turning finals to land at RAF Waddington, the pilot reported that the Manchester yawed to starboard and though he opened the throttles to full power. Doing so, the bomber struck the ground hard, whereupon it skidded into a lake known as Fiskerton Lake, near RAF Fiskerton, some six miles northeast of RAF Waddington. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and all three crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
P/O A. W. Hills,
P/O F. Roper,
P/O S. W. Patterson.

The crew was on his way from Chaplinka, in the region of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, to Berlin, to attend the funeral of the German aviator and aircraft engineer and manufacturer Ernst Udet who passed away (committed suicide) on November 17. En route, the left engine failed and the pilot decided to divert to Wrocław (Breslau) Airport. On approach, the right engine failed as well. The aircraft stalled and crashed in a field. Two crew members were rescued while three others were killed, among them Colonel Werner Mölders and Lieutenant Georg Kolbe.

The airplane suffered an accident and was damaged beyond repair while taxiing at LG.75 Airfield located about 40 km south of Sidi Barrani. There were no injuries among the crew.

While approaching Kano, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with low visibility. The captain reduced his altitude in an attempt to make an emergency landing when the aircraft collided with trees and crash landed in Dawaki, northwest of Kano. All four crew members escaped uninjured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

The twin engine airplane departed RAF Millom on a transit flight with three crew members on board. While cruising in bad weather conditions, it impacted the slope of Mt Gatland's Fell located in the Lake District National Park. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Richard Anthony Leslie White, pilot,
LAC Stanley Harold Bingham, observer,
LAC Eric Edward Claridge, observer.

The airplane was approaching Voronezh from a flight from Urazovo, carrying one pilot and one engineer from the southwest front. Over the city, it collided with the cable of a barrage balloon and crashed in the Voronezh River. Both occupants were killed.