Training

The crew was involved in a combined training exercise with a second RAAF Lockheed L-414 Hudson IIIA registered A16-194 and carrying a crew of four as well. While cruising in the vicinity of Giru, both aircraft collided in unclear circumstances. The A16-191 crashed in a dense mangrove and all four crew members were killed. The pilot of A16-194 was able to complete an emergency landing between Barrattas and Barramundi Creek. While the aircraft was destroyed, three crew members were injured while the fourth occupant was killed.
Crew (32nd Squadron):
Sgt M. W. Cooper, pilot,
Sgt H. T. Gillam, copilot,
Sgt J. A. Herman, wireless operator and air gunner,
P/O John L. Jewell, air gunner.

The crew was involved in a night training exercise over the Irish Sea. Shortly after take off from RAF Millom, while in initial climb, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed into the Irish Sea, few hundred yards off shore. All three crew members were killed.
Crew (1st OTU):
Sgt Robert McGregor Laurie, pilot,
F/O Richard William Rollason, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Frederick Jack Irvine, wireless operator and air gunner.

En route, while cruising at low height, the twin engine aircraft hit high tension cables and crashed in a field. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (3rd AOS):
P/O G. W. Ardley,
P/O C. A. Harris,
Sgt H. Cohen,
Sgt S. Laws.

En route, while cruising at low height, the twin engine aircraft hit power cables, stalled and crashed in a field. Two crew members were killed while all three other occupants were injured.
Crew (21st OTU):
Sgt Ernest Brocklebank,
Sgt. T. A. Worley 3.

Disappeared into the Irish Sea while performing a training flight along the Pembrokeshire coast. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew (106th Squadron):
Sgt A. J. McHardy,
Sgt F. Chapman,
Sgt K. J. Gill,
F/S R. A. Post,
Sgt R. E. Warren.

Crashed in unknown circumstances near the Tarrant AAF in Fort Worth, while performing a training flight. Crew fate remains unknown.

While performing a training mission off Pearl Harbour, the seaplane went out of control and crashed into the sea. All nine crew members were killed.

The pilot, sole aboard, was performing a circular training flight at Blackpool Airport. On final approach, the twin engine aircraft collided with another RAF Airspeed AS.10 Oxford registered L4603 with one pilot on board as well. Following the collision, both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed near a residential area located near the airport. Both pilots on both aircraft were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Orville Norman Elwell.

The pilot, sole aboard, was performing a circular training flight at Blackpool Airport. On final approach, the twin engine aircraft collided with another RAF Airspeed AS.10 Oxford registered X7063 with one pilot on board as well. Following the collision, both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed near a residential area located near the airport. Both pilots on both aircraft were killed.

While completing a training mission, the twin engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances about 9 miles off the mouth of the Eel River, California. The plane was observed to enter a dive and to crash into the sea at coordinates 40º39'N and 124º30'W, some 20 miles southwest of Eureka. No trace of the wreckage was found and all seven crew members were presumed dead.
Crew:
William Froehlingsdorf, pilot,
2nd Lt Wilford J. Caisssie, copilot,
Wade E. Andreas,
Laurence M. Christian Jr.,
Stanley E. Shaw,
Ens Albert Clinton Maher, Navy
A2c James Edward Jones, Navy.