Royal Air Force - RAF

The crew was completing a local training sortie at RAF Scampton. The accident happened when the pilot turned steeply to the left and lost control of the airplane that crashed at Hackthorne Hall, two miles northeast of the airbase. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Keith Bryant, pilot,
AC2 Walter Henry Fulcher,
LAC Andrew Garven Wilson.

The airplane crashed at Carol House Farm near Swaffham while completing fuel consumption tests and cross country flying practice. The airplane was destroyed and all seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard Herbert Pitt, pilot,
Sgt Gordon David Hankinson Dutton, pilot,
Sgt Brian Ernest Dew, observer,
Sgt Reginald Cooper Knott, wireless operator,
F/Lt Harold Sidney Mellows,
Sgt Robert Owen Newbury, wireless operator,
Sgt John Leslie Louvain Arthur, air gunner.

The crew departed Wadi Gazouza on a training flight. An engine failure forced the pilot to make an emergency landing some 55 miles east-southeast of Khartoum. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and all four crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Stanley John Prentice, pilot,
Sgt Brian Warren Engall, observer,
Sgt Allan Wentworth Thomas, wireless operator,
Sgt William Stevenson, wireless operator.

Following a dual instruction flight, the airplane was returning to base at Wadi Gazouza when the starboard engine caught fire while taxiing to parking. Both crew members escaped uninjured.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham in the afternoon on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base in the late evening, it swung on touchdown and collided with the airfield control caravan. All four crew members escaped uninjured while two airmen in the caravan were killed and a third was injured.
Crew:
Sgt Nightingale,
Sgt Sparks,
Sgt Gailey,
Sgt Ward.
Ground crew:
AC2 Frederick George Malin, †
AC1 George Roberts, †
LAC A. T. Higgins.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 1731LT on an operation to Hamburg. Hit by Flak in the port engine while north of the city. With only one engine, the pilot was able to fly back to England and diverted to RAF East Wretham where the airplane crashed in a wood while trying to land. All six crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt W. E. Pendleton,
Sgt J. Cartwright,
Sgt A. N. Jenkins,
Sgt H. G. Cawdron,
Sgt W. C. Sadler,
Sgt D. S. Nicholas.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 1730LT on an operation to Hamburg. In the evening, it crashed in unknown circumstances in the Waddenzee, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt George Herbert Dartnall, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Bamber Fielding,
Sgt Reginald Burchell How,
Sgt Kenneth Quick,
F/Sgt William Smithson,
P/O Hugh Vincent Wilgar-Robinson.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1755LT on an operation to Ostend. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Roksem. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Cayley Wilson, pilot,
Sgt Evan Bertram Te Makahi Robertson, observer,
Sgt Douglas Victor Markall, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas Frederick William Norton, wireless operator.

The pilot was completing a solo training flight at RAF Upwood. Upon takeoff, he retracted the undercarriage prematurely, causing the airplane to sink back onto the runway. He continued his mission and while returning to base after noon, the airplane crashed upon landing and caught fire. The pilot escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt J. A. C. Scott, pilot.

The crew was completing a local bombing practice training flight on a nearby range when the airplane impacted trees and crashed northwest of the airbase. Two crewmen were injured.
Crew:
Sgt H. A. Ogden, pilot,
Sgt McHugh +2.