Royal Air Force - RAF

The aircraft was returning to UK with 24 released prisoners of war as part of Operation EXODUS, a task placed on Bomber Command using the heavy bomber force to repatriate prisoners, some of whom had been incarcerated for over 5 years, to UK as quickly as possible. The aircraft crew sent a brief message saying that they were making a forced landing but when the pilot applied full flap, the aircraft went out of control, entering a spin from which it did not recover and it crashed and was destroyed by fire.
Crew (514th Squadron):
F/Lt Donald Beaton, pilot,
F/Sgt Alfred McMurrugh, flight engineer,
F/O Ray Bertram Hilchey, navigator,
F/Sgt John Goodworth Brittain, wireless operator and air gunner,
P/O Robert MacPherson Toms, air gunner,
P/O Orval Clare Evers, air gunner.
Passengers:
Cpt Robert Worsley Wheeler,
Lt Patrick Archibald Tomlin Campbell,
Lt Eric Thomas Theodore Snowden,
Sgt Ronald Arthur Adams,
Cpl Emanuel L. Belshaw,
Cpl Albert George Thompson,
Cpl George William Franks,
Fus Harold Cummings,
Fus Owen Parkin,
Gdm James Arthur Roe,
Gun Alfred James Spencer Crowe,
Gun A. N. Labotske,
Pio W. L. Lindheimer,
Pio Mordhai Maschit,
Pvz Thomas Anderson,
Pvt William Leonard Ball,
Pvt Samuel James Bayston,
Pvt Roland Albert Betton,
Pvt Ronald Ernest Clark,
Pvt Walter Croston,
Pvt Richard Danson,
Pvt Ralph Turnbull,
Pvt Patrick Yates,
Rif Thomas James Edwards.
Source:
http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/18570-the-first-seven-days-of-peace/

Left Meiktila at 0455LT on a supply mission to Payagi but failed to arrive. It is believed the aircraft crashed in a dense wooded area located near Payagi, according to US soldiers testimony. At the time of the accident, the crash site was hold by enemy forces.
Crew (194th Squadron):
P/O Colin Allan Walton, pilot,
F/Sgt Edwin William Wright, copilot,
P/O Thomas Kevin Francis Xavier Leavey, navigator,
P/O Philip Maurice Gunn, wireless operator,
P/O Robert Nisbet Pittendrigh, load master,
Sgt Roydon Maxwell Kemp, air gunner.

Crashed in unknown circumstances, killing both occupants, pilots John J. Gilmour and Frank L. Radcliffe.

The crew encountered poor weather conditions with low visibility due to snow storm. While flying at low altitude, the twin engine aircraft hit tree tops and crashed in a wooded area located in New Barn Farm, Temple Guiting. All three crew members were killed.
Crew (3rd AFU):
F/O Gordon Alexander Aubrey,
P/O Thomas Gould,
Sgt Howard Bryant Montgomery.

The aircraft was on its way to Brussels with one female passenger from the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (LAC Margaret Mary Walsh) and photographic materials. Enroute, the twin engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into The Channel, about ten miles southeast of Ramsgate. SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the six occupants was found.

Shortly after lift off, the aircraft went out of control and crashed on a depot. All six crew members were killed and 15 people on the ground as well.
Crew (49th Squadron):
F/O G. F. Elkington, pilot,
F/S C. I. Walker, flight engineer,
F/S L. W. Evans, navigator,
F/S J. W. Petch, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/O H. Macaulay, bombardier,
F/S M. J. C. Garrett, air gunner.
Those killed on the ground were:
AC2 George Henry Brenchley,
AC1 Robert John Clewley,
F/O George Frank Elkington,
F/S Leonard William Evans,
F/S Maurice John Clive Garrett,
SGT Cyril Lesley Hammond,
CPL Haydn Spencer Hancox,
F/O Hugh Macaulay,
LAC Leonard Masterman,
F/S John William Petch,
LAC Frank Plumtree,
LAC James William Rogers,
F/S Cyril Ivan Walker,
F/L Geoffrey Wimpenny,
LAC William Wright.

The crew left RAF Leuchars at 2011LT on a patrol mission over Kattegat, taking part to the battle for freedom of Denmark. To avoid German radars, the captain decided to overfly Denmark at low height. In low visibility due to the night, the bomber hit tree tops and crashed in flames in a wooded area located in Årestrup. All 11 crew members were killed.
Crew (206th Squadron):
Lt Cdr N. Guilonard, pilot,
P/O W. T. H. Gale, flight engineer,
F/O A. J. Harding, navigator,
W/O G. H. Topcliffe, navigator,
F/Lt P. S. L. Laycock, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt F. R. Orritt, wireless operator and air gunner,
W/O W. W. Spencer, wireless operator and air gunner,
W/O T. K. Theaker, wireless operator and air gunner,
W/O G. C. K. Long, air gunner,
W/O K. Emery, air gunner,
F/O A. R. T. Smith.

The crew was completing a flight from Algiers-Maison Blanche Airport to Marseille-Marignane with three French passengers and a crew of four. While approaching Marseille from the east, the crew encountered poor visibility with foggy conditions. At an estimated altitude of 1,500 feet, the aircraft hit a hill located in Vitrolles, east of the airport. All seven occupants were killed.
Crew (28th Squadron):
Lt Harry Noel Greenberg, pilot,
Lt A. F. Smith, copilot,
Cpl Trevor Griffiths, radio operator,
Lt Lloyd Charles Loram, navigator.
Passengers:
Lt Col Henri Marie Charles Thouvenin de Mirecourt,
Adj Siméon Chrétien,
Cpt Vincent Martinez.

On rotation, a wing hit the runway surface, causing the aircraft to crash. The crew fate remains unknown.

Crashed in unknown circumstances in Blindstones Moss, near Oldham. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.