Royal Air Force - RAF

Overshot and crashed on landing. No casualties.

Shortly after take off from RAF Turnberry, while climbing, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea two miles off Maidens, north of the airbase. All five crew members were killed. They were engaged in a coastal patrol mission at that time.
Crew (5th OTU):
W/O John Robertson, pilot,
Sgt Eric Raynor Kelsall, navigator,
F/Sgt Norman Walter Huggins, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt James Vincent Jenkins, wireless operator and air gunner,
Peter Bernard Joseph, observer.

Shortly after take off from Comilla Airport, while in initial climb, an engine failed. The pilot retracted the gear and attempted an emergency belly landing in a paddy field. While there were no casualties, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with a snowstorm. Due to icing conditions, the captain ordered his second to bail out and attempted to make an emergency landing when the aircraft went out of control and eventually crashed in a wooded area. While the second pilot was unhurt, the captain was killed.
Crew (18th AFU):
F/O D. J. Turner, pilot,
F/O Fred Waddingham, pilot.

The crew departed RAF Wymeswold for a routine training mission. It is believed that the airplane crashed somewhere into the North Sea as no trace of it nor the crew was found.
Crew (108th OTU):
F/Sgt Walter William Pinfold, pilot,
Sgt William Dean, navigator,
Sgt James Lindsay Cameron, wireless operator.

While cruising in a snowstorm, the pilot encountered a double engine failure and was forced to attempt an emergency landing. While trying to land, the aircraft impacted trees and crashed in a wooded area. A crew member was killed while both other occupants were injured.
Crew:
F/Lt Norman Butler Worswick, pilot,
F/Sgt J. R. Payne,
F/O Frank Reid Miller. †

While conducting a GEE exercise, the pilot lost control of the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed in a prairie. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Micheal Larkin, pilot,
F/Lt Ivor Reginald Sims, observer,
Sgt George William Stafford, observer.

The aircraft departed RAF Abbotsinch in the morning on a cross country flight to RAF Hartford Bridge (now Blackbushe) via RAF Woodvale, near Southport. After the aircraft failed to arrive at Woodvale or any other station, it was reported missing. Nothing further was heard or seen of the aircraft until February 5 when a shepherd working on Cornel Min above Llyn Crafnant discovered the wrecked and the bodies of the four airmen. He reported his find immediately and a team was summoned from the RAF Mountain Rescue Servive at Llandwrog. They arrived the site after dark so postponed any further action until the following day, when they recovered the bodies and identified the aircraft as the Oxford that had been posted as missing a little over 3 weeks earlier.
Crew (418th Squadron):
F/Lt Tommy C. Matthew, pilot,
P/O James Firth, copilot.
Passengers:
F/O Geoffrey Day,
F/O Walter Paul Retzer.
Source:
http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/pages/wales/waleslb537.htm

En route, the aircraft was attacked by the pilot of a Japanese Nakajima Ki-43. Bullets hit the fuselage and the left engine that caught fire. The captain attempted a wheels up emergency landing in an open field near Schwebo. While the aircraft was damaged beyond repair, a crew member, the wireless operator, was killed.

While cruising in poor weather conditions at a height of 3,600 feet, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of Stob ant’Sluichd located some 20 km southeast of Aviemore, Scotland. SAR operations were suspended after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. The wreckage was eventually found by walkers on August 19, 1945, on the top of the mountain, some 10 feet below the summit. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (311th Squadron):
W/O Rudolf Jelen, pilot,
F/O Jan Vella, copilot,
S/L Karel Kvapil, pilot,
F/O Leo Linhart, pilot,
P/O Valter Kauders, wireless operator.