Cambridgeshire

The pilot departed RAF Upwood at 1304LT on a local solo training exercise. After takeoff, while climbing to a height of 300 feet, the left engine failed. The pilot elected to return for an emergency landing when the airplane crashed near the airbase four minutes after takeoff. The pilot was injured.
Crew:
Sgt S. O. Hill, pilot.

The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 0225LT on an operation to Aachen. Shortly after takeoff, the starboard engine caught fire. The crew elected to return for an emergency landing when the airplane crashed 16 minutes later on final approach. Five crew members were injured and the air gunner was killed.
Crew:
Sgt Victor Lawrence Lloyd, air gunner, †
Sgt A. Firth,
Sgt G. Collins,
Sgt B. A. Jarvis,
Sgt J. Machonichie,
Sgt J. M. Macdonald.

The crew was completing a local training flight at RAF Upwood. On final approach in gusty winds, the pilot-in-command lost control of the airplane that crashed short of runway. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Charles Herman Woodworth, pilot,
F/Sgt Matthew Thompson, observer,
Sgt Robert Barr, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington on an Air Sea Rescue mission. It returned to base in marginal weather conditions and the pilot landed, by mistake, downwind. After touchdown, the airplane collided with an obstacle which smashed the bomber's undercarriage, causing damage that was deemed to be beyond economical repair.
Crew:
S/L D. J. H. Lay +6.

The airplane departed RAF Driffield on a transit flight to RAF Oakington. On final approach in poor visibility, at a height of about 500 feet, the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed a mile south of the airbase. Five crew members were killed and a sixth was injured.
Crew:
P/O Alan Hedges Barford, pilot, †
Sgt Samuel James Miller, pilot, †
Sgt A. H. Stewart, observer,
Sgt Arthur Dexter Southall, wireless operator, †
Sgt Robert Gordon Clifford Walton, wireless operator, †
Sgt Thomas Albert Quinn, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Marham on a training exercise. It crashed two miles north of March, following a low-flying accident during which the Wellington collided with a line of railway trucks on the March to Spalding line. All nine crew members were killed, among them three members of the ground staff who joined the flight for air experience flying.
Crew:
Sgt George Robert Bruce, pilot,
Sgt Percival Miles Taylor, pilot,
Sgt Henry Norman O'Shea, observer,
Sgt Percy George Crosbie, wireless operator,
Sgt William Myrddin Evans, wireless operator,
Sgt Ernest Alfred Lawrence, air gunner,
Cpl James Crosby Fox,
Sgt Jack Dix,
AC2 Gordon Sydney Wakefield.

While on a training flight out from RAF Mildenhall, a fire developed in one of the starboard engines and the airplane crash landed at 1215LT at Boxworth. There were no injuries among the crew.
Crew:
P/O C. Lofthouse +4.

The airplane was completing a training exercise when it crashed while trying to land at RAF Oakington. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Brendan Patrick Hennessey, pilot,
P/O Raymond Mayhew Lewin, pilot,
Sgt Ronald George Archer,
F/Sgt Thomas Arthur Bates, observer,
Sgt Adam Grant, flight engineer,
Sgt Denis John Mackey, wireless operator,
F/Sgt James William Cornforth, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Thomas David Snape, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bourn on a local training exercise when it crashed almost immediately after takeoff due to partial instrument failure. The Wellington caught fire and was damaged beyond repair. There were no injuries among the crew.
Crew:
Sgt Hunt +4.

After completing a training exercise, the airplane landed at RAF Oakington on wet runway and while turning sharply to avoid running into an aircraft parked on a dispersal pan, the undercarriage collapsed. There were no injuries among the crew.
Crew:
P/O M. W. Hardstaff +3.