Cumbria

The crew consisted of five student pilots and four instructors and was performing a training exercise over the mountainous region of Pennines, on behalf of the 1674 HCU. En route since eight hours, the pilot in command did not realize his altitude was insufficient. The aircraft hit the slope of Blea Crag and disintegrated on impact, killing all nine crew members. Wreckage was spotted some 10 miles east of Penrith.
Crew:
F/O Paul B. Stevens, pilot,
F/O Sydney Brookes, pilot,
F/Sgt William Alan Johnson, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt Frank Pess, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt Harold S. Seabrook, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Robert J. Littlefield, flight engineer,
Sgt William J. Morrison, navigator,
Sgt Hugh Dunningham, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Dean W. Swedberg, wireless operator and air gunner.

The crew was performing a night training exercise from the RAF Cark, Cumbria. The exercise consisted of a round trip over Dumfries, Isle of Man and Blackpool. Due to low visibility caused by night and marginal weather conditions, the crew overflew the RAF Cark. Eventually, the pilot realize his mistake and
made a turn to join his airfield but was unaware he was flying too low. The aircraft crashed on Mt Swirl How and was destroyed by impact forces, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
Sergeant Kenneth Montague, pilot,
Sergeant Kenneth John Brettell, pilot,
Sergeant Walter William "Wally" Younger, wireless operator.

Crew was performing a ferry flight from RAF Kinloss to RAF Kemble, Wiltshire. En route, while cruising at low altitude, aircraft hit Mt Crag located near Keswick. Both crew were killed.

The aircraft took off on a training flight from RAF Millom, Cumberland. At Whitehaven, about 30 miles to the north, the plane suffered structural failure leading to a crash and the loss of all five aircrew. It was subsequently found that there was an inherent defect in the structure, which would have been undetectable beforehand, and all similar aircraft were grounded for a time until reinforcement work was carried out to prevent a recurrence.
Crew (2nd AFU):
F/O Henry Joseph O’Gara,
Sgt Vincent James Dunnigan,
Sgt Thomas Inman,
Sgt Cyril Johnson,
Sgt Rene Harold Murphy.
Source: http://2ndww.blogspot.co.uk/2008_09_01_archive.html

During a training flight, the twin-engine aircraft went out of control and crashed into the Irish sea off RAF Millom. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (2nd AFU):
Sgt D. S. W. Deane, pilot,
P/O L. S. Gibson, flight engineer,
Sgt D. Clayton, wireless operator,
Sgt W. Dowling, wireless operator,
Sgt W. B. Bain, navigator.

The crew was engaged in a night training flight and left the RAF Brampton in the early evening on a combined exercise with three other similar aircraft. En route, the crew encountered low visibility, marginal weather conditions and strong winds, which caused the aircraft to be off the intended course when it struck the summit of Mt Green Gable. Two crew members were killed while three others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Waclaw Panasik, pilot, †
F/Sgt Ervin Albert Loppe, air bomber, †
F/O John Philip Sargent Calder, navigator,
P/O Charles Edward Peake, navigator,
Sgt Geoffrey Montague Chowney, wireless operator.

The crew was engaged in a night training flight and left the RAF Brampton in the early evening on a combined exercise with three other similar aircraft. En route, the crew encountered low visibility, marginal weather conditions and strong winds, which caused the aircraft to drift off the intended course when it struck the summit of Mt Scafell Pike. The wreckage was found two days later and all five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Stanislaw Kowalczyk, pilot,
Sgt John Taylor Chadwick, navigator,
Sgt Thomas William Pickering, bomb aimer,
Sgt Robert Stanley Deason, navigator,
Sgt Thomas Scorer Wheatley Lawson, wireless operator and air gunner.

The crew was engaged in a night training flight and left the RAF Brampton in the early evening on a combined exercise with three other similar aircraft. En route, the crew encountered low visibility, marginal weather conditions and strong winds, which caused the aircraft to be off the intended course when it struck the summit of a hill with its right wing and crashed. All five crew members were injured and evacuated while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
Sgt John Maurice Couling, pilot,
P/O George Douglas Eakins, observer 3.

The crew was engaged in a night training flight and left the RAF Brampton in the early evening on a combined exercise with three other similar aircraft. En route, the crew encountered low visibility, marginal weather conditions and strong winds, which caused the aircraft to be off the intended course when it struck the summit of Mt Great Dodd. All five crew members were injured and evacuated while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Few hours later, the pilot died from his injuries.
Crew:
Sgt Waclaw Mackiewicz, pilot, †
Sgt John Convery,
Sgt Foster Wilson,
Sgt McAdory,
Sgt John Charles Eaton.

On approach to RAF Kirkbride, the twin engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Silloth. While both crew members were rescued, the aircraft sank and was lost.