Cumbria

The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 2129LT on November 15 on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base the following night, it passed over the north of England and crashed in the Irish Sea some 20 miles southwest of Saint Bees. Two crew members were rescued and four others were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Stanislav Linka, †
F/O Jan Frantiser Parolek, †
Sgt Pavel Skutek, †
Sgt Arnost Vaclavek, †
P/O G. Engel,
F/Sgt J. Leng.

The twin engine airplane departed RAF Silloth on a local training exercise. While flying at night, it suffered an engine failure, entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed into the Solway Firth off the airbase. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (1st OTU):
Sgt John Alexander Stark, pilot,
Sgt George Richard Stookes,
Sgt John Wycliffe Watson, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Prime.

The crew was engaged in a cross country navigation exercise and departed RAF Millom in the morning. While flying in clouds, the crew failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Caw Fell located 8 km southeast of Ennerdale Bridge. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Charles-André Des Baillets, pilot,
LAC Henry Hodgkinson, observer.

The airplane departed RAF Silloth on a night training exercise. In unknown circumstances, it crashed in a cliff in Grune Point near Skinburness. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Charles Thomas Dacombe, instructor,
Sgt Louis Brian Eugene Larsen, pilot,
Sgt Brynmor Jones, wireless operator.

The airplane was engaged in a local training flight at RAF Silloth on behalf of the 1st Army Training Unit. While taxiing, it collided with a steam roller and was damaged beyond repair. A crew was injured and two others escaped unhurt.
Crew:
AC1 Holmes,
P/O A. D. Blair,
Sgt A. W. Wood.

The airplane departed RAF Upwood on a cross-country exercise. While flying at high speed, it impacted the slope of a hill located near Dalton-in-Furness. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Leslie Walter Robertson, pilot,
P/O George Victor Wilson, observer,
Sgt Jeffrey Frederick Harrison, wireless operator.

The twin engine airplane departed RAF Silloth on a local training exercise. While flying at an altitude of 250 feet off the airbase, the airplane stalled and entered an uncontrolled descent until it crashed in the Solway Firth. All six occupants were killed.
Crew:
P/O Malcolm Schofield Smith, pilot,
Sgt William George Elliott, wireless operator,
Sgt Hubert William Lee,
Sgt Edward Salmons, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert James Strickland,
Sgt Roderick Barker Taylor.

The airplane departed RAF Marham at 1750LT on February 11 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and was abandoned over Cumbria. All six crew members were uninjured and the aircraft was destroyed after it crashed in a field located in Tebay.
Crew:
F/O Anstey,
Sgt Shaw,
Sgt Jackson,
Sgt Thomas,
Sgt Robinson,
Sgt Stephens.

The airplane was on a training sortie when it crashed in unknown circumstances in the Irish Sea off Workington. A crew member was rescued while six others were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Matthew Deyes, wireless operator,
Sgt Roderick Maclean Galbraith, wireless operator,
Sgt Phillip Rutherford,
Sgt William Henry Harper Johnson,
Sgt Charles Ernest Richardson,
AC1 Norman Spriggs,
F/O A M Foster.

Shortly after take off from RAF Silloth, while climbing, the pilot lost control of the aircraft that crashed in the Solway Firth. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew (1st OTU):
Sgt Samuel Butler,
AC1 Alfred William Davies,
Sgt Thomas Charles Illingworth,
Sgt Anthony St John Lilley.