Derbyshire

The aircraft was on a flight from Middleton St. George to Birmingham, and the crew of one pilot and one photographer planned to complete several photographic survey jobs en route. Shortly after sunset, when flying at 2,000 ft. a.m.s.l. at an estimated position five miles west of Sheffield and near high ground rising to 2,000 ft. a.m.s.l., the pilot decided that the fuel remaining was insufficient to reach Birmingham with the existing headwind of 40 knots. He established contact with Manchester Approach Control and was given permission to divert to Manchester Airport on a special VFR clearance "not above 3,500 ft. a.m.s.l. on a QNH of 1013 mbs., clear of all cloud, and in sight of the surface". Shortly after this, when on a north-westerly heading to intercept a QDM of 270°M to the 'ME' (Manchester) beacon, the pilot saw hill tops about four miles ahead and commenced climbing from 2,000 ft. to 3,500 ft. The pilot states that the aircraft entered cloud at 2,500 ft. and that, on reaching 2,700 ft., he noticed that the vertical speed indicator was showing a descent of 2,000 ft./min. He states that he applied full power and eased the nose up but, after this, he remembers nothing further until he regained consciousness lying on the ground, alongside the photographer in front of the wrecked aircraft.

The crew departed Woodford for a stall-warning test flight. En route, while cruising at a relative low altitude, the crew initiated a stall when control was lost. The airplane dove into the ground and crashed in a prairie located near Foolow. All four crew members were killed, among them Jack Bertram Wales, test pilot by Avro.

While cruising in marginal weather conditions from RAF Sculthorpe to RAF Burtonwood, the single engine aircraft struck a hill located near Glossop and was destroyed upon impact. Both occupants were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt John Rossman Tinklepaugh.
Passenger:
1st Lt Guy B. Waller.

The crew was performing a delivery flight from Croydon to Reykjavik with intermediate stops in Liverpool and Prestwick. While approaching Liverpool from the east, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions and lost his orientation. While flying in poor visibility, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of a mountain located in Crow Stone Edge, southwest of Sheffield, in the Peak District National Park. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all three occupants were killed.
Crew:
Pall Magnusson, pilot,
Alexander Watson, wireless operator.
Passenger:
Johann Rist.

The crew had taken off from RAF Lindholme near Doncaster during the night of the 20th December for a Night Familiarization exercise, this was to have been largely local flying. At just after midnight on the 21st the aircraft was heard flying east over Tintwistle in low cloud, followed by the sound of it crashing. The aircraft burst into flames and was more or less gutted by fire. One of the crewmen had survived the crash and was found alive by the first local residents to reach the crash site but he died shortly afterwards. The recorded details of the crash are very brief but they state that the aircraft was meant to remain in the area around Lindholme but had strayed too far towards the west without the pilot becoming aware. He had begun his let down procedure when the aircraft flew into the hill.
Crew (230th OCU):
F/Sgt Jack Sherwood Thompson, pilot,
F/Lt Peter Maurice Maskell, navigator,
F/Sgt Robert Smith, signaller,
F/Sgt Vincent Graham, flight engineer,
Sgt William Allen Love, signaller,
F/Lt Thomas Iowerth Johnson, instructor,
F/Sgt David William Henry Harris, instructor.
Source:
http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/pages/peakdistrict/peakdistrictpa411.htm

The aircraft left RAF Scampton in the morning with two other similar aircraft. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and the visibility was reduced. In such conditions, the aircraft hit the slope of Mt Bleaklow Stones (633 meters high) located 4 miles northeast of Glossop, in the Peak District National Park. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all 13 occupants were killed. On board was a sack containing the sum of £ 7,000 dedicated for the payroll of the RAF Scampton personal. The bag was found intact among the debris.

The aircraft left RAF Shawbury at 1330LT on a cross country flight. After only 40 minutes in the air the aircraft suffered failure of the starboard engine and was unable to maintain height or airspeed on the port engine alone. The pilot attempted to make a wheels down forced landing in a corn field but had to overshoot, however he did not have sufficient power to recover the airspeed lost in the attempted landing. While attempting to overshoot the aircraft struck a large tree and crashed into the field beyond bursting into flames. The aircraft came to rest in a pit which at the time was surrounded by trees and was destroyed. All six occupants, among them 2 cadets, were killed.
Crew (25th FTC):
W/O John Harold Brewster-Livett, pilot,
F/Lt David Bowie, navigator,
F/Lt John Stanley May, bomb aimer,
W/O Maurice Madams, wireless operator and air gunner.
Passengers:
Robert Sydney Wallace,
Geoffrey Peter Balty.
Source: http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/pages/midlands/midlandsnc661.htm

The crew was performing a training sortie from RAF Seighford. Enroute, while cruising at a too low altitude, the twin engine aircraft hit a hill and crashed between Chinley and Edale. The aircraft was destroyed and all three occupants were seriously injured.
Crew (21st AFU):
F/O Edgar Croker, pilot,
F/O John Downthwaite, pilot,
W/O George Robinson, instructor.

The pilot, sole on board, was killed when the twin engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in the region of Edale, while completing a training mission.

The aircraft was being flown on a transport flight from airfield B.44 at Poix, to the SW of Amiens, in France to Renfrew. It had stopped at Leicester East and took off from there during the morning of the 24th July and failed to arrive at its destination. On the 26th July the wreckage was discovered by a member of the RAF, who was on leave, when he and his girlfriend were walking on Bleaklow. The crash site was attended by the Mountain Rescue Team from No.28 MU at Hapur Hill and initially they struggled to track down the parent unit of the crew to report the crash to. The USAAF accident report recorded that the crash probably occurred around 0900 on the 24th while the aircraft was flying in cloud, which at the time varied between 500 and 1500ft.
Crew:
1st Lt George L. Johnson, pilot,
1st Lt Earl W. Burns, copilot,
1st Lt Beverly W. Izlar, navigator,
Sgt Theodore R. McCrocklin, crew chief,
Sgt Francis M. Maloney, radio operator,
Passengers:
Cpl Grover R. Alexander,
LAC John Dunlop Main.