East Yorkshire

The crew was completing a night training sortie on behalf of the 101st Squadron. En route, an engine caught fire. All six crew members decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. Out of control, the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a field located near Driffield. While all six crew members were uninjured, the aircraft was destroyed.

The approach to RAF Driffield was performing at dusk when the twin engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in a field located at Highfield Farm, about 2 miles southeast of the airbase. All seven occupants were rescued while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. It was reported that the crew started the descent without customs clearance.

Crashed on approach to Brough, East Yorkshire. All four passengers were injured while the pilot was killed.

On final approach to RAF Drieffield, the crew encountered control problems and informed ground that he was attempting an emergency landing. Few seconds later, the aircraft nosed down and crashed in a huge explosion few hundred yards short of runway threshold. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and both pilots were killed.

The crew was performing a maritime patrol flight off the East Yorkshire coast. While completing a turn at low height, the seaplane hit the water surface and crashed few hundred yards off Flamborough Head. All three crew members were killed.
Crew (278th Squadron):
F/Lt Colin Graham Robertson,
F/Lt Cecil Gloucester Walker,
W/O Leonard Albert Gordon Carpenter.

The crew departed RAF Driffield on a gunnery training sortie. Immediately after takeoff, at a height of 12 feet, the starboard engine failed. The airplane lost height, crash landed and came to rest. All three crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt H. Walmasley,
Sgt A. Payne,
Sgt G. Wildig.

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 0037LT on an operation to Duisburg. At the end of the night, the crew was returning to base and initiated the approach. While circling the airfield for the second time in readiness for landing, an engine cut and the Halifax crashed into New Street, in Pocklington village. In those last few seconds, the bomber sheered a corner off a private house and then smashed into a school, bursting into flames. All eight crew members were killed. There were no injuries on the ground.
Crew:
P/O Robert Baker Albright, pilot,
P/O George Frederick Strong, pilot,
Sgt Maxwell Warnock Apperson, flight engineer,
F/Sgt William Charles Thurlow, navigator,
Sgt William Colloton, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Robert William Hexter, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Reid Owens, air gunner,
Sgt Albert James Western, air gunner.

The pilot, sole on board, was performing a demo flight at the Blackburn Aircraft facilities based at Brough Airfield. While completing a low pass, the twin engine airplane clipped the roof of a hangar, stalled and crashed into the Humber River. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
P/O James Francis Haley, pilot.

The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2326LT on June 20 on an operation to Emden. While returning to base the following night and while approaching the British coast, the airplane ran out of fuel and was ditched some 19 km off Spurn Head, East Yorkshire. All six crew members were later rescued.
Crew:
F/O Gerard Roman Izydor Kunowski, pilot,
Sgt Jan Drobny, pilot,
F/O Antoni Władysław Kiewnarski, observer,
Sgt Jan Rogala-Sobieszczański, wireless operator,
Sgt Mieczysław Józef Klisiewicz, air gunner,
Sgt Mieczysław Kazimierz Galas, air gunner.

The pilot was completing a night solo training flight when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances near St Cuthbert. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
Sgt Angus McBean, pilot.