North Yorkshire

Approaching the British coast, the twin engine bomber was shot down by the pilot of an RAF Spitfire and crashed into the sea off Redcar. All five crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Oberstlt Hans Hefele,
Lt Rudolf Gustav-Adolf Behnisch,
Uffz Albert Wilhelm Johannes Heinrich Weber,
Uffz Alfred Bächle,
Lt Georg Kempe.

The crew was engaged in a training flight when shortly after take off from RAF Thornaby, the left engine fired. The crew attempted to return and was able to extinguish the fire. Unfortunately, on final approach, the left engine fired again and the pilot lost control of the aircraft that stalled and crashed in a construction plant located at the airfield's perimeter. Two crew were slightly injured while all four other occupants were unhurt. The aircraft was destroyed.
Crew (220th Squadron):
P/O Charles Petrie Murray, pilot,
P/O Ronald Owen Lawry, pilot,
AC1 Kenneth Cyrus Merrick, wireless operator and air gunner,
LAC Percy Wilson, wireless operator and air gunner,
S/L A. G. C. Langford,
F/O Barron.

Following a reconnaissance mission at night, the crew was returning to his base at RAF Catterick. Due to poor visibility caused by low clouds, the crew reduced his altitude in an attempt to establish a visual contact with the ground or to find the correct direction to the base. Doing so, the airplane descended too low and impacted the slope of a hill located near Bransdale. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Horace Philips, pilot,
AC1 Frank Prosser, wireless operator and air gunner.

While on a night training exercise out from RAF Dishforth, the crew missed the runway and overshot. The aircraft crash landed in a field, lost its undercarriage and came to rest. Both crew were uninjured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crew (10th Squadron):
Sgt Leslie Arthur Keast, pilot,
Sgt Walter Stanley Hilary, copilot,
Sgt John Jacob Myers, observer,
LAC Robert Edward Nicholson, wireless operator and air gunner,
LAC John Patrick D'Arley Mitchell, wireless operator and air gunner.

The crew was returning to his base at RAF Dishforth following a mission over Berlin. On final approach, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in a field. All five crew members were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crew (10th Squadron):
Sgt Arthur Stanley Johnson, pilot,
F/Lt Philip John Hunter Harrington, copilot,
Sgt Herbert Brian Felix Lymna, observer,
LAC Francis Patrick McQuade, wireless operator,
LAC George Alexander Chalmers, air gunner.

During a night training exercise, the pilot failed to realize he was flying too low due to poor visibility. The twin engine aircraft hit a hill located in Easby Moor, east of Great Ayton. A crewmen was seriously injured while all three others occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, weather was poor with snow falls and icing.
Crew (220th Squadron):
F/O Tom MacKinlay Parker, pilot, †
Sgt Harold Francis Bleksley, pilot, †
Cpl Norman Rrichard Drury, wireless operator, †
LAC Atholl Barker, air gunner.

While cruising off the British coast on a reconnaissance mission, the aircraft was attacked by the crew of an RAF Hawker Hurricane. The pilot attempted to divert to the nearest airfield but on approach, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field. Two crewmen were killed while two others were injured.
Crew (26th Squadron):
Fw Herman Wilms, pilot,
Uffz Karl Missy, wireless operator,
Uffz Rudolf Leuschake, observer, †
Uffz Johann Meyer, engineer. †

The pilot was completing a local solo training flight at RAF Catterick. On short final, one of the engine failed. The airplane stalled and landed hard before coming to rest. The pilot was injured.
Crew:
P/O Henry Ferdinand Auger, pilot.

The crew was completing a local training mission out from RAF Thornaby. On final approach, at a height of 600 feet, the twin engine airplane stalled and crashed into houses, bursting into flames. All four crew members were killed while there were no casualties on the ground. The distance between the aircraft and the ground was insufficient to expect a stall recovery.
Crew:
P/O Augustine Harold Jervis Ryan, pilot,
P/O Douglas Haig Robertson, pilot,
Sgt Rex Mitchell, pilot,
AC1 Albert Wade, wireless operator.

Shortly after takeoff from RAF Church Fenton, the airplane encountered difficulties to gain height. It impacted trees located 700 yards past the runway end, stalled and crashed. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Desmond Charles Reid Carter, pilot,
LAC Geoffrey George James Lovegrove, wireless operator and air gunner.