Northamptonshire

The crew departed RAF Upwood on a training exercise. En route, one of the engine failed and the pilot lost control of the airplane that lost height and crashed nearby RAF Grafton Underwood. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Desmond Thompson, pilot,
Sgt Allan Ian Wilson Fairbairn, wireless operator.

The pilot departed RAF Upwood on a formation training exercise. When the leader ordered the pilot the formation to break, the pilot became disoriented and attempted a forced landing at the partially built airfield of Chelveston. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and the pilot escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt R. S. Trigg, pilot.

It is believed that the airplane crashed near RAF Croughton while completing a training exercise. Three crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt R. R. Buckley,
Sgt D. V. Markall,
Sgt S. F. W. Phillips,
Sgt A. F. Rawford.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1912LT on an operation to Ostend. While returning to base and flying low, it impacted trees and crashed in Preston Deanery, in the east outskirt of Northampton. Five crew members were killed and a sixth was injured.
Crew:
Sgt William Robert Dil, pilot, †
P/O David Ivor Evans, pilot, †
P/O William Rand Lugar, observer, †
F/Sgt David Gifford Chattell, wireless operator, †
Sgt Frank Denis Rogers, wireless operator, †
Sgt Rawbathan.

The crew was completing a local training flight at RAF Croughton. On final approach, the airplane was shot down by a JU.88 and crashed south of the airfield. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Nicholaas Petrus Van der Merwe, pilot,
Sgt Derek Alfred John Paine, observer,
Sgt John Howard Ixer, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Leagas, air gunner.

The airplane was completing a local night training exercise at RAF Croughton. On approach, it was shot down by a German fighter and crash landed near the airbase. The copilot was killed and four other crew members were injured.
Crew.
F/Sgt Philip Charles Maries, pilot,
P/O Johannes Carolus Bosch, copilot, †
Sgt Ronald Stanley John Hubbard, observer,
Sgt E. A. J. Hook, observer,
Sgt W. Holland, observer.

The airplane departed RAF Polebrook to complete a high altitude test flight. It entered very severe turbulences and this was followed by a structural failure of the right wing. The bomber entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed near Wilbarston, 4 miles weest of Corby. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (90th Squadron):
F/S Reginald G. Bradley,
F/S Hubert C. G. Brook,
Sgt Robert Henderson,
F/S Ronald C. A. Muir,
Sgt Philip S. Pugh,
Sgt Roy Smith.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2300LT on July 14 on an operation to Hanover. Damaged by the German Flak, the airplane returned to base the following morning but ran out fuel. It was abandoned by the crew and crashed into Gold Street in Northampton. The pilot was killed after he slipped out of his parachute. All six other crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt Bernard Keith Madgwick, pilot,
Sgt C. H. Tourville,
Sgt W. H. Robinson,
Sgt M. Roach,
Sgt A. Chambers,
Sgt J. M. Donlan,
Sgt H. Macrae.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening of June 21 on an operation to Boulogne-sur-Mer. While returning to base the following night, it was mistakenly shot down by the pilot of a Beaufighter and crashed in a field in Wollaston, east of Northampton. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (207th Squadron):
F/O John Douglas George Withers, pilot,
Sgt Alick Michael James, pilot,
F/Sgt William Brown, observer,
F/Sgt Michael Vincent Browne, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Allan Malone, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Veitch, wireless operator,
Sgt John Allan Maville, air gunner.

The crew departed RAF Upwood on a low-level bombing exercise. After takeoff, the airplane suffered a loss of engine power and crashed two miles east of RAF Polebrook. Both crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O A. J. Taylor,
P/O T. E. Wootton.