Shropshire

The airplane departed RAF Cottesmore on a training exercise with for crewmen on board. After passing the Berwyn Mountains, at the border between Wales and England, the crew encountered very bad weather conditions with heavy rain falls, poor visibility, low clouds and turbulences. For unknown reasons, the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed in the eastern slope of Llynclys Hill. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O George Donald Kerr, pilot,
Sgt Ivor Morgan Williams, observer,
Sgt Herbert Playforth, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas Tatton, wireless operator.

The airplane was shot down by a Defiant and a Hurricane then crashed near Woore. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Ofw Herbert Datzert, pilot, †
Gefr Karl Hennemann, observer,
Uffz Josef Kolar, radio operator,
Fw Erich Neukirchen, air gunner. †

The crew was supposed to deliver the airplane to Belfast-Aldergrove Airport. Shortly after takeoff from RAF Cosford, the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed. Both crew members were injured.
Crew:
F/Lt C. W. Francis,
F/Lt A. K. Holdsworth.

The crew was completing a training sortie from RAF Upwood. While cruising at an altitude of 2,500 feet, the pilot lost control of the airplane that entered a spin and crashed in Cressage. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Matthew Francis Fox, pilot,
Sgt Bruce Adams Coukell, observer,
Sgt Elias Cyril Brearley, wireless operator.

The airplane was collected by the crew at Ternhill Airport for a ferry flight. In unknown circumstances, it crashed at 1210LT at Audley's Cross, some two miles east of Market Drayton. All three crew members were seriously injured.
Crew:
P/O V. F. Lauderdale,
Sgt E. Drakeford,
LAC Wall.

The crew departed Ternhill Airport on a ferry flight and witnessed the crash of the Hampden registered AD747 near Market Drayton. While circling the scene, the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed in an open field. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt C. F. Greig,
Sgt T. K. Boardman,
Sgt J. O. Walshe.

The crew was performing a test flight from Hucknall to Ternhill on behalf of the Avro Aircraft Company. On final approach to RAF Ternhill, the aircraft stalled and crashed few hundred yards short of runway. Three crew were injured while the TP R. Kirlew was killed.

While on approach to RAF High Ercall, the bomber crashed on the top of a hill located four miles north of Wellington. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Geoffrey Robert Butcher, pilot,
Sgt Irwin Harold Wiskar, radio operator.

The crew was engaged in a night training exercise from RAF Cranage. While flying at low height, the aircraft his tree tops and crashed in a wooded area located in Hawkeswood Farm, near Rednal. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (2nd SAN):
F/O Eric Walwyn Padfield, pilot,
Sgt Frederic Ralph Percival Burgess, pilot,
Sgt W. Hewish,
Sgt James Frederick Minnet, pilot,
Sgt Peter Rowland Hill, radio operator.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1805LT on March 2 on an operation to Brest. At 2350LT, the crew was called to abandon the sortie and to return to base. At 0156LT the following night, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances near RAF Ternhill, bursting into flames. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Stanley Victor Bunn, pilot,
Sgt Thomas James Thurling, pilot,
Sgt Harold Gordon, observer,
Sgt Herbert Frederick Jennings, wireless operator,
Sgt Kenneth Wright, wireless operator.