Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow

En route, an engine failed, forcing the crew to divert to the nearest US airfield. On touchdown, the aircraft went out of control, veered off runway and collided with a USAF parked C-47. Both aircraft were destroyed and the fate of the crew remains unknown as well as the exact place of occurrence.

The crew was engaged in a mission on behalf of the 271st Squadron. While taxiing, the aircraft went out of control and hit a dispersal pen before coming to rest. While the aircraft was damaged beyond repair, all occupants were uninjured.

For undetermined reason, the aircraft landed long and after touch down, the aircraft was unable to stop within the remaining runway, overrun and came to rest. No casualties.
Crew from 271st Squadron.

While cruising in poor weather conditions, the aircraft hit a mountain slope located near Inishowen Head, Donegal County. Four crew members were killed while the fifth occupant was seriously injured. Visibility was low at the time of the accident.
Crew (271st Squadron):
P/O Carol Herbert Brown, †
P/O James William Swaby,
F/Sgt Arthur Bain Shaw, †
LAC Albert Edward James, †
LAC John Thurston Taberner. †

En route, the crew encountered low visibility due to misty weather. The aircraft was too low and his the slope of a hill before coming to rest. A crew member (A. F. R. Rooks) was killed while 18 other occupants were slightly injured.

After touchdown at RAF Finningley, the aircraft was unable to stop within the remaining runway, overran and came to rest in a ravine. There were no casualties. Crew from the 271st Squadron.

The aircraft was completing a flight from Wick to RAF Lossiemouth. While flying over the Moray Firth, the aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea off Inverness. Despite significant SAR operations, no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.
Crew (782nd Squadron):
Lt Anthony J. E. Howey,
LAC Cyril A. Tilbury,
LAC Frederick J. Burton,
LAC John Graham,
LAC William Thompson
F/Sgt Frank S. Barnes,
LAC Leslie Bool,
AC2 Sidney J. W. Clark,
AC1 Kenneth Douglas Drage,
LAC John Garden,
Cpl Edward F. J. W. Hoare,
AC1 Kenneth R. Morse,
F/Lt Walter H. Nicholson,
Sgt Eric J. M. Riordan,
AC1 James S. Stevenson 3.

While cruising over the Bay of Biscay, the aircraft crashed into the sea off the Spanish coast in unknown circumstances. None of 11 occupants survived.
Crew (271st Squadron):
S/L Godfrey Allison Brown, pilot,
F/Lt Edward Thomson Halley,
P/O Peter Marsh Burton,
F/O Edwin Buckley Bowen,
F/Sgt Richard George Brett,
F/Sgt John Brister,
LAC Philip Cashmore.
Passengers:
Lt Andrew Jervis Hawkins,
Maj Harold John Palmer,
F/O William Milton Henderson,
F/O John Glen McCauley.

Crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea some 8 miles off RAF Montrose. All seven crew members were killed.

The airplane lost the upper fin in flight, forcing the crew to attempt an emergency landing some 3 miles east of Nigg. While the aircraft was wrecked, all four crew members were uninjured.