Vickers 416 Wellington IC

The airplane departed RAF Cottesmore at 0945LT on a training flight to RAF Waddington. On approach, the pilot initiated a turn to the left to reach the airfield when the port engine lost power. The airplane stalled and crashed near the airbase, bursting into flames. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Douglas Joseph Farrell, pilot,
Sgt Frank James Emberson,
Sgt Gordon Cornelius Nielsen,
Sgt Malcolm McMillan,
Sgt Richard Badcock.

The airplane departed RAF Moreton-in-Marsh on a night cross country navigation exercise. While flying in clouds, the pilot reduced his altitude in an attempt to establish a visual contact with the ground when the airplane impacted the slope of hilly terrain near Brigg. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Clifford Clarke, pilot,
Sgt Harry Ernest Hole, observer,
Sgt Norman Sydney Devereux-Mack, bomb aimer,
Sgt George Bussey Tarran, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Victor McDonald Buckingham, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Moreton-in-Marsh at 1830LT on January 26 on a special operation. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Waddenzee some 5 km east of Den Helder. Six crew members were killed and one was rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Gordon George Ellis, pilot, †
Sgt Eric Hector Tucker, navigator, †
P/O Dilwyn Llewelyn, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Ronald Edward Elvin, wireless operator, †
F/O Frank Howard Mitchell, †
Sgt Norman George Smith, †
W/O J. N. Morgan.

While engaged in a fighter affiliation sortie on behalf of the 3rd OTU, the pilot lost control of the airplane following a violent evasive manoeuvre. The airplane entered an uncontrolled descent, partially disintegrated in the air and eventually crashed in an open field located in Swineshead, bursting into flames. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Alfred Ravenette, pilot,
Sgt Peter Vivian Jerome, pilot,
F/O Brian Herbert Bailey,
Sgt Ashley David Lyon,
Sgt Harry Lowe, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry James Sterne, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick George Wilkinson.

The airplane departed RAF Harwell at 2146LT on January 25 on a night navigation exercise. While flying at low altitude in limited visibility, the airplane apparently struck a hillside and caught fire, maybe after a fuel line or tank ruptured. Shortly later, it crashed nearby a farmhouse located 3 km east of the village of Llansilin, bursting into flames. All five crew members as well as two people in the farmhouse were killed. Two other people in the farmhouse were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Geoffrey George Ottley, pilot,
Sgt Leonard Charles Muston, navigator,
Sgt John Simpson Todd, bomb aimer,
Sgt Cadfan Edwards,
Sgt Brace Harry Parker.
Those killed on ground were:
Mrs Annie Jane Williams,
Mr Edwin Williams.

The crew was performing a night training flight at RAF Cranwell. On final approach, the crew decided to initiate a go around procedure when one of the engine failed. The airplane stalled and crashed, bursting into flames. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O William Ernest Norman Maxwell, pilot,
F/Sgt John Lewis Owen, pilot,
Sgt Francis O'Neill, wireless operator.

The crew departed RAF Saltby on a local training exercise. Shortly after takeoff, the starboard engine failed. The airplane lost altitude and crashed 1,6 km south of RAF Harlaxton, bursting into flames. All six crew members were injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt F. N. Crouch,
P/O J. N. Jotcham +4.

The airplane departed Gambut, Libya, in the evening of January 22, to lay mines off the Greek coast. Approaching Petalioi Islands at night, it was shot down by enemy fire (Flak). The pilot ditched the airplane east of Stouronisi Island. All seven occupants survived but only one was able to swim to shore and became PoW. Two dead bodies were later found and four others crew were lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Lt J. M. de Villiers,
W/O Douglas Charles Bell, †
F/Lt James Geddes Johnston, †
Sgt Dudley St John Lidiard, †
Sgt William Frederick O'Beirne, †
F/O Leonard Arthur West, †
F/Sgt Robert Wrigglesworth, air gunner. †

The crew departed RAF Westcott in the afternoon on a cross country navigation exercise. While overflying Wales, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. While flying in clouds at night, the pilot ordered his crew to bail out when the airplane went out of control and crashed near Movil. Three crew parachuted to safety and two others were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Francis Robert William Henderson, pilot, †
Sgt F. W. R. Cumpsty, navigator,
Sgt Frank Henri Sherriff, wireless operator, †
Sgt H. A. Gillies, air gunner,
Sgt W. Wright, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook in the evening of December 17 on an operation to Cloppenburg. The following night, it failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Frederick Andrew Couper, pilot,
F/O John Williams, flight engineer,
P/O Peter Rowland Ackernley, observer,
F/Sgt L. Edwin Francis McKenna,
P/O Sidney Charles McLellan,
P/O William Turner Pickles,
F/Sgt Arthur Taylor, air gunner.