Vickers 416 Wellington IC

The airplane was returning to RAF Gransden Lodge following a Special Wireless Investigation flight with a crew of six on board. Approaching the English coast, the crew was forced to ditch the airplane for unknown reasons about 200 metres from the beach near Deal. All six crew members were rescued, among them four were injured.
Crew:
P/O Edwin Amos Paulton, pilot,
P/O William Alexander Renton Barry, navigator,
P/O Harold Graham Jordan, special equipment operator,
F/Sgt William Walter Bigoray, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Frederick Percy Grant, air gunner,
F/Sgt Everitt Thomas Vachon, air gunner.

The crew was engaged in a training mission at RAF Cottesmore. While cruising in the vicinity of the airbase, an engine caught fire and the crew attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crash landed in an open field. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and there were no fatalities among the crew from the 4th OTU.

The crew departed RAF Harwell on a training exercise to RAF Moreton-in-Marsh. On final approach, the airplane entered a nose up attitude then stalled and crashed near the airfield. Four crew members were killed and one was injured.
Crew:
F/O Allan Thompson, pilot, †
F/O Douglas Young McIntosh, navigator, †
Sgt Cecil Roy Kippen, wireless operator, †
F/O Eric Martin, wireless operator, †
Sgt W. Fowler, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Lossiemouth in the evening of November 26 on a night navigation exercise. The following night, in unknown circumstances, it crashed into the sea east of the airbase. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Christopher Binge, pilot,
Sgt Philip Stanley Sutton, pilot,
Sgt Bernard Lowery, navigator,
P/O John Bluck, bomb aimer,
Sgt Laurence Elgar Harrison, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Francis Blythe, air gunner,
Sgt Henry Clasper Ballinger, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Talbenny on an anti-submarine patrol mission. After liftoff, while in initial climb, the airplane stalled and crashed in a field located 400 metres past the runway end, bursting into flames. All six crew members escaped unhurt while the airplane was destroyed by fire.
Crew.
F/Lt B. Liska, pilot,
Sgt J. Hadravek, copilot,
P/O Kubin, navigator,
P/O Urizl, wireless operator,
Sgt Veverka, air gunner,
Sgt Jedlicka, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Kibrit on an operation to Tobruk. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak. The crew abandoned the airplane that crashed near Fort Capuzzo and was destroyed. All six crew members parachuted to safety, four became PoW and two evaded. They walked more than 550 km through the desert to reach allied lines in Egypt before being picked up by a British patrol between Lake El Maghra and El Alamein.
Crew:
F/Sgt Robert Leslie Spence, pilot,
Sgt K. R. Bowhill, copilot,
Sgt Cameron Clare Hill, navigator,
Sgt Johnny K. Wood, navigator,
Sgt E. A. Linforth, air gunner,
Sgt Arthur William Butterris, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Talbenny on a flight to RAF Northolt. On board were six crew members and nine passengers, all of them Czech nationals who were flying to London to celebrate the Czech National Day. On final approach to RAF Northolt, at a height of about 400-600 feet, the pilot initiated a steep turn to the left when the airplane stalled and crashed near the Ruislip Station, less than 2 km short of runway. The airplane crashed onto several houses and exploded on impact. All 15 occupants as well as six people on the ground, including four children, were killed.
Crew (311st Squadron):
P/O František Bulis,
F/Sgt John Bláha,
F/Lt Václav Haňka,
P/O Bedřich Gissübel,
F/Sgt František Doležal,
P/O Jebáček.

Passengers:
F/Sgt František Stoklásek,
Sgt František Paclík,
Sgt Bill Götzlinger,
Sgt Josef Čech,
F/Lt Václav Smart,
F/Sgt Josef Švec,
P/O Anthony Bunzl,
Sgt Vladimir Rájecki,
P/O Georges Strauss-Leemans.

Civilian casualties:
Phylis Street,
Molly Street,
Beryl Street,
Lily Reay,
Ruth Reay,
Marion Reay.

The crew was performing a local training exercise at RNAS Dale when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the St Brides Bay, north of the airbase. The wreckage was not found and both crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Tadeusz Rafal Skierkowski, pilot,
F/O Adam Ludwik Schultz, pilot.

The crew was performing a night training exercise when weather conditions deteriorated. All crew were instructed to return to base except this crew. Eventually, the pilot attempted to return to base but on final, he encountered very poor visibility due to fog. On approach, the airplane crashed and exploded, killing all six occupants.
Crew (27th OTU):
F/Lt František Fanta, pilot,
Sgt Josef Hrala, pilot,
P/O Karel Mucha,
P/O Václav Obšil,
Sgt Emil Tufkel,
Sgt Rudolf Jelínek.

The airplane departed RAF Wing at 1930LT on October 8 on an operation to France. After the crew got lost at night, the airplane ran out of fuel. The pilot attempted an emergency landing near Saint-Malo where the airplane crashed, bursting into flames. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Geoffrey Courthorpe Salt, pilot,
P/O Ivan Charles Allen, radio operator,
P/O Sidney Victor Gorton, navigator,
Sgt Ernest Wellings, bomb aimer,
Sgt Gerald Shann Cooper Richardson, air gunner.