Colerne AFB

The crew was engaged in a local training flight at RAF Colerne and was completing touch-and-go manoeuvres. While in initial climb with the engine n°1 voluntarily off, the engine n°2 failed. The airplane rolled to the left and crashed in flames in a wooded area located few hundred yards past the runway end. The aircraft was destroyed and all five crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Anthony Barratt,
F/Lt Douglas Mills,
F/Lt Stuart Fraser,
Sgt Peter Coate,
L/M Walter Natt.

On touchdown at RAF Colerne, the undercarriage were sheared off. The aircraft skidded on its belly and came to rest. Both crew members were unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The crew was completing a local training sortie at RAF Colerne and the approach was attempted with one engine voluntarily inoperative to test asymmetric thrust. On final, the aircraft rolled left and right, lost height and hit trees. The pilot-in-command started a go-around maneuver when the airplane stalled and crashed in flames in a prairie located about 1,3 mile short of runway threshold. All five crew members were rescued while the aircraft was totally destroyed by a post crash fire.

The crew was engaged in a local training sortie in RAF Colerne. On final approach, an engine failed. The aircraft stalled and crashed in a field short of runway threshold. All three crew members were injured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The airplane departed RAF Kirmington at 1715LT on an operation to Lorient. Outbound, the starboard engine failed. The captain decided to divert to RAF Colerne for an emergency landing. While trying to land, the airplane overshot and crashed in an open field located 1,500 metres south of the airbase, bursting into flames. Four crew members were injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt R. E. Currie, pilot,
Sgt N. A. Cawthra,
Sgt M. Sutherland,
Sgt G. H. Williams,
Sgt W. Hindson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 1812LT on November 18 on an operation to Torino. While over the Alps, a fire started in the bomb bay and the order to bail out was given. The pilot prepared to make his exit when the flames died away. Returning to the cockpit, he managed to fly the airplane home to a crash landing at 0150LT at RAF Colerne. The pilot was uninjured and all six other crew members parachuted to safety and became PoW.
Crew:
W/Cdr B. V. Robinson, pilot,
F/Sgt Thomas Musselbrook Bruce,
F/Sgt Edwin Francis Butler,
F/Sgt Nathaniel McClure Halliday,
F/Lt Joseph Gilbert Middlemass,
Sgt Francis Edward Solway,
F/Sgt William Potter, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming in the evening of February 15 on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. While returning to base the following night, the pilot attempted an emergency landing at RAF Colerne where the airplane crashed on approach in unclear circumstances. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt George Albert Anson, pilot,
F/Sgt George Ronald Millar, pilot,
Sgt Reginald Andrew Kemp, observer,
Sgt Colin David Evander Campbell, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter Powell, air gunner.

Shortly after takeoff from RAF Colerne, while on a short flight to the nearby airfield of RAF Charmy Down, the airplane went out of control and crashed in a field located in Box, about 4 km south of RAF Colerne. All three crew members were killed.
Crew.
Sgt Jozef Armanowski,
P/O Stanisław Gasak,
P/O Lynn Frederick Hobbs, observer.

The crew was engaged in a local training sortie at RAF Colerne. While circling in the vicinity of the airbase, the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed in a wooded area. The pilot was killed and the second occupant was injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt Eric Vernon Sansom, pilot, †
Sgt C. M. Faircliffe.

En route, an engine cowl separated from the engine and wrapped around the tail. Unable to maintain control of the airplane, the pilot bailed out. Unfortunately, the observer died when the airplane dove into the ground and crashed.
F/Lt B. H. M. Winslett, pilot,
Sgt John Hallowes Vaughan, observer. †