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The crew was returning to RAF Swinderby after participating to the night exercice 'Emperor'. The approach was completed jointly with a second RAF Vickers 619 Wellington X registered RP388 and carrying a crew of five as well. On final approach, both aircraft were too close from each other when a red flare was deployed from the control box to declare that the runway was closed (radio silence due to live exercise). The first aircraft gained height hit the second Wellington. Both aircraft stalled and crashed onto the runway, bursting into flames. Two crew members on LP846 were seriously injured while all eight other occupants were killed.

The crew was taking part to a night exercice called 'Emperor'. While cruising over the Thames estuary, the Wellington collided with a Belgian Air Force De Havilland Mosquito registered MM757 and carrying a crew of two. Both aircraft dove into the sea and crashed about 5 miles off Reculver. All seven crew members on both aircraft were killed.
Crew from Wellington:
Sgt Allan Warboys,
F/Sgt Arthur Gordon Goodfellow,
Cdt Alan Frederick George Marshall,
Cdt Alister MacIntosh Dougall,
Sgt George Stanley Stansby.
Crew from Mosquito:
Cpt Christian Henrard,
Sgt Joseph Tytgat.

The crew was performing a local training mission at RAF Mildenhall. After an engine failed and caught fire in flight, the captain Robert C. Reagle decided to return to Mildenhall for an emergency landing when the left wing dropped on touchdown. The underwing tank burst into flames when striking the ground and the aircraft went off runway before coming to rest in flames. All crew members were uninjured while the aircraft was partially destroyed by fire.

After touchdown at RAF Bovingdon, the twin engine aircraft was unable to stop within the remaining distance, overran and came to rest. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. It was performing a local flight on behalf of the British Ministry of Civil Aviation.

The crew was performing a local training mission from RAF Farnborough, consisting of asymmetric landing exercices. In flight, the crew lost control of the aircraft that crashed in a field in Winchester, about 27 miles southwest of RAF Farnborough. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt R. F. Smail, pilot,
W. N. Plews, flight engineer.

The pilot was performing a local training flight with a second RAF Avro Anson registered VV299. While cruising beneath the second Anson, the pilot made a wrong maneuver, letting his aircraft climbing and hitting the left wing of the second Anson with his tail. He lost control of his airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Scone, northeast of Perth. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was killed. The pilot of the second aircraft was able to land safely.

The crew was performing a flight from RAF Turnhouse (Edinburgh) to Aberdeen-Dyce Airport. En route, while cruising in clouds, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of Mt Crain Trench located near Lethnot. Both occupants were killed.
Crew (66 Grp CF):
F/Lt L. J. Waugh, Pilot.
Passenger:
S/Ldr A. L. Carrie.

On touchdown, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and came to rest upside down. Both pilots were injured and the aircraft was written off.

On final approach to RAF Dishforth, while completing a local training mission, the aircraft stalled and crashed in flames in a field short of runway threshold. The aircraft was destroyed by fire while all four crew members escaped uninjured.

The crew was performing a liaison flight from Bückeburg, Lower Saxony, to England. While approaching the English coast, an engine failed, forcing the crew to ditch the aircraft about ten miles northeast of Margate, Kent. Both crew members were rescued while the aircraft sank and was lost.