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The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1647LT on an operation to Lorient. While returning to base in the late evening, it ran out of fuel with its radio unserviceable and was abandoned by the crew and crashed in a field located in Winterslow. All six crew members parachuted to safety, among them two were injured.
Crew:
Sgt R. M. Buie, pilot,
P/O K. C. E. Wade,
Sgt L. K. Taylor,
Sgt H. R. Cook,
Sgt A. G. Lees,
Sgt H. L. Davis, air gunner.

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 Moreton-in-Marsh at 1756LT on a 'Nickel' operation. In unknown circumstances, it crashed in a field located in Stroud, some 46 km southwest of the airbase. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Waldo McCausland, pilot,
Sgt Francis Charles Palmer,
Sgt Frank Arthur Morgan,
Sgt George William Ayres,
Sgt Percy Eric Farren.

The airplane was performing a fighter affiliation exercise when it crashed for unknown reasons in an open field located in Sibsey. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Robert Frood Lind, pilot,
P/O Charles Wilfred Cocks,
Sgt Donald Arthur Brown,
Sgt John Doran,
Sgt Thomas Joseph Henry,
Sgt Thomas Wishart, air gunner.

The crew was engaged in a local test flight at RAF Burn. For unknown reasons, the airplane crashed into a platelayer's hut located between Henwick Hall and Temple Hirst, east of the secondary runway. Of the four workmen inside the hut, one was killed and the rest injured. All six crew members escaped unhurt.
Crew:
F/Sgt W. A. C. Whitworth, pilot,
Sgt A. S. S. Corrs,
P/O G. Bond,
P/O L. G. McCoy,
Sgt R. W. Featherstone,
Sgt J. E. Pyall, air gunner.

The airplane departed Casablanca on a flight to RAF Talbenny with an intermediate stop at RAF Gibraltar-North Front. While descending to the destination airport, the engine n°4 caught fire. The fire was intense, causing the engine to detach and to fall into the sea. Shortly later, the engine n°3 failed. On final approach, control was lost and the airplane crashed on a hill located near the airbase. A crew member and 10 passengers were killed while 8 other occupants were injured. The airplane was destroyed.
Crew:
F/O Kenneth Charles Robert Maskell, copilot +3
Passengers:
Br Vivian Dykes,
Br Guy Milton Stewart.

While on a training flight, the starboard engine failed, forcing the crew to attempt an emergency landing. The pilot was unable to locate a nearby airfield and performed a belly landing in an open field. There were no casualties.
Crew:
Sgt J. E. Burton +4.

The airplane departed Amsterdam-Schiphol on an operation to England. Approaching the English coast, it was shot down by a British fighter and crashed into the sea some 6 km southeast of Great Yarmouth. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Horst Schwarze, pilot,
Uffz Walter Pilz, observer,
Uffz Paul Wagner, radio operator,
Uffz Karl Herbinger, air gunner.

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.

While on a local training flight, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in rising terrain near RAF Oulton. The pilot was injured.
Crew:
F/O A. J. Ginns, pilot.