United Kingdom

The pilot was performing a local solo training flight at Blackpool Airport. On final approach, the twin engine airplane collided with a second RAF Airspeed AS.10 Oxford registered L4603 with also one pilot on board. Following the collision, both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed near a residential area located southeast of the airfield. Both pilots were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Orville Norman Elwell, pilot.

The pilot was performing a local solo training flight at Blackpool Airport. On final approach, the twin engine airplane collided with a second RAF Airspeed AS.10 Oxford registered X7063 with also one pilot on board. Following the collision, both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed near a residential area located southeast of the airfield. Both pilots were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Maurice Daniel Duggan, pilot.

The airplane departed RAF Upwood on a navigation sortie. While cruising at an altitude of 10,000 feet in clouds, the pilot lost control of the airplane that entered a dive. During the descent, a crew member was able to bail out before the airplane crashed in an open field. Three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Henry Parr, pilot, †
F/Sgt David Charles Macnab, observer, †
F/Sgt Kenneth Gilbert McKee, wireless operator, †
W/O N. D. Mullins, air gunner.

The airplane was shot down by a British fighter and crashed into the sea some 30 km east of Lowestoft. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Ofw K. Fischer, pilot,
Cpt H. Schmidt-Hederich, observer,
Uffz H. Hartmann, radio operator,
Ofw G. Höhenrieder, mechanic.

The crew was completing a local training sortie at RAF Grimsby. Following a flapless approach, the airplane was unable to stop within the remaining distance. It overran the runway and crashed into a hedge. All five crew members escaped with various injuries.
Crew:
Sgt W. Harper,
Sgt N. J. Warfield,
P/O E. J. R. Yates,
Sgt W. Gilroy,
Sgt J. Howarth.

The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton on May 15 for a strike on an east-bound convoy off the Dutch Frisian Islands. While returning to base the following night, the crew diverted to RAF Woodhall Spa. On final approach, the airplane crashed 800 metres short of runway and was destroyed. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O James Waldron Creeden, pilot,
F/Sgt John Henry Robert Powell, observer,
F/Sgt James Albert Easton, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Douglas Emanuel Parks, wireless operator,
F/O Ralph King Howson, air gunner.

The airplane suffered an accident while taxiing at RAF St Athan. Both crew members escaped uninjured.

The airplane suffered an engine failure, overshot on landing and crashed into a pit. There were no casualties.

The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton at 2024LT for a strike on an east-bound convoy off the Dutch Frisian islands. Approaching the target area, it was badly shot about by the German Marine Flak. The crew was able to leave the combat area and attempted to return to base. Unable to reach RAF Bircham Newton, the pilot diverted to RAF Docking when, on final approach, the airplane crashed in a gunnery zone. The pilot and an airman in the gun pit were killed. Four other occupants were injured.
Crew:
P/O Angus Lloyd Kippen, pilot,
AC1 J. Pilkington,
P/O F. A. Kay,
Sgt T. A. Sadesky,
Sgt W. S. Thornloe.

The crew departed RAF Skellingthorpe on a training sortie. While cruising at an estimated altitude of 800 feet, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in an open field. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (50th Squadron):
F/Sgt Peter James Widdell Blake, pilot,
P/O Alan Bartlett, observer,
F/Sgt Raymond Leslie Cunningham, wireless operator and air gunner,
Lac William Stanley Stevens,
AC1 Leslie Harrison.