United Kingdom

The crew departed RAF Cottesmore on a training exercise when the airplane crashed for unknown reasons four miles south of RAF Saltby. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Osborne Kirkton Fisher, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Frederick Thornton, observer.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1659LT on an operation to Dunkirk. While returning to base in the late evening, it crashed while trying to avoid a collision with a 77 Squadron Whitley. The airplane smashed through the roof of a house at Londonderry on the western edge of the airfield, bursting into flames. All five crew members escaped with minor injuries.
Crew:
Sgt J. W. Barber, pilot,
Sgt R. W. B. Blanchard,
Sgt W. Archer,
Sgt J. Waterworth,
Sgt A. Brewer.

The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 0225LT on an operation to Aachen. Shortly after takeoff, the starboard engine caught fire. The crew elected to return for an emergency landing when the airplane crashed 16 minutes later on final approach. Five crew members were injured and the air gunner was killed.
Crew:
Sgt Victor Lawrence Lloyd, air gunner, †
Sgt A. Firth,
Sgt G. Collins,
Sgt B. A. Jarvis,
Sgt J. Machonichie,
Sgt J. M. Macdonald.

The crew departed RAF Wellesbourne Mountford on a local training exercise. After completing several circuits, the crew initiated an approach to runway 24 when he encountered heavy snow falls. Unable to line up, the pilot-in-command initiated a go-around procedure when the airplane impacted trees and crashed. All four crew members were seriously injured but three of them later died from injuries sustained.
Crew:
F/O James Eric Allen, pilot, †
Sgt John Herbert Arthur Cox, pilot, †
W/O Allan David Cuthbert, wireless operator, †
Sgt G. Allen.

The crew departed RAF Wellesbourne Mountford on a local training exercise. After completing several circuits, the crew initiated an approach to runway 24 when he encountered heavy snow falls. The pilot-in-command lost visual contact with the runway lights and lost control of the airplane that lost height, impacted trees and crashed, bursting into flames. Three crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
P/O James Lynas, pilot, †
P/O William Joseph Turner, pilot, †
Sgt Peter Rees Chancellor, wireless operator, †
P/O R. J. Jackson,
Sgt W. A. Lane.

The airplane was engaged in an operation to England when it crashed in unknown circumstances in the Bristol Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Uffz Martin Richter, pilot,
Oblt Günter Dollmann, observer,
Uffz Gustav Sieger, radio operator,
Ogefr Siegfried Primke, air gunner.

En route from RAF Hawarden to RAF Lichfield, weather conditions deteriorated with heavy snow falls. After the airplane has been struck by lighting, the pilot ordered all the occupants to bail out. The airplane was abandoned and crashed near Hordley, bursting into flames. Two passengers were killed and four others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt John Ernest Moodie, pilot, †
P/O George Kingston Eaton, †
Sgt Brookes, pilot +3.

The airplane departed RAF Edgehill on a training exercise. While flying in heavy snow falls, the crew lost control of the airplane that crashed in Sibford Gower, about 5 km south of the airbase. Four crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt James William Hubbard, pilot, †
Sgt Edwin Stephen John Toye Medder, wireless operator, †
Sgt Christopher George Tierney, wireless operator, †
P/O Kenneth Wilfred Watson, pilot, †
Sgt J. J. Martin,
Sgt R. J. Newton.

The crew was completing a local training flight at RAF Upwood. On final approach in gusty winds, the pilot-in-command lost control of the airplane that crashed short of runway. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Charles Herman Woodworth, pilot,
F/Sgt Matthew Thompson, observer,
Sgt Robert Barr, wireless operator.

While on a training sortie, the bomber caught fire in flight and the starboard engine eventually fell away from its mountings. Still burning, the airplane crash landed between May Day Farm and High Lodge near Brandon. Four crew members were injured.
Crew:
S/L W. I. C. Inness,
Sgt B. Patrick,
P/O R. Peel,
Sgt G. D. Poff,
Sgt D. S. D. Welch.