United Kingdom

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2030LT on August 24 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base the following night, it was approaching the airfield when it collided with a second RAF Hampden registered AD967. Both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed northeast of the airbase, near the village of Hackthorn. All eight crew members in both airplanes were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Anthony John George Mills, pilot,
Sgt John Andrew Allan Somerville, pilot,
F/Sgt Donald Ivor Sharp, wireless operator,
Sgt Bernard Victor Mason, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton in the evening of August 24 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base the following night, it was approaching the airfield when it collided with a second RAF Hampden registered X3121. Both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed northeast of the airbase, near the village of Hackthorn. All eight crew members in both airplanes were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ian Donald MacKinnon,
Sgt Owen Bernard McMahon,
Sgt Gathorne Field Upton,
Sgt Ernest Welbourne, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2017LT on August 24 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base the following night, it was abandoned, on fire, and crashed near Mistley, on the south bank of the Stour River. The pilot was killed and four other crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt Donald Alexander Sinclair, pilot, †
P/O Fransden,
Sgt Becker,
Sgt Young,
Sgt Gale.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2030LT on August 24 on an operation to Wesel. Following an uneventful mission, the crew returned to base where he landed at 0225LT. A few minutes later, an explosion occurred and the Hampden burst into flames. In addition to the crew, four members of the ground staff died in the explosion, caused, it is believed, by a bomb falling from the airplane as the bomb-doors were opened for an inspection of the bay.
Crew:
P/O Thomas George Matheson MacIntyre, pilot,
P/O Victor Charles Ormond Royd Maybury, pilot,
Sgt Edward W. John Clarke, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Scholes, wireless operator.
Ground crew:
AC2 Colin Ogden,
LAC Leonard Silvester Henry Rayment,
Cpl William Inkpen,
AC1 William Ronald Stevenson.

The airplane departed Balderton Airfield on a local training exercise. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing, it collided with a flock of birds, causing the left engine to fail. The airplane lost height and crashed. All four crew members evacuated safely.

En route from Prestwick to White Waltham, the crew encountered technical problems with the brakes and decided to divert to RAF Dumfries. The aircraft crashed upon landing and was damaged beyond repair. Both crew members were uninjured.

The airplane was on a transit flight from RAF Martlesham Heath to RAF Driffield. It crashed upon landing and was destroyed. All six crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt F. R. Richardson,
P/O Murdoch,
Sgt R. J. Mountier,
Sgt Scott,
Sgt B. W. Robbens,
Sgt A. D. F. Craig.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2002LT on August 22 on an operation to Le Havre. While returning to base the following night, the airplane impacted the slope of Widdale Fell (2,031 feet) located 2 miles northeast of Dent. Both pilots were killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Gordon Fletcher, pilot, †
P/O Kenneth William Liebeck, pilot, †
Sgt L. R. Silver,
Sgt J. M. McLaughlin,
Sgt R. N. Speer.

While on a training exercise, the crew encountered an extremely poor visibility when the airplane collided with a house and crashed at Canons Park, Stanmore. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Norma Frederick Thompson, pilot,
Sgt George Horace MacNamara, observer,
P/O Henry John Fuller, wireless operator,
P/O John Maxwell Dobson, air gunner.

The floatplane was en route from Stranrear, Scotland, to Canada. Shortly after departure, in unknown circumstances, the airplane stalled and crashed in the Stranrear's Bay. Two crew members were seriously injured and five others were killed.
Crew:
F/O Alfred Lawrence Fowler, pilot, †
F/O Maurice Arthur Frank Hirst, pilot, †
Sgt Patrick John Nelson Coady, wireless operator, †
AC1 Peter Quinlan O'Brien, †
Ens D. A. Eldred, †
AC1 D. Muir,
Sgt R. B. H. Scroggs.