Lichfield AFB (Fradley)

While cruising over the Irish Sea on a flight from Belfast-Aldergrove to RAF Lichfield, the crew informed ATC about an engine failure and request the permission to divert to Douglas-Ronaldsway Airport for an emergency landing. Shortly later, the twin engine aircraft crashed into the sea off Maughold, northeast part of the Isle of Man. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew (202nd Squadron):
P/O Bernard Mortimore Simmonds,
F/O Anthony Alfred Engledow,
F/O Ian Alastair Manson,
Sgt Ronald Cowan.

The crew was performing a local training sortie at RAF Lichfield. After completing several maneuvers successfully, the crew started the approach with the right engine inoperative. On final, the aircraft banked right, causing the right wing to hit the ground. Out of control, the airplane stalled and crashed in a field located short of runway threshold. All three crew members were injured and the aircraft was written off.

The crew was completing a local training sortie at RAF Lichfield. During the approach completed in IMC conditions, the pilot-in-command deactivated the automatic pilot system and decided to continue manually under VFR rules. In heavy rain falls, he did not realize that the aircraft was losing height when it crashed in a field short of runway threshold. Two crew members were injured while the third occupant was killed.

Hit a building with one of its wings while taxiing at RAF Lichfield. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The crew was completing a local training mission at RAF Lichfield. The final approach was performed with one engine inoperative when the airplane stalled and crashed in a field short of runway. Both pilots were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The aircraft left RAF Lichfield at 1830LT on a training exercise. In flight, while cruising at an altitude of 9,000 feet, a propeller blade broke off from the starboard engine. Severe vibrations developed on the engine that fell off shortly later. The crew decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. Out of control, the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Marchington, some 3 miles southeast of Uttoxeter. It was destroyed while all five crew members were unhurt.
Crew (27th OTU):
F/Sgt John Sutherland Walker, pilot,
P/O John Strange East, navigator,
Sgt Joseph Arthur Barnard, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Harry Kearsley Chamberlain, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Brian Joseph Mordecai, air gunner.

Shortly after takeoff from RAF Lichtfield, while in initial climb, the aircraft collided with a flock of birds. Some of them hit the left engine that failed. Captain decided to return but few seconds later, the aircraft stalled and crashed in flames in a field near the airport. While all 7 occupants escaped unhurt, the aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire. The crew was conducting a training flight on behalf of the 27th OTU.

The airplane departed RAF Lichfield and later crashed into a tree whilst engaged in a beat-up of a pub known to the crew, coming down 3 km east northeast from the airbase. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Reginald Dudley Horner, pilot,
A2c Sidney Dobell,
F/O Leonard Forrester,
Ac1 Dennis William Hodges,
F/O Denis Michael Murphy,
F/O Roger Wyndham Wood.

The airplane departed RAF Lichfield at 1948LT on September 16 on an operation to Essen. It was hit by the German Flak over the target area which destroyed the port aileron. Despite severe handling problems and lack of airspeed, the crew regained the south coast before bailing out at 0320LT near Andover. All five crew members parachuted to safety while the airplane crashed and was destroyed.
Crew:
P/O R. A. Curle,
P/O E. C. Crapp,
P/O R. H. Chapman,
P/O H. Riding,
Sgt G. W. Durdin.

The airplane departed RAF Lichfield at 1949LT on an operation to Essen. It is believed that it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed while approaching the target area. All five crew members were killed. The exact location of the crash remains unclear.
Crew:
P/O Fred Lupton, pilot,
W/O Morris Leslie Pierpoint, observer,
P/O Alexander Easton, bomb aimer,
F/Lt Peter Gifford Felce, air gunner,
P/O Ernest John Clifford Wheble, air gunner.