Upwood AFB

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 crew departed RAF Upwood at 1545LT on a training exercise consisting of bombing practice. About 45 minutes later, while flying at a height of 100 feet, the airplane went out of control and crashed in a field. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Harry George Zavadowsky, pilot,
P/O Rodney Ernest Corr, observer,
Sgt John White, wireless operator and air gunner.

The crew departed RAF Upwood on a navigation exercise. En route, one of the engine failed due to fuel starvation and the crew diverted to RAF Sutton Bridge. On short final, the undercarriage collided with a raised bank and was torn off. The airplane crash landed and was damaged beyond repair. All three crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Joseph Leslie Harrison Haegerty, pilot,
P/O John Norman Jenkinson, observer,
Sgt Edward Patrick Moakler, wireless operator and air gunner.

The crew departed RAF Upwood on a cross country exercise. While cruising at night, the airplane collided with high tension cables and crashed in Boston Spa, bursting into flames. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Curlet, pilot,
P/O John Douglas Lamb McColl, observer,
Sgt Eric Johnson, wireless operator and air gunner.

The pilot departed RAF Upwood on a solo training exercise. While cruising in very bad weather conditions at an altitude of 1,000 feet, an engine failed. The pilot climbed to 3,200 feet then abandoned the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in Colston Bassett, bursting into flames. The pilot was uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt Geoffrey David Jessup, pilot.

The crew departed RAF Upwood on a low level training exercise, between 500 and 600 feet. Approaching the city of Birmingham in poor visibility, the airplane collided with the cable of a barrage balloon. Upon impact, the right wing was severed and the airplane entered a dive before crashing in Bearwood, in the suburb of Birmingham. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Thomas Kyle, pilot,
Sgt Louis Stanhope De Lisser, observer,
Sgt Ernest Scott, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton in the evening of February 14 on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel. The crew diverted to RAF Upwood where the airplane crashed on final approach at Glossmore Farm. All four crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt R. N. Hamer,
Sgt Haddock,
Sgt Bombing Minchin,
Sgt Watchorn.

The crew departed RAF Upwood on a cross-country exercise. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed into the sea off Filey. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Edwin Roy Parke, pilot,
Sgt Maurice York, observer,
Sgt Francis Coakley, wireless operator and air gunner.

The crew was engaged in a local training exercise at RAF Upwood. While circling around the airbase, the airplane went out of control and crashed. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Sydney Stephen Lang, pilot,
Sgt Andrew James Sistron, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Upwood on a training flight. En route, the crew encountered severe icing conditions, causing the engines to stop. The pilot attempted an emergency landing in the Scolt Head Island National Nature Reserve. Two crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O Charles Vernon Pereira, pilot,
P/O G. H. Gilbert, navigator,
Sgt P. B. Davies, wireless operator and air gunner.