Derbyshire

While cruising at an altitude of 6,700 feet, both engines misfired and the left engine failed shortly later. The captain decided to attempt an emergency landing in a pasture at Chatsworth Park, near Bakewell. While all six occupants escaped with minor injuries, the airplane was damaged beyond repair due to severe damages to the airframe.
Crew (14th OTU):
F/O Leo Braham Patkin, pilot,
P/O Robert Lindsay Bienvenu, navigator,
P/O John Leslie Tolmie, air bomber,
P/O William Neil Fisher,
Sgt William Donald Blackwell, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt James Balmer, air gunner.

While on a training flight on behalf of the 11th OTU, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances near Eyam. There were no casualties.

Only half an hour in the flight, which was routed as Base – Lincoln – Peterborough – Base, the port engine failed, it was successfully re-started and it ran at full power, however after only 3 to 4 minutes this engine failed again. The Instructor took over the controls and ordered the crew to take up crash positions, however Sgt Belec was unable to leave the nose as the aircraft was fitted with dual controls which blocked his escape route. He then attempted a forced landing in one of the fields near Alsop, but found that none of the fields was large enough to land in. The aircraft touched down and ran the width of one field before it struck the boundary wall on the eastern side of the Buxton to Ashbourne railway (now the Tissington Trail) traveled across the line tearing up the track and came to rest part way down an adjoining field. Shortly before the crash a train travelling towards Ashbourne had passed by the site, had either the train been late or accident occurred a few minutes earlier the outcome could have been very different.
Crew:
F/O Ernest James Bull, pilot,
Sgt Norman James Prime, pilot,
Sgt Timothy Kennedy, navigator,
Sgt Gordon Belec, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Spencer Otty, wireless operator,
Sgt Edwin Fuller Harris, air gunner.
Source: https://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk

During the early hours the 12th May 1943, the pilot took off for a night cross country flight from Wheaton Aston to the south west of Stafford. His route was to have been Wheaton Aston - Shawbury - Condover - Wheaton Aston, this triangular route was a distance of just over 50 miles. At some point, the pilot became disorientated, whether he missed one of his waypoints or saw one of the other airfields in the area is unknown, and ended up flying North East. As the sun was coming into view the aircraft was seen circling over Buxton, shortly afterwards the aircraft flew west into low cloud and struck a dry stone wall which runs the length of Burbage Edge. The stone wall destroyed the forward end of the aircraft killing the lone occupant, the aircraft broke up as it traveled across the moor land for another 30 to 40 yards.
Crew (11th AFU):
Sgt John Henry Langley Wilson.
Source:
http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/pages/peakdistrict/peakdistricteb717.htm

The airplane departed RAF Seighford at 0450LT on a navigation training exercise. One hour into the flight, a loss of power on one or more engine forced the captain to attempt an emergency landing. After it crash landed in a pasture located in Newhaven, the bomber collided with a hedge and a stonewall before coming to rest, bursting into flames. Three crew members were killed and two others were seriously injured.
Crew (30th OTU):
Sgt Ronald Albert Jones, pilot, †
Sgt John Scott Spencer, navigator, †
Sgt Gilbert Kenneth Parsons, bomb aimer, †
F/Sgt R. J. Perrin, wireless operator,
F/Sgt J. Douglas, air gunner.

The crew was performing a navigation exercise out from RAF Ashbourne. The airplane impacted trees and crashed in an open field located in Matlock, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
P/O John Barry Welton, pilot,
Sgt Leslie Harold Redford, observer,
Sgt Eric Desmond Murphy, wireless operator and air gunner.

The crew was performing a local training flight at RAF Darley Moor. On final, the crew attempted an overshoot when one of the engine lost power. The airplane stalled and crashed. Both crew members were slightly injured.

The pilot was performing a night solo training flight out from RAF Ossington. En route, he lost his orientation and while descending, the airplane collided with trees and crashed in a wooded area located near Matlock. The pilot was killed.
Crew (14th AFU):
Sgt George Howard McIlraith, pilot.

The airplane took off in the mid-morning from Wellesbourne Mountford near Stratford upon Avon for a cross country flight. At just after 1300LT, it descended out of bad weather (possibly due to icing) and became enveloped in a snow storm, shortly afterwards the aircraft crashed, seemingly out of control, with a steep nose down attitude near to Peakshole Water. The aircraft slid for a short distance, crossing the river and striking a large embankment on the other side where the aircraft was completely destroyed. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (22nd OTU):
Sgt John Douglas Kester, pilot,
Sgt Richard Foote Cairns, navigator,
Sgt William James Hackett, air gunner,
Sgt Bernard Elliott Wilkinson, air gunner,
Sgt William Arthur Billy Marwood, wireless operator and air gunner.
Source:
http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/pages/peakdistrict/peakdistricthf613.htm

The crew departed RAF Church Broughton at 1915LT on January 29 on a night training exercise. At 0059LT, all crews flying in the area were informed about the deterioration of the weather conditions but for unknown reasons, the crew of X3941 did not receive this message. While returning to base in low visibility, the crew failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the bomber hit tree tops and crashed in a field located in Gladwins Mark, 5 km north of Matlock. Two crew members were killed and three others were injured.
Crew (27th OTU):
Sgt William Alan Catron, pilot, †
Sgt Kenneth Barton Killeen, air bomber, †
P/O Neil Garrett Traylen, navigator,
Sgt Neil Charles Craigie, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Somerville Easton, air gunner.