Lancashire

The airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed landed on a beach in Blackpool. There were no casualties.

The airplane suffered an engine failure in flight and crash landed on a beach in Blackpool. All three crew members were injured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
Sgt R. T. Smith +2.

On the afternoon of Wednesday 27 August 1941 four 256 Squadron Defiants took off from Squires Gate to practice formation flying. Their flight commander (whose name is unrecorded) was recalled back to the aerodrome, and so he handed his flight over to his No. 2, a Sergeant Leonard (RAF). Just after 3.00 p.m. the three Defiants were flying over the sea, a little West of Blackpool Tower, at an altitude of about 2,000 feet and on a North Easterly heading. Some 500 feet below them, flying in a North Westerly direction, was one of 3 SGR's Bothas, L6509. Eyewitnesses on the ground saw the Defiants break formation and, one by one, dive towards the Botha as if making a mock attack and then level out afterwards. Two of the fighters completed the manoeuvre successfully, but as the third Defiant began its dive the Botha suddenly banked to the right and the pilot of the diving fighter, Defiant N1745, JT-P, struck the Botha amidships, cutting it in two and itself losing a wing. The now tail-less Botha stalled and immediately went into a spiral dive, its descent being watched by hundreds-possibly thousands-of shocked civilians and servicemen on Blackpool's seafront. Seconds later it crashed through the roof of the entrance hall of the Central Station, showering aviation fuel over the platforms below, which erupted into a massive conflagration. A huge cloud of thick black smoke quickly rose to a height of several hundred feet over the center of Blackpool. All three occupants of the Botha and both pilots on board the Defiant were killed. At the station, 8 people on the ground were killed while 6 others died the following days.
Botha's crew (3rd SGR):
P/O A. A. Horne, pilot,
P/O K. J. A. Sale, pilot.
Passenger:
Mr. Frank Longson.
Source & photos: http://laituk.org/Botha-Defiant.htm

The airplane departed RAF Upwood on a cross-country exercise. After crossing the coast of Lancashire, the left engine failed while the airplane was completing a left turn. It went out of control and crashed into the sea some five miles southwest of Morecambe. Two crew members were killed and a third was injured.
Crew:
S/L W. R. Selkirk,
AC2 Ronald Dawson, †
P/O Thomas Riley Hodgson, †
Sgt Philip Savage. †

The crew was performing a ferry flight from RAF Sherburn-in-Elmet. En route, he encountered poor weather conditions and attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft hit a hedge and came to rest in an open field. Both occupants were uninjured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

The pilot, sole on board, was convoying the aircraft from RAF Silloth to RAF Squires Gate. In windy weather, the aircraft crashed upon landing and was damaged beyond repair. The pilot was unhurt.

The airplane was completing a training sortie, carrying seven crew members. While cruising at an altitude of 10,000 feet over the Isle of Man, the aircraft was hit in both port engines by antiaircraft fire. The pilot was able to cross the Irish Sea but was eventually forced to attempt an emergency landing. The aircraft crashed at Hodden Bridge, Barbon, slid into a stone wall and was wrecked. All seven crew members evacuated safely. First Stirling to be written off in Bomber Command service.
Crew:
F/Lt T. P. S. Bradley,
P/O J. W. Murray,
Sgt R. Jackson,
Sgt A. A. Griffin,
Sgt A. C. Nicholson,
Sgt E. Roberts,
AC1 J. F. Wood.

The aircraft departed RAF Dishforth at 1900LT on April 30 to bomb Oslo-Fornebu Airport. On the return flight, while flying over England at night, the aircraft was short of fuel and the captain attempted an emergency landing. The aircraft impacted a hill between Burn Fell and Dunsop Fell and was wrecked. All five crew members were injured but Sergeant Coveney died two days later from injuries sustained.
Crew (51st Squadron):
P/O Edward Cotton, pilot,
P/O John Martin Gilmer, pilot,
Sgt Walter Richard Coveney, observer, †
AC1 Peter Duncan Salmon, wireless operator,
AC1 Hugh Maylin, air gunner.

While on an observation flight, the crew encountered unknown technical problems and was forced to attempt an emergency landing on a beach located in Bispham, north of Blackpool. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair while both crew members were uninjured.

Shortly after takeoff from Blackpool-Stanley Park Airport, while climbing, the three engine aircraft hit a hangar and crashed, bursting into flames. Both occupants were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Charles Frederick O’Connell, pilot.
Passenger:
Eileen A. Miller.