Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment - A&AEE

On a delivery flight from Prestwick to RAF Boscombe Down, both engines failed. The pilot elected to restart the engine but without success and eventually decided to attempt an emergency landing in a field located in Kinlet, Shropshire. While descending, the airplane struck trees and crashed. The pilot was uninjured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

The crew was involved in a test flight at RAF Boscombe Down, with some propeller blade control. While cruising at low height, the crew informed ground he was encountering difficulties and lost control of the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in a wooded area located eight miles northeast of the airbase. The aircraft was destroyed and both crew members were killed.

When the pilot started the engine, the starboard one caught fire. The pilot was able to leave the cabin before the airplane would be destroyed by fire.
Crew:
Mr. Tommy Lucke, Vickers pilot.

The crew consisting of two engineers and two pilots was performing a local test flight at Farnborough Airport. On final approach, one of the engine caught fire and the airplane became unstable. During the last segment, the airplane stalled and hit the runway surface and skidded for few dozen metres before coming to rest. All four crew members escaped with minor injuries and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

During the takeoff roll, the airplane started to swerve on runway. It went out of control, veered off runway and collided with a hangar, bursting into flames. Six crew members were injured while both pilots were killed, both flying for Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA). Captain Kennard was one of the founder of ATA.
Crew:
Cpt Donald Ian Menzies Kennard, pilot,
3rd Off Frederick Howard Moseley, pilot.

The crew departed RAF Boscombe Down on a local test flight on this first production model of the Warwick. While practicing dives, the crew lost control of the airplane after fabric panels detached from the wings. The airplane crashed in Shrewton, about 12 km northwest of the airbase. All four occupants were killed.
Crew:
S/L William Joseph Carr, pilot,
Cpl Raymond Leigh,
Cpl Frederick William Shenton,
Mr. Eric R. Staniland.

The airplane was an experimental machine fitted with a pressurized cabin for high-altitude reconnaissance operations. After the cabin pressurization system was checked, while cruising at an altitude of 32,500 feet, a section of one of the propeller blades sheared off, penetrating the cabin, causing a loss of pressure and possibly incapacitating the pilot. The airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and broke up before crashing in an open field located between the villages of Dale Abbey and Ockbrook. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Cyril Lancelot Fellowes Colmore, pilot,
F/Sgt Ronald Potts Gillott, wireless operator,
P/O Kenneth Radford, air gunner,
F/Sgt Arthur James Smith, observer,
Mr. C. V Abbott, flight test observer.

Shortly after takeoff from Manchester-Ringway Airport, while in initial climb, the crew lost control of the aircraft that crashed near the runway. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and all 7 crew members were uninjured. The accident occurred while the airplane was towing a glider.
Crew:
F/O I. W. R. Walmsley +6.

This test flight followed a crash of a Lancaster that had suffered a loss of a section of wing paneling on its return to England from a bombing raid on Germany. All the Lancaster aircraft at that time were brand new Lancaster 1s. The crashes were caused by faulty design of the skin/rivets on the upper wind out section. This resulted in all the Lancaster in service at that time being taken off operations and confined to navigation and night flying training flights over the UK. The Lancaster had taken off from Boscombe Down with a simulated full bomb load of concrete bombs to carry out diving trials from 13,000 feet down to 5,000 feet at various engine settings. Witnesses saw the Lancaster emerge from cloud in a slight dive, then roll onto its back and right itself before diving steeply into the ground at very high speed, crashing in a field in Charlton, norhteast of Malmesbury. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Peter Stanley Salter, pilot,
S/L Jack Donald Harris, pilot,
F/Lt Percy Frederick Wakelin, observer,
F/Lt Norman Gladswood Wilson, air gunner,
Sgt Kenneth John Jones, wireless operator.
Source:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk

The crew departed RAF Boscombe Down on a test flight consisting of a series of climb tests when the starboard outer engine (n°4) oversped and caught fire. The captain ordered his crew to abandon the airplane which they did successfully. Unfortunately, the airplane broke up and crashed in Lytchett Minster, killing the pilot.
Crew:
W/Cdr John William McGuire, pilot, †
W/O F. Robinson.