Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 1824LT on October 23 on an operation to Genoa. While returning to base the following night, it diverted to RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor. After landing, it ran into another Halifax from the Squadron, which had burst a tyre and was unable to clear the runway. All wight occupants escaped with various injuries.
Crew:
F/Sgt J. L. Berry, pilot,
W/O Cranwell,
P/O E. W. Hargreaves,
Sgt D. Hubbard,
Sgt J. W. Crouch,
Sgt R. J. Horton,
Sgt W. E. Pattison,
F/Sgt J. B. Bell, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 1814LT on October 23 on an operation to Genoa. While returning to base the following night, it diverted to RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor. After landing, a tyre burst and the airplane came to rest on the runway, bursting into flames. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured. The airplane was hit shortly later by another Halifax landing on the same runway.
Crew:
W/Cdr Sydney Bruce Bintley, pilot, †
G/C E. J. Corbally,
Sgt K. White,
F/Sgt J. A. T. Simpson,
F/O V. B. Davies,
Sgt R. P. Long,
F/Lt Arthur James Graham, air gunner,
F/Sgt G. Richmond, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse in the evening of October 23 on an operation to Genoa. While returning to base the following night, it diverted to RAF Benson where it crashed and caught fire while trying to land on an unlit runway. All eight crew members escaped with various injuries.
Crew:
F/Sgt W. C. Richardson, pilot,
Sgt F. H. Barratt,
Sgt V. F. R. Kennard,
P/O D. J. Clarke,
Sgt A. Guy,
Sgt G. L. Hills,
Sgt F. J. Piller,
Sgt G. A. Scarcliffe, air gunner.

While performing a local training flight at Columbia Airport, the airplane suffered a structural failure and crashed near the airfield. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/Sgt Morris O. Jones,
S/Sgt Billy D. Pinkerton,
S/Sgt Morris Beital,
Pvt Donald Wayne Goforth,
Pvt Frank L. Good Jr.

The crew was completing a local training exercise at Blythe Airport when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances near the airfield. Both occupants were killed.
Crew:
S/Sgt Cecil R. LaFollet,
Cpl Robert P. Cady.

Approaching Sochi-Adler Airport at the end of the afternoon, the airplane was shot down by two German fighters and crashed. Both crew members and the passenger were killed.

The airplane departed RAF Woodhall Spa at 1713LT on October 22 on an operation to Genoa. While returning to base the following morning, it ran out of fuel and the pilot decided to divert to RAF North Luffenham. The Lancaster finished up in the overshoot area after running into an obstruction. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and all seven crew members escaped unhurt.
Crew:
S/L E. Coton, pilot,
Sgt A. R. Airy,
F/Lt R. Boddington,
Sgt M. H. Middleton,
Sgt A. O. Stafford,
F/Lt C. A Patton,
Sgt C. F. McMahon.

The pilot was performing a local solo training flight at RAF Crosby when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances. The pilot was injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt J. L. Coulthard, pilot.

The crew was performing a local training exercise at Sarasota-Bradenton Airport. After landing, the airplane was unable to stop within the remaining distance, overran and crashed. All five crew members escaped unhurt.

After takeoff from Bilbeis, the captain decided to make a low pass over the Officer's Mess. While flying at a height of eight feet, the aircraft hit the tent with its left wing tip that broke away. The aircraft overturned and crashed in a huge explosion. All 13 occupants were killed while there were no casualties on the ground.
Crew:
W/Cdr John Patrick Stracey Smyth, pilot,
P/O John Cecil Oliver Trench, pilot,
P/O David Maxwell Walker, pilot,
P/O Corliss St Leger Hawkes, pilot,
F/Lt Ernest Francis Victor Copsey, pilot,
W/O Vern Selby Irwin, observer,
W/O Walter Henry Plant, observer,
F/Sgt Brian Joseph O'Connor, observer,
Sgt George Rollinson MacBryde, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur William Mills, wireless operator,
Cpl Reginald Benson,
Cpl Gerald Alexander Grant,
F/O Roy Anderson Harper.