Durham

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1553LT on a training exercise. It crashed almost immediately after takeoff due to a sudden loss of engine power. There were no injuries among the crew.
Crew:
Sgt W. H. Schmitt, pilot +4.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 1654LT on January 29 on an operation to Lorient. While returning to base the following night, shortly after midnight, it crash landed, wheels retracted. All seven crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
F/Lt A. P. Cranswick, pilot,
Sgt F. E. Johnston,
W/O W. McRobbie,
F/Sgt J. M. B. O'Connor,
F/Sgt D. McKenzie,
P/O J. C. Garton,
F/Sgt I. L. J. Howard, air gunner.

Overshot while landing at RAF Middleton Saint George and came to rest on a railway line. All six crew members escaped uninjured but a train struck the plane and as a result one civilian, railwayman A. Glover was killed and another, fireman G. F. Barber, was injured.
Crew:
Sgt W. E. Harwood, pilot +5.

The crew was performing a local training exercise at RAF Middleton Saint George where the airplane crashed for unknown reasons upon landing. There were no injuries.
Crew:
F/Sgt M. O. Frederick, pilot,
F/Sgt D. L. Moher,
Sgt E. Connolly,
Sgt G. Sayers,
Sgt J. Rock.

The crew was completing a night training exercise at RAF Croft. After takeoff, while climbing away for a third circuit, the bomber collided with the tops of trees bordering the airfield and crashed into a field just beyond the boundary. All six crew members escaped with various injuries.
Crew:
Sgt Southwood +5.

The crew departed RAF Leeming on a fighter affiliation exercise. In flight, the pilot initiated a steep turn when the airplane stalled and crashed in Birkby. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Ronald George Bell, pilot,
Sgt Arthur Ernest Fuce Giles, flight engineer,
Sgt Douglas Dean Gardner, navigator,
sgt Ian Fowler Stewart McColl, wireless operator,
P/O Philip Malcolm Matthews, air gunner.

The crew was engaged in a local training exercise at RAF Croft. While taking off, the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed, bursting into flames. Four crew members were injured and two others were killed. The next day, the pilot died from injuries sustained.
Crew:
Sgt Lewis William Scobie, pilot, †
F/Sgt Richard John Todd Colvin, bomb aimer, †
P/O P. Campbell,
Sgt G. A. Lloyd,
Sgt Hans D'Aperng,
F/Sgt Herbert Ernest Hicks, air gunner. †

The crew was completing a local training exercise at RAF Middleton St Geroge. The airplane crashed while attempting to land on three engines, the port outer being feathered. The airplane was destroyed and all five crew members were injured. The following day, the pilot died from injuries sustained.
Crew:
F/Sgt Sidney Tackley, pilot, †
Sgt H. W. Owen,
Sgt Wilson,
Sgt Morgan,
Ac1 Robertson.

The airplane was engaged in a local test flight at RAF Middleton St George. It took off at 1530LT and crashed almost immediately, due to one, or both engines, failing on the port side. The Halifax climbed slowly to approximately 100 feet, stalled and dived into the ground and burst into flames. Five crew members were killed and the sixth occupant was injured.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur Aston, pilot, †
Sgt Herbert Ralph Smith, flight engineer, †
P/O William Joseph Cole, observer, †
Sgt Cecil Douglas Barnett, wireless operator, †
Sgt Lawrence Desmond Richardson, air gunner, †
P/O Herbert Reginald Higgins, air gunner.

The crew was completing a local training flight at RAF Middleton St George. While flying in the vicinity of the airbase at an altitude of 2,000 feet, just below the cloud base, a RAF Avro 652 Anson registered V4140 appeared on a converging course. The pilot tried to dive beneath the Halifax but its tail assembly caught the Halifax and both airplane dove into the ground and crashed near the airfield. All eight crew members in both airplanes were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Henry Gordon Bingham, pilot,
Sgt Maurice Charles Glover, navigator,
W/O Melvin Harry Roberts, observer,
Sgt John Black Fraser Fanning, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Gymer Warkcup, wireless operator,
Sgt Richard Hubert Bircher, air gunner.