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Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.41 Albemarle in RAF Hucclecote: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 6, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.41 Albemarle
Operator:
Registration:
V1708
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Test
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Hucclecote - Hucclecote
Location:
Hucclecote AFB (Brockworth)
Gloucestershire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a test flight on this second production series. 45 minutes after departure, the crew informed ground about oil pressure problem on the left engine that was feathered. On a single engine approach to RAF Hucclecote, while at a height of 100 feet in marginal weather conditions (rain falls and gusty winds), the aircraft went out of control and crashed in flames. All four crew members were killed.
Source: http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=141412

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford in Hawkesbury Upton: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 21, 1943 at 0940 LT
Type of aircraft:
Airspeed AS.10 Oxford
Operator:
Registration:
EB861
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Location:
Hawkesbury Upton
Gloucestershire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
En route, the crew encountered technical problems with the port engine and the captain attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft went out of control and crashed in Hawkesbury Upton. Both pilots were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Lewis Cordey, pilot instructor
P/O Donald MacIver, pilot.
Probable cause:
It is believed that one of the propeller blades on the left engine broke away in flight, hit the rudder and damaged the elevator controls, causing the loss of control. It is reported the port engine was found about a mile from the wreckage.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I at RAF South Cerney

Date & Time: Mar 23, 1943 at 0025 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4879
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Breighton - Breighton
Location:
South Cerney AFB
Gloucestershire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Breighton at 1858LT on March 22 on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. It was badly shot about by a German fighter and crashed the following night while landing at RAF South Cerney. All seven crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt D. E. White, pilot,
Sgt B. Knilands,
F/Sgt W. R. K. Charlton,
Sgt F. H. Ward,
F/Sgt A. K. Parker,
F/Sgt R. H. Baker,
Sgt N. R. Simpson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Badly shot about by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Stroud: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jan 29, 1943 at 1815 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
W5705
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Moreton-in-Marsh - Moreton-in-Marsh
Location:
Stroud
Gloucestershire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Moreton-in-Marsh at 1756LT on a 'Nickel' operation. In unknown circumstances, it crashed in a field located in Stroud, some 46 km southwest of the airbase. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Waldo McCausland, pilot,
Sgt Francis Charles Palmer,
Sgt Frank Arthur Morgan,
Sgt George William Ayres,
Sgt Percy Eric Farren.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III near Saint Briavels

Date & Time: Jan 27, 1943 at 0115 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3936
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
East Wretham - East Wretham
Location:
Saint Briavels
Gloucestershire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 1730LT to lay mines in the Nectarines area. Approaching the target area, the compass was unserviceable so the crew decided to return to base. After jettisoning the mines safely near Chepstow, north of the Severn Estuary, the crew abandoned the airplane that crashed near the Bigsweir Bridge, west of Saint Briavels. All five crew members parachuted to safety.
Crew:
Sgt F. Plum, pilot,
Sgt R. Newton, navigator,
Sgt L. Lane,
Sgt F. Eaglestone,
P/O Geoffrey Hurst Willis, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Failure of the compass system.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Moreton-in-Marsh: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 29, 1942 at 1525 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
LB120
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Harwell - Moreton-in-Marsh
Location:
Moreton-in-Marsh AFB
Gloucestershire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Harwell on a training exercise to RAF Moreton-in-Marsh. On final approach, the airplane entered a nose up attitude then stalled and crashed near the airfield. Four crew members were killed and one was injured.
Crew:
F/O Allan Thompson, pilot, †
F/O Douglas Young McIntosh, navigator, †
Sgt Cecil Roy Kippen, wireless operator, †
F/O Eric Martin, wireless operator, †
Sgt W. Fowler, air gunner.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I at RAF Moreton-in-Marsh

Date & Time: Oct 5, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Airspeed AS.10 Oxford
Operator:
Registration:
N4574
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
MSN:
2414
YOM:
1940
Location:
Moreton-in-Marsh AFB
Gloucestershire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane suffered an accident at RAF Moreton-in-Marsh and was damaged beyond repair. It seems there were no casualties.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Moreton-in-Marsh: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 31, 1942 at 2100 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1232
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Moreton-in-Marsh - Moreton-in-Marsh
Location:
Moreton-in-Marsh AFB
Gloucestershire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a local training flight at RAF Moreton-in-Marsh. For unknown reasons, the airplane overshot and crashed into trees. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt Bruce Ashby Smith, pilot, †
P/O Maurice Dunn, pilot, †
Sgt Alwyn Perrett, wireless operator, †
Sgt J. F. Boyer.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I in Cirencester: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 16, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Avro 652 Anson
Operator:
Registration:
DJ184
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Defford – Boscombe Down
Location:
Cirencester
Gloucestershire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Defford on a flight to RAF Boscombe Down to take delivery of a second Avro 652 Anson. While cruising at an altitude of 2,000 feet, the twin engine airplane went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a field near Cirencester. All six occupants, among them two brothers, were killed.
Crew:
F/L Frank Brown,
F/O Eric Tom Sellick,
F/O George Flight Sellick,
F/O Alfred James Marsh,
LAC Henry Davis McCallum,
AC2 Roland Frederick Umney.
Probable cause:
The loss of control was caused by a failure of the fabric covering the right wing that separated from the structure in flight.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60X Moth at RAF South Cerney

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1942
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.60 Moth
Operator:
Registration:
DG587
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
South Cerney - South Cerney
MSN:
694
YOM:
1928
Location:
South Cerney AFB
Gloucestershire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a local training flight at RAF South Cerney. The airplane crashed for unknown reasons upon landing and was damaged beyond repair. Both crewmen survived.
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