Merseyside

Crashed in Liverpool following a wrong localization on part of the crew. There were no casualties.

The aircraft was engaged in an anti-aircraft exercise with the Territorial Army over the area of Liverpool. When the mission was over, the crew was returning to his base. While approaching Liverpool-Speke Airport at night, the twin engine aircraft was too low and collided with a tall tree, nosed down and crashed. A passenger was killed while all four other occupants were injured.

The airplane departed RAF West Freugh at 1710LT for Marham via Ayr, Blackpool, Ternhill and Cheltenham. While flying 12 km northeast of Liverpool at an altitude of 4,000 feet, the left engine failed. The captain decided to divert to RAF Sealand on one engine but the aircraft was losing altitude. Due to severe vibrations, he ordered his crew to abandon the aircraft. He continued the flight alone but was unable to reach RAF Sealand. He eventually made an emergency landing in a field near Halewood, some 5 km northeast of Speke, Liverpool. While the aircraft was damaged beyond repair, the captain and all four other crew members survived.

Ten minutes after takeoff from Liverpool-Speke Airport, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed into the Mersey off Wallasey. Both occupants were killed.
Crew:
Hubert Mason, pilot.
Passenger:
A. F. Spurrier.

Crashed while taking off from Hesketh Park Aerodrome in Southport. Both occupants were seriously injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. The following day, the pilot John Frederick Hooson died from his injuries.

The pilot was forces to attempt an emergency landig for unknown reasons. The aircraft crashed in a field near Southpoer and was damaged beyond repair. The pilot was injured.