Nottinghamshire

The crew was engaged in a night flying test in readiness for operations to Emden. Shortly after a night takeoff from RAF Balderton, it entered a left turn when it crashed in a field located northeast of the airfield. All three crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O R. P. Wishart,
Sgt H. E. Elliott,
P/O H. J. Randall.

The crew departed RAF Bircotes at 1441LT on a dual instruction training flight. Ten minutes later, the crew returned to base and attempted to land downwind by mistake. The landing was aborted and while banking into the strong wind to attempt to go around, the airplane lost height, collided with trees and crashed. Three crew members were killed and a fourth occupant was injured.
Crew:
F/O Stanley Le Vesconte Wood, pilot, †
Sgt Livingstone, pilot,
F/Sgt Ronald Alfred Coles, wireless operator, †
Lac Graham Langley Emms, air gunner. †

While returning to base following an operation, the airplane crashed on approach and was destroyed. Two crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt R. W. Dreyer,
F/Sgt J. R. Dillon,
P/O C. Cresswell,
Sgt K. J. Page.

The pilot was completing a solo bombing practice when the airplane crashed in Clifton and was destroyed. The pilot was uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt M. Marment.

After landing at Nottingham-Tollerton, the airplane was taxiing to parking when it was caught by strong winds and crashed on its nose. Both occupants escaped unhurt and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

The crew was engaged in a local test flight at RAF Wigsley. Upon takeoff, the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed. A crew was killed and a second was injured.
Crew:
Sgt Keith Alexander Andrews, pilot, †
Sgt E. G. Miflin, navigator.

The airplane departed RAF Wigsley at 1926LT on March 10 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it landed on the starboard wheel only. This caused the Hampden to swerve violently onto nearby rough ground, where the undercarriage collapsed. There were no injuries.
Crew:
Sgt E. H. Busfield,
Sgt Waites,
Sgt Gower,
Sgt Biggin.

The pilot departed RAF Upwood on a solo training exercise. While cruising in very bad weather conditions at an altitude of 1,000 feet, an engine failed. The pilot climbed to 3,200 feet then abandoned the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in Colston Bassett, bursting into flames. The pilot was uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt Geoffrey David Jessup, pilot.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 1823LT on January 15 an operation to Hamburg. It experienced an engine failure over the target area and on return, the crew met very poor visibility. Due to fuel exhaustion, the captain ordered his crew to bail out and later attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crash landed one mile southwest of Anston and was written off. All eight crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
F/O William George Barnes, pilot,
Sgt Baker, copilot,
Sgt Townsend, flight engineer,
Sgt Cyril William Dellow, observer,
Sgt Heron, observer,
Sgt Leonard Charles Collins, wireless operator,
Sgt Cook, air gunner,
Sgt Richard Thomas Patrick Gallagher, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1745LT on January 15 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, it encountered severe icing conditions and crashed in Clipstone. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Jan Bak,
P/O Stefan Berdys,
Cpl Franciszek Chylewski,
Sgt Pawer Konrad Krenzel,
Sgt Marian Wajceech Lagodzinski,
Maj Wacław Mosiewicz.