Saône-et-Loire

The aircraft was engaged in a local training flight at Saint-Yan Airport on behalf of the Service de Formation Aéronautique & de Contrôle Technique (SFACT). Following several 'touch-and-go' completed successfully, the crew landed and simulated an engine failure, reducing the power on the left engine. While rolling on runway 33R, flaps were mistakenly retracted from 30° to zero prior to takeoff. Unable to rotate, the aircraft continued, overran and eventually collided with the ILS antenna. Both pilots escaped with minor injuries while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The twin engine aircraft was carrying three crew members who were taking part to a cinematography mission at Montceau-les-Mines Airport. Following several low passes completed successfully, the aircraft was approaching runway 27 for a new low pass. At a height of about one meter with flaps and landing gear up, the aircraft struck a hedge where took place three photographers and cameramen. Following the first impact, the aircraft overturned and crashed in an open field, coming to rest upside down. All three occupants as well as all three people on the ground were killed.

En route to Leeds, the pilot encountered low visibility due to thick fog while cruising over France. Too low, the twin engine airplane struck tree tops and crashed in a wooded area located in Mont Beuvray. Three occupants were seriously injured while four others were killed.

The twin engine airplane was performing a taxi flight from Rotterdam to Montceau-les-Mines with an intermediate stop in Troyes, carrying eight businessmen and two pilots. After leaving Troyes-Barberey Airport, the crew continued bound to the south under VFR mode at an altitude of 4,000 feet. About half an hour into the flight, the crew informed ATC he was descending to 2,000 feet. About six minutes later, while cruising in clouds, the aircraft struck trees and crashed in a wooded area located in the Bois de la Ravière, bursting into flames. The wreckage was found near Uchon, about 25 km northwest of Montceau-les-Mines Airport. The aircraft was totally destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all 10 occupants were killed.

The pilot, sole on board, departed Nevers on a ferry flight to Chambéry where the aircraft should follow a maintenance program by the Air Alpes facilities. En route, weather conditions deteriorated with limited visibility and low clouds. While cruising under VFR mode, he elected to divert to a local aerodrome when the single engine airplane struck the top of a snow covered mountain located near Cluny. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was slightly injured.

The crew was engaged in a calibration mission on behalf of the DGAC/SFACT (Service de Formation Aéronautique & de Contrôle Technique). In unknown circumstances, the aircraft belly landed at Saint-Yan Airport and slid for several meters before coming to rest. All four crew members escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

An engine failed en route, forcing the crew to attempt an emergency landing. The aircraft crash landed in a field located in Loisy and came to rest. There were no casualties but the airplane was written off.

The airplane departed RAF Rufforth at 1645LT on an operation to Torino. While returning to base in the late evening, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Villeneuve-en-Montagne. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Charles Lionel Sparke, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Edlington, flight engineer,
F/O Jack Biddulph Aris, navigator,
F/O Rayden Frederick Watson, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Harry Middleton, wireless operator,
Sgt John William Furniss, air gunner,
P/O Denis Ralph Collyer, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1751LT on October 23 on an operation to Genoa. After passing Dijon, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Montcony, about 36 km east southeast of Chalon-sur-Saône. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Harold Rhoden, pilot,
F/O Denis Frank Teague, pilot,
Sgt Albert Ernest Messer, flight engineer,
Sgt Frederick George Allen, observer,
Sgt John Beveridge, observer,
Sgt George James Chambers, wireless operator,
Sgt Eric Walton, air gunner,
F/Sgt William Stanley Rausch, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1200LT to bomb a transformer and a switching station in Montchanin. Approaching the target at such low altitude, the airplane flew into the building and crashed, bursting into flames. Six crew members were killed and one became Pow.
Crew:
S/L William Duncan Corr, pilot, †
Sgt Richard James Delve, copilot, †
Sgt Owen Glynne Edwards, navigator, †
F/Sgt James Roland Moore, radio operator, †
P/O John Colin Webster, bomb aimer, †
F/Sgt George John Anstey Willis, air gunner, †
Sgt Richard Turtle, air gunner.