Worcestershire

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The crew was engaged in a test flight on behalf of the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE). While taxiing, a fire broke out in a wheel well. The pilot was able to stop the airplane and all five occupants escaped without any injuries. The airplane was considered as damaged beyond repair and later transferred to Farnborough for structural test.

Probable cause:

Wheel fire during taxiing.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford T.1 in Great Malvern: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 30, 1953

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Airspeed AS.10 Oxford

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BG271

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While performing a training flight with one engine voluntarily inoperative, the pilot lost control of the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed in a prairie. The airplane was destroyed and the pilot was killed.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I in Childswickham: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 1, 1945

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Avro 652 Anson

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EF937

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Plain, Valley

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Halfpenny Green - Halfpenny Green

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During a training mission, the twin engine aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in an open field. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (3rd AFU):
F/Sgt Leslie Wall, pilot,
P/O John Henry Young, observer,
F/Sgt Thomas James Reardon, wireless operator,
Sgt Wallace Joseph Holberry, bomber.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I in Bredon Hill: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jan 13, 1945

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Airspeed AS.10 Oxford

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V3769

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North American B-25 Mitchell

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While conducting a GEE exercise, the pilot lost control of the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed in a prairie. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Micheal Larkin, pilot,
F/Lt Ivor Reginald Sims, observer,
Sgt George William Stafford, observer.

Crash of a North American B-25C Mitchell II in Rochford: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943

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FL213

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Plain, Valley

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Foulsham - Foulsham

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82-5355

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1941

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The crew was performing a cross country exercise when the airplane, flying too low, collided with a chimney located on the roof of a house and crashed in Rochford. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Anthony MacDuff Brettell, pilot,
Sgt John Richard Pexton Dawson, navigator.

Probable cause:

Pilot error.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Honeybourne: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 2, 1943 at 1415 LT

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Z6639

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Plain, Valley

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Honeybourne - Honeybourne

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2073

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The crew was performing a local training flight at Honeybourne. After the pilot was given a red signal by the airfield controller, he initiated a circuit near the airfield when the airplane struck a hill in clouds. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Harris Gordon Hagen, pilot,
Sgt Richard Stanley Phillips, navigator,
F/Sgt Donald Herbert Kelly, bomb aimer,
Sgt Donald Alfred Marriott, wireless operator,
Sgt George Edward Ekins, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Defford

Date & Time: Feb 20, 1943

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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L4839

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Takeoff (climb)

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Military

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Yes

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Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston

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8854

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1939

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During the takeoff roll, a tyre burst. The airplane started to swerve on runway then lost its undercarriage and came to a stop. There were no casualties.

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A tyre burst on takeoff.

Crash of a Douglas DB-7B Boston III near RAF Pershore: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 8, 1943

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W8380

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Pershore AFB (Throckmorton)

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Bradwell Bay - Bradwell Bay

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Worcestershire

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United Kingdom

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The airplane departed RAF Bradwell Bay on a navigational exercise. While flying at a too low altitude in the vicinity of RAF Pershore, it collided with a tree and crashed. All four occupants were killed, among them one passenger who was not authorized to be on board.
Crew:
Sgt L. V. Jackson, pilot +2.
Passenger:
Lac Basil Kapusta.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III at RAF Pershore: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jan 15, 1943 at 2342 LT

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Vickers 417 Wellington III

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X3964

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