Yorkshire

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 1814LT on October 23 on an operation to Genoa. While returning to base the following night, it diverted to RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor. After landing, a tyre burst and the airplane came to rest on the runway, bursting into flames. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured. The airplane was hit shortly later by another Halifax landing on the same runway.
Crew:
W/Cdr Sydney Bruce Bintley, pilot, †
G/C E. J. Corbally,
Sgt K. White,
F/Sgt J. A. T. Simpson,
F/O V. B. Davies,
Sgt R. P. Long,
F/Lt Arthur James Graham, air gunner,
F/Sgt G. Richmond, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 1500LT on a cross country navigation exercise. After takeoff, while climbing to an altitude of about 800 feet, the pilot initiated a left turn when the port outer engine began to vibrate excessively. The airplane began to lose height so the pilot attempted an emergency landing. The airplane crash landed in an open field located just behind the Black Horse Inn at Wigginton, bursting into flames. All eight crew members were rescued, among them six were injured. The airplane was destroyed by a post crash fire.
Crew:
Sgt John Bartlett, pilot,
Sgt James Thorogood, flight engineer,
P/O Philip Richmond Burt, navigator,
P/O Wilmer Frederick West, navigator,
Sgt Ian Urquart McLauchlan, bomb aimer,
Sgt Arthur Noel Dymond, wireless operator,
Sgt William Edward George Durnell, air gunner,
Sgt Philip Thurston Wallis, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1915LT on October 13 on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base the following night, it crashed in unknown circumstances in hilly terrain about 18 km north of Helsmley. Three crew members were killed and four others were injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt Henry Ernest Game, pilot, †
F/O Leonard Charles Robert Leach, observer, †
Sgt H. Scattergood,
Sgt L. S. Hamblett,
Sgt E. C. Hawkins,
Sgt Ronald Court, wireless operator, †
Sgt E. T. Lund, air gunner.

The crew departed RAF Acaster Malbis at 1945LT on a local training exercise. About 35 minutes later, he initiated the approach after weather conditions deteriorated. On final, in poor visibility, the pilot reduced his altitude from 600 to 100 feet, apparently to establish a visual contact with the ground, when the airplane contacted a tree and crashed in Escrick, some 5 km east of the airbase. Both crew members were seriously injured. The instructor died few hours later and the pupil died 3 days later from injuries sustained.
Crew (15th Squadron):
F/Sgt John Neil MacIver, pilot,
F/Sgt Harold Winston Cutler, pilot.

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford at 1800LT on October 1st on 'Operation Chisel' which involved a flight over the Polish territory to locate the Drop Zone RAK 206 that was one kilometer south of Siedlce. While returning to base the following morning, it ran out of fuel and crash landed in an open field located in Goldsborough. All seven crew escaped uninjured.
Crew:
F/Sgt Stanisław Klosowski, pilot,
W/O Franciszek Zaremba, pilot,
Sgt Czesław Kozlowski, flight engineer,
F/O Mariusz Marcin Wodzicki, navigator,
F/Sgt Zdzisław Nowinski, bomb aimer,
F/O Franciszek Pantkowski, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Tadeusz Madejski, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2329LT on September 1st on an operation to Saarbrücken. While returning to base the following night, the starboard outer engine developed a serious glycol leak. Before an emergency landing could be effected, the three remaining engines cut and the Halifax crash landed at 0530LT into a field near Low Catton. All seven crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
P/O Harold Keith Stinson, pilot,
Sgt Arthur Wilfred Bailey, flight engineer,
Sgt George Andrew McIntyre, observer,
Sgt Colin George Arthur Brazier, bomb aimer,
Sgt Albert Hodson, wireless operator,
Sgt William Austin McMullan, air gunner,
Sgt Frank Tooth, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 1420LT on a training mission, but as it cleared the runway, the port outer engine cut. Thick smoke issued from the manifold and despite full power being applied, the bomber would not climb above 300 feet. Fifteen minutes later, a crash-landing was made at RAF Catfoss, whereupon the undercarriage collapsed and the Halifax slid into Blenheim registered Z7302 belonging to 13 OTU. Both airplanes were wrecked and there were no casualties.
Crew:
Sgt A. I. T. Moir +4.

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 0040LT on an operation to Duisburg. Almost immediately after takeoff, it went out of control and crashed 1,6 km west of the airfield, bursting into flames. Four crew members were killed and a fifth was seriously injured. On August 15, the only survivor died from injuries sustained.
Crew:
F/Sgt Robert Wilson Baxter,
Sgt Bertie Harry Cosby, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Herbert Hodsell,
F/Sgt Anthony Roland Tipple, wireless operator,
Sgt Harold Weller, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base, it drifted too far to the north over the sea and ran out of fuel. The crew ditched the airplane in the early morning some 64 km off Bridlington. The airplane sank and was lost and all four crew members were rescued.
Crew:
S/L Frederick Lionel Newall, pilot,
P/O S. Monkhouse, observer,
P/O G. M. Bishop, wireless operator,
Sgt H. Dickerson, air gunner.

The crew was performing a local training flight at RAF Catfoss. Following a hydraulic failure, the undercarriage got jammed and the crew was forced to make a belly landing after which the airplane was damaged beyond repair.