Yorkshire

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.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 0012LT on an operation to Duisburg. Over the target area, the crew was unable to release the load of bombs because the bomb release mechanism jammed. While returning to base, the crew attempted to jettison the bomb load over the North Sea but again, this was not possible. Eventually, the crew abandoned the airplane that crashed in Beckwith, in the suburb of Harrogate. All six crew members parachuted to safety.
Crew:
Sgt Harry Burns MacDonald, pilot,
Sgt James Ellis Jones, flight engineer,
P/O John Baker, navigator,
Sgt Edward Whitter, wireless operator,
Sgt Jack Reginald Ely, air gunner,
P/O Gerald Frederick Freedman, air gunner.

The pilot was completing a solo training flight at RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor. After touchdown, he lost control of the airplane that veered off runway and crashed into a ditch. The pilot escaped uninjured.

The object of the flight was to take four Russian Military Officers on a tour of inspection. The aircraft had earlier in the day flown from Hendon to Kirton-of-Tealing and thence to East Fortune. It was refueled at Tealing and was not serviced in any way at East Fortune. At 1625LT the captain took off from RAF East Fortune to fly back to Hendon. When approximately 3 ½ miles north of Great Ouseburn, York’s and flying at a height of about 2,000 feet, a defect developed in the starboard engine which caused n°7 cylinder to become detached from the crankcase. A fire broke out almost immediately in the neighborhood of the starboard engine nacelle and was of sufficient intensity to cause the starboard wing to break off at a point just outboard of the engine bearers and also to cause the starboard engine to break away. The fuselage, port wing, port engine and port undercarriage unit fell to the ground and burst into flames. All 10 occupants were killed.
Crew:
P/O I. Ramsey, pilot,
Sgt J. B. Smith, observer,
F/Sgt A. J. Stripp, radio operator,
Lac J. Lewis, fitter.
Passengers:
S/L K. W. Edwards,
F/Lt F. W. Wilton,
Col Pugatchev,
Maj Asyamov,
Maj P. Baranov,
Maj B. Shvetsov.

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2200LT on an operation to Rostock. Almost immediately after takeoff, while in initial climb, the airplane went out of control and crashed in a field, about a mile past the runway end. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Herbert John Thorogood, pilot,
P/O Norman Curtis Lerwill, pilot,
P/O Alan Frederick James, observer,
Sgt George Herbert Jordan, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas William Chaston, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Norman Kenneth MacLeod, air gunner.

The crew was completing a local training mission at RAF Catfoss when the airplane crashed for unknown reasons while on approach. A crew was killed and a second was injured.
Crew:
Sgt W. B. Cooper, pilot,
Sgt Harry Shaw, observer. †

For unknown reasons, the airplane ground looped after landing, lost its undercarriage and was damaged beyond repair. There were no injuries.

Took off from Skellingthorpe at 18:40 to attack a railway junction to the west of Koblenz, Germany. For an unknown reason the navigator lost consciousness on the flight but it is thought that he was able to return to his post later. On the return trip the aircraft ran low on fuel due to a navigational error and after crossing the Yorkshire Coast on one engine the aircraft began to ice up. After flying on one engine for some time and with a lack of control of the aircraft the pilot ordered the crew to bail out when the second engine cut out over the York area. The pilot saw one of his crew get clear, assumed that all three crew had all made good their escape and then got himself clear of the aircraft. Sadly the lower escape hatches were jammed shut probably due to the ice formations on the aircraft and the other two airmen were unable to get out of the aircraft before it crashed at 02:18 near to the centre of York on a road named Haleys Terrace. The other airman who the pilot saw get clear of the aircraft was also killed when his parachute failed to deploy properly. The two buried in the same grave are probably the two killed when they were unable to get clear of the aircraft.
Crew:
W/O Ivor Philip Mapp, pilot,
Sgt Hector Francis Thompson, navigator, †
Sgt Francis Reginald Law, wireless operator, †
Sgt Philip Sidney Ballard, air gunner. †
Source: Aircraft Accidents in Yorkshire.