![]() 311 Squadron RAF crashed at Elvetham, Hampshire after an engine fire shortly after taking off from RAF Blackbushe, England on a passenger flight, 23 killed. On 5 October KG867 a Consolidated Liberator GR.6 of the Czech-manned No.103 Squadron RAF went missing on a passenger flight from Italy to the United Kingdom with 25 on board. ![]() On 4 October PA278 an Avro Lancaster B.1 of No.203 Squadron RAF went missing in the Bay of Bengal returning to Singapore on a supply flight, 12 on board. On 2 October KH219 a Consolidated Liberator GR.6 of No.550 Squadron RAF went missing on a flight from Italy to the United Kingdom with 26 on board. On 29 September PD343 an Avro Lancaster B.1 of No.This is a very far from complete list: for example a total of 890 Gloster Meteors were lost in RAF service (145 of these crashes occurring in 1953 alone), resulting in the deaths of some 450 pilots. Combat losses and aircraft operated by experimental establishments not on RAF strength are not included. They are grouped by the year in which the accident or incident occurred. Many hundreds of fatal accidents and incidents involving military aircraft operated by the Royal Air Force have occurred since 1945, the great majority of them before the end of the Cold War.
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