Beechcraft B18S (F-2)

Due to an engine failure in flight, the crew was forced to make an emergency landing in Itaparica. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and there were no fatalities.

The twin engine airplane crashed while on final approach to Sioux City Airport. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Parker Elson Everett,
Sgt J. R. Jones,
Cpl Joseph H. Plew,
S/Sgt R. W. Shores.

The twin engine airplane departed Gray Army Airfield in Fort Lewis on a liaison flight to the Sacramento Air Depot, carrying two passengers and one pilot. While cruising at an altitude of 4,000 feet south of Medford, the pilot reported poor weather conditions with freezing rain. Shortly later, the airplane impacted the slope of a mountain located near Pilot Rock, some 15 miles southeast of Ashland. As the airplane failed to arrive at destination, SAR operations were initiated but the wreckage was finally found by a local resident 8 June 1942. All three occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, the visibility was poor due to thick fog with freezing rain and snow falls.
Crew:
1st Lt Raymond A. Stockwell, pilot,
Passengers:
T/Sgt Randolph Jones,
T/Sgt Paul W. Stone.