Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

The airplane departed RAF Chelveston on an operation to Hamm. Cloud cover over the target area prevented bombing of the primary target at Hamm and the formation diverted to the industrial area of Emden, Germany. Over the target area, the aircraft sustained damage from the German Flak and was later attacked by German fighters, damaging the engine n°3 that caught fire, along with other damage to the right wing. While the crew started to bail out, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed into the North Sea some 20 km northwest of Terschelling. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Alan L. Bobrow, pilot,
1st Lt John J. Sanders, copilot,
1st Lt Everett L. Clinard Jr., navigator,
1st Lt Norman L. Andrews, bombardier,
T/Sgt Paul L. Bass, flight engineer,
T/Sgt Cyril E. Curb, radio operator,
S/Sgt Lewis J. Fredricks, air gunner,
Sgt Charles E. Blackburn, air gunner,
T/Sgt Bill J. Wheeler, air gunner,
Sgt Edwin R. Campbell, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Molesworth on an operation to Hamm. Cloud cover over the target area prevented bombing of the primary target at Hamm and the formation diverted to the industrial area of Emden, Germany. En route to the target, the crew reported that most of their guns froze while over the Netherlands. The aircraft left the formation to return to base and was soon attacked by German fighters. Some crew members bailed out before the airplane crashed into the IJsselmeer north of Zwolle. Four crew members were killed and six others became PoW.
Crew:
Cpt Lloyd R. Cole, pilot, †
2nd Lt Robert N. McCune, copilot, †
1st Lt R. P. Driggs, navigator,
Cpt E. N. Bryant, bombardier,
T/Sgt D. Purinton, flight engineer,
T/Sgt G. D. Miller, radio operator,
S/Sgt James L. Pennington, air gunner, †
Sgt James R. van Etten, air gunner, †
S/Sgt A. Witte, air gunner,
S/Sgt P. J. Callery, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bassingbourn on an operation to Hamm. Cloud cover over the target area prevented bombing of the primary target at Hamm and the formation diverted to the industrial area of Emden, Germany. Over the target area, it was hit by the German Flak and while returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter. The pilot made an emergency landing on a beach at Terschelling Island. Two crew members were killed and eight others became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt E. B. Ellis, pilot,
2nd Lt K. H. Futch, copilot,
T/Sgt R. E. Demars, flight engineer,
1st Lt H. M. Dunham, navigator,
T/Sgt Michael T. La Medica, radio operator, †
1st Lt Marvin H. Beiseker Jr., bombardier, †
S/Sgt W. E. Howard, air gunner,
Sgt J. L. Mastroberardino, air gunner,
S/Sgt N. L. Floyd, air gunner,
S/Sgt A. Gaeta, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Chelveston on an operation to Hamm. Cloud cover over the target area prevented bombing of the primary target at Hamm and the formation diverted to the industrial area of Emden, Germany. While cruising over the Netherlands, the airplane collided with a Fw.190 which had been shot down and sliced through the right wing of the bomber that entered a spin and crashed into the Waddenzee off Den Helder. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt William K. Davidson, pilot,
Lt Charles W. McMehen, copilot,
2nd Lt John H. Kinsey Jr., navigator,
2nd Lt James W. Bryant, bombardier,
S/Sgt Kermit R. Plaskett, flight engineer,
S/Sgt Jack C. Hickman, radio operator,
S/Sgt Robert L. McKnight, air gunner,
S/Sgt Charles Peterson, air gunner,
S/Sgt Le Roy J. Moyer, air gunner,
S/Sgt Paul E. Heatherly, air gunner.

En route from Great Falls to Ephrata, the crew encountered very bad weather conditions with heavy snow falls. Two engines failed and the crew abandoned the airplane that crashed in a wheat field located 3 km north of Fairfield and was destroyed. All four crew members parachuted to safety, among them one was slightly injured.

En route from Casper to Tinker AFB and while passing over Kansas, the crew encountered marginal weather conditions. The airplane was seen flying out the cloud layer then entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a huge explosion in an open field near Bogue. All six occupants were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Paul M. Capaccio, pilot,
F/O Latteimer Stewart, copilot,
1st Lt Jacob M. Madsen Jr., navigator,
T/Sgt. Thaddeus I. Donlavage, flight engineer,
S/Sgt Frank Culver, radio operator.
M/Sgt H. M. Bloch.

On February 1st, the airplane departed Pyote AFB to fly the airline beams to Albuquerque AAB, NM when there was a fog blanket of 1, 500 feet. The Tower told the crew they could fly above it and when they were due to come back early the next morning there would be a cloud ceiling of 1,000 feet. The aircraft arrived back the next morning with dense fog below. The Tower told the crew to do a procedure let down and turn around on the beam, which they did. When they got down to 1,000 feet they were still in dense fog so decided to let down to 500 feet as that country is very flat and there were lots of gas flares burning from the local gas wells which the crew thought they would be able to see easily at 500 feet. They let down to 500 feet and did not see any flares and were just starting to pull up when the aircraft hit the ground. It plowed along the ground, all the propellers had hit and become deformed, the number three engine was torn off the wing, and wind milled through the tail of the plane. The plane had cracked and bent behind the bomb bay and the fuel line to the torn away engine was spewing gasoline on the ground near the plane. The crew opened the window on the left side of the cockpit and those in the front climbed out that window. The rest of the crew went out through the door in the rear of the fuselage.
Source: Joe Baugher.

The airplane departed Hendricks AFB (Sebring), Florida, on a flight to Lockbourne AAF, Columbus. While approaching the airbase from the north, the crew encountered poor visibility due to fog when the airplane impacted the ground at high speed and crashed in New Albany, some 30 km north of the airbase. The bomber disintegrated on impact and all 12 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Jack N. Pack, pilot,
Cpt Robert L. Cooley, copilot,
1st Lt George H. Strobridge, copilot,
S/Sgt Chester B. Fudge, flight engineer,
Cpl Richard J. Klaetsch, radio operator.
Passengers:
S/Sgt John A. Sawatka,
Sgt Walter F. Baran,
Sgt James H. S. Foldesi,
Pfc Gordon D. Rutters,
Pvt George A. Box,
Pvt Salvatore B. Curcio,
Pvt Christian Mauthe.

Suffered an accident while taxiing at Hendricks AFB and damaged beyond repair. There were no fatalities.

The airplane departed Pueblo Airfield at 1654LT on a night bombing exercise. In the evening, weather conditions deteriorated with limited visibility due to snow falls. It impacted the slope of a mountain left wing first and crashed in a huge explosion near Ordway. The airplane was totally destroyed and all 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Edward E. Woodward Jr., pilot,
2nd Lt Lester A. Cattron, copilot,
Sgt Charles D. McDonald, flight engineer,
S/Sgt Carl E. Simpson, radio operator,
2nd Lt Norval W. Kelley Jr., navigator,
2nd Lt Hascall J. Young, bombardier,
S/Sgt Charles J. Burns, air gunner,
2nd Lt Martin J. Walden, air gunner,
1st Lt Taylor D. Hunt, air gunner,
2nd Lt Vincent T. Larney, air gunner.