Boeing B-29 Superfortress

En route from Smoky Hill AFB to Tinker AFB, the crew apparently encountered an unexpected situation. While circling over Talihina, the airplane entered a flat spin and crashed in a wooded area located 10 km southwest of town, bursting into flames. All 13 crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Robert B. Black, pilot,
1st Lt Harold S. Spicer, copilot,
M/Sgt William H. Day, flight engineer,
Cpl Theodore P. Sells, assistant to flight engineer,
1st Lt Philip L. Benefiel, navigator,
S/Sgt Charles G. Slifkey, radio operator,
S/Sgt Thomas M. Crean, radio operator,
1st Lt Jack E. McDannell, bombardier,
Cpt Julian B. Massey Jr., radar observer,
2nd Lt Thomas F. Carlow, radar observer,
S/Sgt Charles A. Jellings, air gunner,
Sgt Harold M. Hanna, air gunner,
S/Sgt Robert O. Troyer, air gunner.

The crew was conducting a training sortie from Spokane. En route, an engine failed, forcing the crew to abandon the aircraft and to bail out. Out of control, the heavy bomber crashed in a uninhabited area located 4 miles north of Wellpinit. The copilot was killed while 13 other occupants were evacuated safely.

En route, the pilot encountered an unexpected situation. All 12 crew members decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. The aircraft crashed in a field located two miles west of Wisbech and was destroyed. All 12 crew members were unhurt.

The crew was returning to his base in Clark AFB after taking part to a refueling mission of the B-50 christened Lucky Lady II and registered 46-010 and engaged in a world tour. On the return trip, the crew encountered poor weather conditions when control was lost. The aircraft crashed 58 miles from Clark AFB and was destroyed. All nine crew members were killed.

The aircraft was performing a flight from Dakar to UK. While approaching the Canary Islands, it crashed in unknown circumstances some 35 miles south of the Spanish archipelago. No trace of the aircraft nor the 15 crew members was found.

The airplane departed Smokey Hill AFB, Salina, to return to base at Fairchild AFB, Spokane. After a fuel stop at Malmstrom AFB, it was climbing at night when it went out of control and crashed in a snow covered stubble field located 11 km northeast of the airbase. Four crew members were killed and eight others were injured.

The aircraft was performing a flight from RAF Scampton (Lincolnshire) to Schilling AFB (Smoky Hill AFB) in Salina, Kansas, with an intermediate stop in Keflavik. While flying over Scotland at an altitude of 8,500 feet, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions and requested to ATC the permission to climb to 14,400 feet. Shortly later, at a speed of 500 km/h, the four engine aircraft hit the slope of the Stob na Boine Druim-fhinn mountain located two miles northwest of Lochgoilhead. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all 20 occupants were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Sheldon C. Craigmyle, pilot,
1st Lt Myrton P. Barry, copilot,
1st Lt Richard D. Klingenberg, navigator,
1st Lt Robert A. Fritsche, bombardier.
Passengers:
T/Sgt Delbert E. Cole,
M/Sgt Wayne W. Baker,
T/Sgt John B. Lapicca,
S/Sgt Malcolm W. Bovard,
Sgt Anthony V. Chrisides,
Sgt Rufus W. Mangum,
Pfc Jack L. Heacock,
M/Sgt Henry P. Prestoch,
T/Sgt Frank M. Dobbs Jr.,
Sgt Cecil G. Jones,
Sgt Charles W. Hess,
Pfc Robert Brown Jr.,
T/Sgt Rufus G. Taylor,
Sgt Paul W. Knight,
Pfc Frederick N. Cook,
Pfc Bruce J. Krumhols.

While conducting a reconnaissance mission for a missing B-29 & its crew from the 23rd Reconnaissance Squadron since November 7, 1948, the aircraft suffered multiple failures of its navigation & radio systems and eventually run out of fuel. The captain ditched the aircraft in shallow water off Fais Island, about 250 km northeast of Yap Island. The aircraft sank and was lost while all ten crew members were later rescued by the crew of a Navy Catalina.

The aircraft left RAF Scampton in the morning with two other similar aircraft. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and the visibility was reduced. In such conditions, the aircraft hit the slope of Mt Bleaklow Stones (633 meters high) located 4 miles northeast of Glossop, in the Peak District National Park. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all 13 occupants were killed. On board was a sack containing the sum of £ 7,000 dedicated for the payroll of the RAF Scampton personal. The bag was found intact among the debris.

The heavy bomber departed Robins AFB at 0830LT on a test flight part of the Project 'Banshee', carrying 8 crew members and five engineers, all civilians. About an hour into the flight, the engine n°1 caught fire and two others lost power. Instruction was given to abandon the airplane and four occupants were able to bail out before the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in an open field located south of Waycross. All nine people who remained on board were killed while all four people who bailed out were rescued.
Crew:
Cpt Ralph Erwin, pilot, †
2nd Lt Herbert W. Moore, copilot,
2nd Lt Earl Murrhee, flight engineer,
1st Lt Lawrence Pence Jr., navigator, †
Sgt Walter Peny, left scanner,
Sgt Jack York, right scanner, †
Sgt Melvin Walker, radio operator, †
Sgt Derwood Irvin, bomb aimer. †
Passengers:
Al Palya, †
Robert Reynolds, †
William Brauner, †
Eugene Mechler,
Richard Cox. †