Consolidated B-24 Liberator

The crew was conducting a combined training exercise with another USAAF Consolidated B-24J Liberator registered 42-109821 and carrying a crew of 6. In flight, in unknown circumstances, both aircraft collided. The first Liberator went into a spin and crashed in a field, killing all six crew members. On board the second aircraft, ten crew were able to bail out before the aircraft crashed in a prairie, killing the last occupant.

The crew was conducting a combined training exercise with another USAAF Consolidated B-24J Liberator registered 42-100369 and carrying a crew of 11. In flight, in unknown circumstances, both aircraft collided. The first Liberator went into a spin and crashed in a field, killing all six crew members. On board the second aircraft, ten crew were able to bail out before the aircraft crashed in a prairie, killing the last occupant.

En route, aircraft went out of control and crashed in Rabenwald, some 36 km northeast of Graz. Four crew were rescued while seven others were killed. Exact circumstances unknown.
Crew who were killed:
Harry Moore,
Bale Semack,
James Richels,
Gordon Thornton,
Roy Reneau,
James Milnes,
George Stout.
Taken prisoner:
Walter Cates,
Charles Freeman,
Carl Shedlock,
Francis Stack.

En route, while cruising at low altitude, the four engine aircraft christened 'Ruth Less' hit a hill and crashed near Eastbourne, East Sussex. All ten crew members were killed.

The crew was engaged in a bombing mission to Frankfurt, Germany. En route, while trying to get into a formation with other aircraft at an altitude of 14,000 feet, the Liberator Bomber hit a Consolidated B-24J-60-CO Liberator of the USAAF registered 42-100005 and carrying a crew of 11. Both aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in an open field located between the villages of Gissing and Tivetshall, south of the RAF Tibenham, Norfolk. All 23 crewmen aboard both aircraft were killed.

The crew was engaged in a bombing mission to Frankfurt, Germany. En route, while trying to get into a formation with other aircraft at an altitude of 14,000 feet, the Liberator Bomber hit a Consolidated B-24H-1-FO Liberator of the USAAF registered 42-7669 and carrying a crew of 14. Both aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in an open field located between the villages of Gissing and Tivetshall, south of the RAF Tibenham, Norfolk. All 23 crewmen aboard both aircraft were killed.

Crashed for unknown reason while taking off from RAF Aden-Khormaksar Airport. Five crew were killed while five others were injured.

En route, an unknown situation forced all ten crew to abandon the aircraft and bail out. The aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a field. All ten occupants were uninjured.

The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the South Atlantic Ocean. No trace was ever found. All 14 crew members were killed.

The crew was engaged in a night training flight in the region of Idaho Falls and Pocatello. En route, pilot lost control of the aircraft that crashed in a desert area located some 50 km west of Idaho Falls. All seven crewmen were killed.
Crew:
Richard A. Hedges,
Lonnie L. Keepers,
Robert W. Madsen,
Richard R. Pitzner,
Louis H. Rinke,
Charles W. Eddy,
George H. Pearce Jr.