Consolidated B-24 Liberator

The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in a mountainous area located west of the White Sand Missile Range, some 40 km west southwest of Alamogordo. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Vytaut J. Bakas,
2nd Lt Howard G. Homberger,
S/Sgt James M. Eltzroth,
S/Sgt Anthony W. Hafer,
S/Sgt Carl A. Merkling,
S/Sgt Ralph V. Pelletier,
S/Sgt Jess Sympson.

The airplane departed Davis-Monthan AFB at 0603LT on a gunnery exercise and simulated bombing mission. Three minutes after takeoff from runway 12, it entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed 4 km southeast of the airbase, exploding into flames upon impact. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt William A. Furner,
2nd Lt Robert H. McCelvey,
2nd Lt Frank Berry,
S/Sgt Albert G. Conto,
S/Sgt Valmore A. Beausoleil,
S/Sgt Kenneth J. Oestreich,
S/Sgt Henry F. Warner,
Sgt Robert E. Funk,
Cpl Robert J. Norris,
Pfc Comer L. Jenkins.

The airplane failed to arrive in Dakar following a flight from Belém, en route to the European Theater. Lost without trace.
Crew:
1st Lt Paul L. Wright,
2nd Lt Andrew J. Murphy,
2nd Lt George Bateman Sipe,
T/Sgt Glenn E. Foster,
Pvt Robert L. Engelbretson,
Pvt William T. Innes,
Pvt Earl L. Kersten,
Pvt John E. Robb,
Pvt Charles W. Thornton.

Shortly after takeoff from Chabua AFB, while climbing in poor weather conditions, the airplane went out of control and crashed in Dinjan. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Morris E. Heald, pilot,
1st Lt Hamilton R. Turbyfill Jr.,
2nd Lt William S. Waters Jr., navigator,
S/Sgt Robert H. Hamilton, flight engineer,
T/Sgt Charles R. Lee, radio operator,
S/Sgt Burke F. Aham.

Following a bombing mission over Naples, Italy, the aircraft failed to return to base in Soluch, Libya. During the back trip, the crew radioed he lost his automatic direction finder and requested ground vector. Due to poor visibility caused by a sandstorm, the crew overflew Soluch Airport and continued to the south. Two hours later, due to fuel exhaustion, the crew decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. The four-engine aircraft continued for 26 km to the south before crashing in the Calanshio Sand Sea, about 710 km southeast of Soluch. It was thought that the aircraft crashed into the Mediterranean sea and the SAR operations were unable to find any trace of the aircraft nor the crew. On November 9, 1958, a British oil exploration team located the crash site for the first time. Five bodies were found in May 1960 dozen km away from the wreckage.
Crew:
1st Lt William J. Hatton,
2nd Lt Robert F. Toner,
2nd Lt John S. Woravka,
2nd Lt D. P. Hays,
S/Sgt Samuel Ellis Adams,
S/Sgt Vernon L. Moore,
S/Sgt Guy E. Shelley Jr.,
T/Sgt Robert E. La Motte,
T/Sgt Harold J. Ripslinger.

The crew was performing a routine navigation training flight when he was forced to attempt an emergency landing at Clovis Airfield. While on approach at night, the airplane crashed and was destroyed. All nine occupants were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Ray G. Hanson,
2nd Lt Fred Scagnetti,
2nd Lt John W. Foster Jr.,
2nd Lt Harold J. White,
S/Sgt Vernal D. Berreth,
S/Sgt William Henry Block,
S/Sgt Jack M. Day,
T/Sgt R. H. Blume,
T/Sgt Paul Henry Pricer.

The airplane was engaged in an operation to attack an oil refinery in Ploiești. Approaching the target area, it was hit by the German Flak then shot down by a German fighter and crashed. Two crew members were killed and eight others became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt John D. Palm, pilot,
2nd Lt William F. Love, copilot,
T/Sgt Alexander Rockinson, flight engineer,
2nd Lt William K. Wright, navigator, †
T/Sgt Harold Black, radio operator,
2nd Lt Robert W. Merrell, bombardier, †
S/Sgt William E. Thompson, air gunner,
S/Sgt Austin D. Chastain, air gunner,
S/Sgt Dallis R. Robertson, air gunner,
S/Sgt Clay E. Snyder, air gunner.

The airplane departed Gaya Airfield on a Mission on The Pyinmana Railroad Yards. While cruising in the vicinity of Yangon, it was shot down by a Japanese fighter and crashed. Four crew members parachuted to safety while five others were killed.

Crashed in unknown circumstances at Chabua AFB. Five crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Warren J. Murphy,
1st Lt Burton L. Watts,
1st Lt James Houston Henderson,
Cpl William L. Cervantes,
Cpl Francis X. Markley.

Following an uneventful mission, the airplane was returning to base when it ran out of fuel, forcing all 10 crew members to bail out. Out of control, the airplane dove into the ground and crashed in Whittlesey. All 10 occupants parachuted to safety.