Consolidated B-24 Liberator

The airplane departed Holloman AFB on a local training exercise. While cruising at an altitude of 7,800 feet, the airplane suffered an explosion that occurred between the fuselage and the engine n°3. Out of control, the airplane entered a dive and crashed in the White Sands Missile Range, some 24 km west of Holloman AFB. Nine crew members were killed and one was ejected when the explosion occurred and parachuted to safety.
Crew:
2nd Lt John G. Striplin, pilot,
2nd Lt Joseph L. Shumsky, copilot,
2nd Lt Royce G. Matthews, bombardier,
T/Sgt Patrick G. McKay, flight engineer,
Sgt Marvin Litz, assistant flight engineer,
S/Sgt William F. George, radio operator,
Sgt John S. Swenk, assistant radio operator,
Sgt Lawson R. Armstrong Jr., air gunner,
Sgt James R. Early, air gunner.

While on approach to Parnamirim AFB, Natal, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances 5 km west of the airfield. All five crew members were killed.

The airplane departed Holloman AFB on a training exercise. A fire broke out on the engine n°2, forcing the crew to cancel the mission and to return to base for an emergency landing. On final approach with the port wing fully engulfed in flames, the airplane went out of control and crashed, bursting into flames. Eight crew members were killed while the radio operator parachuted to safety and was unhurt.
Crew:
2nd Lt Thomas N. La Pia,pilot,
2nd Lt Richard S. Browne, copilot,
S/Sgt Frederick S. Jennings, flight engineer,
S/Sgt William A. Lonnevik, assistant flight engineer,
2nd Lt William F. Hofmann Jr., navigator,
S/Sgt William E. Luchowski, assistant radio operator,
2nd Lt Leonard L. Taix, bombardier,
S/Sgt Louis J. Fontana, air gunner.

Crashed in unknown circumstances in the Atlas Mountain Range in Morocco. All six crew members were killed. The airplane was returning to base after dropping crew somewhere in North Africa.
Crew:
Cpt Charles R. Clow, pilot,
1st Lt Herman Cohen,
2nd Lt Ray E. Bailey
2nd Lt Charles S. Picher,
T/Sgt Charles O. Bantz,
Sgt Henry W. Nippling.

While conducting a training flight, the crew attempted to drop a life raft from the main cabin door. Unfortunately, the dinghy came loose and jammed the elevator control. The bomber went out of control and crashed in a field. Four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Graeme Heers,
Lac William Lewis Melville,
A1ci William Francis Taberner,
P/O Samuel White, wireless operator.

An American group of B-24s and B-17s were dispatched to take out the Focke-Wulf aircraft factory in Bremen, Germany. The skies over Bremen were overcast and the bombing run had to be diverted to a secondary target, the submarine pens at Wilhelmshaven. Approaching Oldenburg at an altitude of 8,000 metres, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter, entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in an open field located 15 km north of Bad Zwischenhahn. Two crew members parachuted to safety while nine other occupants were killed, including Robert Post, reporter for the New York Times. He was part of a group of eight reporters, known as the Legion of the Doomed or the Writing 69th, selected to fly bomber missions with United States Eighth Air Force.
Crew:
Cpt Howard Adams, pilot, †
2nd Lt Stanley McLeod, copilot, †
2nd Lt Wayne Gotke, navigator,
2nd Lt William Hannan, bombardier, †
T/Sgt Robert Vogt, flight engineer, †
S/Sgt Linwood Jones, radio operator, †
S/Sgt Donald Bowie, air gunner, †
S/Sgt James Mifflin, assistant radio operator,
S/Sgt Scott Brewer, air gunner, †
Sgt William Welsh, air gunner. †
Passenger:
Robert Perkins Post, reporter for the New York Times.

The four engine airplane departed Darwin Airport at 2200LT on a flight to Brisbane. It failed to arrive at destination and was declared missing. No trace of the airplane was located until 2 August 1994, when the wreckage was found by a park ranger in the Kroombit Tops National Park, some 42 km east of Biloela.
Crew:
1st Lt William E. McDaniel,
2nd Lt Jack W. Owen,
2nd Lt Hilary E. Routt,
2nd Lt Eugene A. Kilcheski,
F/O B. A. A. Cannon,
F/Lt T. J. D. Cooke,
T/Sgt Harold J. Lemons,
T/Sgt Raymond L. Tucker.

The crew was performing a training exercise when the airplane broke up in midair and crashed 5 km southwest of RAF Watton. All eight occupants were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Bill McCoy, pilot,
1st Lt Robert D. Hook, navigator,
2nd Lt John C. Brown, bombardier,
M/Sgt Allen D. Smith, crew chief,
S/Sgt David W. Johnston Jr., radio operator.
Passengers:
Sgt Kenneth C. Sivertsen,
Cpl Albert H. Berg,
Cpl Walter Binienda.

The crew departed Biggs AAF on a local training exercise. En route, the engine n°3 propeller governor failed. As the pilot encountered control difficulties, the crew was instructed to bail out. Six crew members parachuted to safety then the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed near Chaparral, some 24 km north of Biggs AAF. The pilot and the navigator, still on board, were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Oscar Lee Cantrell Jr., pilot,
2nd Lt John Nelson Gessinger, navigator.

The airplane departed RAF Shipdham on an operation to Dunkirk. While attacking positions in the harbor of Dunkirk, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near the target area. Seven crew members were killed and four others parachuted to the ground and became PoW.
Crew:
Cpt Arthur Vincent Cullen Jr., pilot,
Maj Donald W. MacDonald, pilot, †
T/Sgt Albert W. Emery, mechanic, †
1st Lt John L- Mackey, navigator, †
T/Sgt Samuel S. Weiser, radio operator, †
2nd Lt Paul D. Caldwell, bombardier, †
Sgt James A. Hilley, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Thomas E. McKinsey, air gunner, †
T/Sgt David Hong Woo, air gunner,
Sgt Charles Arthur Arnold, air gunner,
Sgt Jesse Max Norwood, air gunner.