Consolidated B-24 Liberator

The crew was performing a local training exercise at Wright-Patterson AFB. On final approach, following a wrong judgement on part of the crew, the airplane landed in a drainage ditch and crashed. A crew was killed and a second was seriously injured. After the pilots were evacuated, the airplane caught fire and was destroyed.
Crew:
Maj Roy W. Gustafson, pilot,
1st Lt Charles H. Parkey, copilot. †

The airplane departed Casablanca on a flight to RAF Talbenny with an intermediate stop at RAF Gibraltar-North Front. While descending to the destination airport, the engine n°4 caught fire. The fire was intense, causing the engine to detach and to fall into the sea. Shortly later, the engine n°3 failed. On final approach, control was lost and the airplane crashed on a hill located near the airbase. A crew member and 10 passengers were killed while 8 other occupants were injured. The airplane was destroyed.
Crew:
F/O Kenneth Charles Robert Maskell, copilot +3
Passengers:
Br Vivian Dykes,
Br Guy Milton Stewart.

The airplane departed RAF Shipdham on an operation to Vegesack. After passing the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Waddenzee off Terschelling. Nine crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt Maxwell Weston Sullivan Jr., pilot, †
2nd Lt Duane E. Nelson, copilot, †
S/Sgt Frederick W. Clark, flight engineer, †
M/Sgt Benjamin F. Duke, radio operator, †
1st Lt Raymond C. Lunenfeld, navigator, †
2nd Lt A. W. Glass, bombardier,
S/Sgt Philip J. Bloomfield, air gunner, †
Sgt Thomas W. Crook Jr., air gunner, †
S/Sgt Harry L. Ottman, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Glen C. Pierson, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Shipdham on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. As the crew encountered poor weather conditions, it was decided to change the target and to bomb the Lemmer harbor in the Netherlands. Flying in poor visibility, the airplane collided with a German fighter that struck the left wing of the bomber that entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed into the Waddenzee off Harlingen. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Nolan B. Cargile, pilot,
1st Lt Kenneth H. Moore, copilot,
S/Sgt Paul M. Crane, flight engineer,
S/Sgt Saul Suskind, flight engineer,
S/Sgt Michael Geriok, radio operator,
Cpt Oscar H. Wilkinson, navigator,
1st Lt Paul H. Keilman, bombardier,
S/Sgt Verne C. Stewart, air gunner,
S/Sgt Arthur A. Van Cleef, air gunner,
S/Sgt Solomon I. Wise, air gunner.

While performing a local training exercise at Roswell AAF #4, the crew was forced to abandon the airplane for unknown reasons. The airplane crashed near the airfield and was destroyed. All occupants parachuted to safety.

En route, the four engine airplane suffered a major structural failure, disintegrated in the air and crashed in a field located 3 km west of Donnellsville. Both pilots were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Harris F. Collier,
2nd Lt John Blasdell Westmoreland.

The airplane departed Topeka AAF at the end of the afternoon on a flight to Holloman AFB, Alamogordo. Approaching the destination from the north at an altitude of 12,500 feet, the crew encountered clouds and icing conditions. As the airplane was highly contaminated with ice, the pilot began to lose control and ordered his crew to bail out. Two crew members were able to parachute to safety before the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in hilly terrain located in the Sacramento Mountain Range, near Mescalero, some 45 km northeast of Holloman AFB The airplane was destroyed and 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Merle C. Brock, pilot,
F/O Robert D. Long, pilot,
2nd Lt Reed J. Berrett, pilot,
F/O Thomas N. Padon, copilot,
S/Sgt Harry W. Ostrom, flight engineer,
Sgt Vernal O. Christensen, flight engineer,
S/Sgt Guy L. Archambeau, radio operator,
S/Sgt Louis C. Fuller, radio operator,
2nd Lt Walter C. Henning, bombardier,
2nd Lt David R. Fedder, bombardier.

The crew was performing a local training flight out from Holloman AFB, Alamogordo. After descending out of clouds at an altitude of 5,000 feet, the airplane rolled to the right, entered a flat spin and crashed in the White Sands National Park, some 16 km west of Holloman AFB. The airplane was destroyed and all 11 occupants were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt William A. Ebert, pilot,
2nd Lt Arthur M. Thomas, copilot,
S/Sgt Glenn M. McKnight, flight engineer,
S/Sgt Robert A. Garrett, radio operator,
Sgt Joseph P. Rafac, radio operator,
2nd Lt Paul Vistuba, navigator,
2nd Lt Stanley G. Netz, bombardier,
Sgt Billie D. Francis, air gunner,
Sgt Howard G. Lilley, air gunner,
Sgt John J. Mikolich, air gunner.
Passenger:
Sgt Willard S. Schrader.

Shortly after takeoff from Topeka AAF, while in initial climb, the airplane stalled and crashed 1,5 km south of the airfield, bursting into flames. All eight crew members were killed. The airplane was en route to Holloman AFB, Alamogordo.
Crew:
1st Lt William L. Stephenson,
2nd Lt James B. Hinds,
2nd Lt Jack C. Mulligan,
S/Sgt Arthur J. Harvey Jr.,
S/Sgt Blaine W. Huston,
S/Sgt George P. Richards Jr.,
S/Sgt Louis A. Scheer,
Sgt Donald R. Groves.

Following a maritime patrol flight (antisubmarine mission), the airplane was returning to base at RAF Chivenor when the crew encountered poor weather conditions with limited visibility. The crew contacted ATC to obtain assistance but the frequency used was not the correct one. Approaching the coast at a very low altitude, the airplane collided with the shoreline cliff located about 3 km east of Hartland Point. The airplane disintegrated on impact and all 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt George Oscar Broussard Jr., pilot,
2nd Lt Leonard L. Deshant, copilot,
T/Sgt Grant L. Craig, flight engineer,
T/Sgt George Malham Shaheen, assistant flight engineer,
2nd Lt Robert Lucian Shedden, navigator,
T/Sgt Harold Kaplan, radio operator,
T/Sgt Frank Kozjak Jr., assistant radio operator,
S/Sgt Louis A. Nagy, radar operator,
2nd Lt Elliot Ernest Stone, bombardier,
T/Sgt Bernard F. Hickman, air gunner.