Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

Crash of a Douglas A-20C Havoc in Oklahoma City

Date & Time: Mar 28, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston

Operator:

Registration:

41-19165

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

MSN:

7567

YOM:

1941

Location:

Oklahoma City-Will Rogers

Country:

United States of America

Region:

Crew on board:

0

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

0

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

0

Circumstances:

Crashed on landing and damaged beyond repair. There were no fatalities.

Crash of a Douglas A-20C-BO Havoc in Oklahoma City

Date & Time: Mar 28, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston

Operator:

Registration:

41-19689

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

MSN:

2985

YOM:

1941

Location:

Oklahoma City-Will Rogers

Country:

United States of America

Region:

Crew on board:

0

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

0

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

0

Circumstances:

Crashed on landing and damaged beyond repair. There were no fatalities.

Crash of a Douglas A-20C-5-DO Havoc in Oklahoma City

Date & Time: Mar 27, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston

Operator:

Registration:

42-33166

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

MSN:

6628

YOM:

1941

Location:

Oklahoma City-Will Rogers

Country:

United States of America

Region:

Crew on board:

0

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

0

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

0

Circumstances:

Crashed on takeoff for unknown reasons. There were no fatalities.

Crash of a Douglas A-20B-DL Havoc near Verkhoyansk: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 25, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston

Operator:

Registration:

15585

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Seymchan - Yakutsk

Location:

Republic of Yakutia (Sakha)

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

3

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

0

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

3

Circumstances:

En route from Seymchan to Yakutsk, while cruising at an altitude of 17,000 feet, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed near Verkhoyansk. All three crew members were killed.

Probable cause:

The presumed cause of the accident is the pilot's loss of consciousness. His unfortunate decision to fly at 17,000 feet, an altitude at which he should have relied solely on instruments, led to rapid fatigue due to poor visibility. Visibility would not have been worse between 10,000 and 12,000 feet, but his oxygen requirements would have been lower, which might not have caused him to lose consciousness.

Crash of a Douglas A-20C-10-DO Havoc near Point Béhague: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 24, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston

Operator:

Registration:

42-33361

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

MSN:

6823

YOM:

1941

Location:

All French Guyana

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

2

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

0

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

2

Circumstances:

Crashed in unknown circumstances in the region of Point Béhague. Lost without trace.
Crew:
1st Lt William A. Cann,
1st Lt Charles K. Rexrode.

Crash of a Douglas A-20B-DL Havoc near Kirensk: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 24, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston

Operator:

Registration:

13887

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Yakutsk - Kirensk

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

3

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

0

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

3

Circumstances:

On a flight from Yakutsk to Kirensk, approaching the destination, weather conditions worsened. The captain reduced his altitude in an attempt to establish a visual contact with the ground when the airplane impacted the slope of a mountain. As the airplane failed to arrive at destination, SAR operations were initiated and the wreckage was later found 18 km from Kirensk. All three crew members were killed.

Probable cause:

Controlled flight into terrain.
The following contributing factors were identified:
- Decision of the crew to fly without radio,
- The crew has not been informed about the deterioration of the weather conditions,
- Lack of discipline on part of the pilot who decided to continue the flight below the cloud layer,
- The hill was probably shrouded in clouds and could not been seen and avoided by the crew.

Crash of a Douglas A-20C-10-DO Havoc at Waller AFB: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 21, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston

Operator:

Registration:

42-33276

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

MSN:

6738

YOM:

1941

Location:

All Trinidad and Tobago

Country:

Trinidad and Tobago

Region:

Central America

Crew on board:

4

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

0

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

4

Circumstances:

Crashed in unknown circumstances at Waller AFB. Four crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Boyd M. Goff, pilot,
S/Sgt Arnold L. Bell,
Sgt Britt K. Dickens,
Tec5 Stephen A. Hermann.

Crash of a Douglas A-20C-10-DO Havoc in Paramaribo

Date & Time: Mar 21, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston

Operator:

Registration:

42-33328

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

MSN:

6790

YOM:

1941

Location:

Paramaribo City District

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

0

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

0

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

0

Circumstances:

The crew was forced to make an emergency landing in Paramaribo for unknown reasons. There were no fatalities and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Douglas A-20C-10-DO Havoc near Trairi: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 20, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston

Operator:

Registration:

42-33330

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

MSN:

6792

YOM:

1941

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

3

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

0

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

3

Circumstances:

While on a transit flight from the US to Europe, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the Atlantic Ocean some 23 km northwest of Trairi. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Clayton G. Wahlers,
2nd Lt Nels O. Shugren,
Cpl Horace A. Johnson.

Ground accident of a Douglas A-20C-10-DO Havoc in Borinquen

Date & Time: Mar 20, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston

Operator:

Registration:

42-33319

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

MSN:

6781

YOM:

1941

Location:

All Puerto Rico

Country:

Region:

Central America

Crew on board:

0

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

0

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

0

Circumstances:

Suffered a ground accident while taxiing at Borinquen Airport. There were no casualties.

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