Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston

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41-2973

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5303

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1941

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Starke

Florida

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United States of America

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North America

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Crashed in unknown circumstances 6 km north of Starke. A crew was killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Wirt E. J. Billingslea.

Crash of a Douglas DB-7B Boston III at RAF Talbenny: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 28, 1943

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Landing (descent or approach)

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AL750

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Talbenny - Talbenny

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The crew was performing a local training flight at RAF Talbenny. The approach was completed with the port engine unserviceable. The pilot overshot and initiated a turn to the left, probably for a second approach to land, when the airplane entered a dive from a height of 100 feet and crashed 1,5 km from the airbase. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Harold Empsall Tyas, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Fred Jesse Oliver, navigator,
F/Sgt Montagu Norminton Williams, radio operator,
F/Sgt Gordon John Rankmore, air gunner.

Crash of a Douglas A-20B-DL Havoc in Kacha: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 27, 1943 at 1240 LT

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41-3609

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Krasnoyarsk - Krasnoyarsk

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5939

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1941

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The crew departed Krasnoyarsk-Sheremshanka Airport at 1215LT on a local training flight with 10 other airplanes. En route, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a wooded area located near Kacha, 22 km southwest of Sheremshanka Airfield. All four crew members were killed. All other airplanes returned to the airport at 1250LT.
Crew:
Cpt Piotr Mikhaïlovitch Stepanov, pilot,
Cpt Vassili Andreïevitch Kravets, navigator,
Sgt Viktor Alekseïevitch Panov, radio operator,
Lt Garif Nigmatzyanovich Shaikhutdinov, flight engineer.

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

Date & Time: May 27, 1943

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41-3645

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Seymchan - Seymchan

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5975

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1941

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The airplane departed Seymchan on a training flight with one pilot, one inspector and one technician on board. Following single engine maneuvers, the crew continued to the south where the visibility was poor. The airplane failed to return to base and was declared missing. Local farmers found the wreckage on 15 June 1943 some 50 km southeast of Seymchan, 18 km northeast of the Boriskine mine. The airplane was destroyed and all three occupants were killed.

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The exact cause of the accident could not be determined. However, it is believed that the airplane disintegrated in the air, maybe following a structural failure, and was destroyed by a post crash fire. The right wing and the tail were found 1,5 - 2 km from the fuselage.

Crash of a Douglas P-70 Havoc near Leesburg: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 25, 1943

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39-759

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