Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

The crew departed RAF Digri in the morning on a supply mission to troops based in Burma. While returning to his base, he encountered poor weather conditions with low clouds and severe turbulence. Three other Dakota's crew were able to climb up to 15,000 feet and to return to their base when KJ927 went out of control and crashed near Mount Victoria, in Chin Hills. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (357th Squadron):
P/O J. W. D. Reid, pilot,
W/O Hartley, navigator,
W/O J. Begg, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt T. L. Longhurst, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt T. Nathaniel, air gunner.

The aircraft left Xi'an (Hsian) Airport at 1500LT bound for Kunming with 35 passengers and a crew of four. While cruising at an altitude of 23,000 feet over the cloud layer, the left engine caught fire. The captain ordered the radio operator and the flight engineer to bail out. Shortly later, the aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed 123 km west of Hechi, killing all 37 occupants. Both crew that bailed out survived. The pilot, Major Carrol D. Gregory, and the copilot 2nd Lt Ralph R. Young were killed.

The aircraft left RAF Thorney Island at 0935LT bound for Amiens with six other similar aircraft, carrying 23 people, among them 17 members of the RAF, three of the RCAF, two of the RAAF and one of the RNZAF. Enroute, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with a cloud layer up to 200 feet above the ground. While cruising at a height of some 150 feet, the aircraft hit the top of a hill with its right wing, went out of control and crashed in flames in a wooded area located in Hunters Burgh, near Folkington. All 23 occupants were killed.
Crew:
W/O Peter Matthew Oleinikoff, pilot,
F/Sgt Edgar Alan Barsby, copilot,
F/O Kenneth Gilbert Forseth, navigator,
F/Sgt Ronald Arthur Brock, wireless operator,
Passengers:
F/O Edward William Curtis,
P/O Colin Alexander Rattray,
Cpl Colin Gibson,
Cpl Gerald Ernest Nelson David Lee,
Cpl William George Blair,
Cpl Edwin Bruce Chadd,
Cpl David Cooper,
LAC Frank Bainbridge,
LAC Ronald Grayham Baldry,
LAC Samuel Arthur Bamber,
LAC William Daniel Davies,
LAC Thomas Henry Floody,
LAC Jack Neale,
LAC Woolf Nerden,
LAC Robert Smith,
LAC Sydney MacKenzie Smith,
LAC George Stevens,
LAC Albert Edward Dowler Wilkes,
LAC George Wilson.

The crew was performing a delivery flight from the Bluie West One Airport located in Narsarsuaq and Reykjavik, Iceland. Enroute, the twin engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the Atlantic Ocean some 100 km east of Greenland, at coordinates 63°18'00.0"N 38°00'00.0"W. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew:
S/L Z. W. Hirsz, pilot,
P/O D. Washer, copilot,
F/Sgt W. R. Gregory, navigator,
F/Lt H. B. Clarke, wireless operator.

Crashed in unknown circumstances in the region of Naples, while performing a flight from Tarquinia, killing all 11 occupants.
Crew:
Cpt Robert R. Baster,
Tech Louis M. Bice,
T/Sgt Paul L. Cloney,
1st Lt Harold G. Ginter,
Sgt Harold P. Kuruzar,
1st Lt Chester L. Nelson,
Cpl Albert H. Olin,
2nd Lt Robert W. Saxton,
Tech Arthur D. Steiner,S
2nd Lt Robert Vallandingham,
2nd Lt Howard P. Wilson.

While flying in a valley in poor weather conditions, the captain increased power to gain height when the aircraft hit tree tops and crashed on the slope of a wooded mountain located 5 km west of Montieri. Two passengers and the captain survived while 23 others occupants were killed, among them 12 civilians of which three nurses. Low clouds consisting of strato-cumulus and mist shrouded the mountain at the time of the accident.
Crew:
1st Lt John A. Boronko, †
1st Lt James D. Fitzgerald, †
Cpt Donald B. Kresch, †
T/Sgt William J. Maddox, †
2nd Lt Marjorie L. McBride, †
M/Sgt B. B. McNutt, †
Cpl Edmund J. Miskell, †
2nd Lt Marion C. Phillips, †
Cpt David M. Ruff, †
1st Lt Roger F. Woodbury. †

The crew left Maxton AAF to Lubbock, Texas, with an intermediate stop in Birmingham, towing to Waco CG-4A gliders. On approach to Birmingham, the crew was vectored to the NE-SW runway but for unknown reason, the captain decided to land on the north-south runway. After both gliders landed without problems, the crew of the C-47 started to take off when shortly after rotation, the aircraft stalled and crashed in flames. All four occupants were killed.
Crew:
T/Sgt E. M. Bechtold,
1st Lt Fred T. Heise,
2nd Lt John N. Ricker,
Avc Lawrence W. Schloss.

The aircraft left Algiers Airport at 1103LT bound for Florence, Italy. Weather conditions along the route were poor with low visibility, cloud at 2,000 - 3,000 feet and snow falls. At 1506LT, the crew received the permission to descend from 12,000 to 6,000 feet towards Florence. As the aircraft failed to arrive, SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. It is believed the aircraft may have crash into the Ligurian Sea or on a mountain located somewhere in Corsica.

After take off from Makhachkala, the visibility was poor and the crew was following the railway track up to Grozny. But the pilot lost his orientation when the aircraft hit the slope of Mt Terski located near Gudermes. All five occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, weather conditions were below minima.

En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and decided to return to Chichiang Airport. Due to the deterioration of the weather, the crew was unable to return and decided to divert to Chanyi Airport, Yunnan. After the crew jettisoned the cargo, the captain ordered his crew to bail out. The aircraft crashed but was not recovered. Three crew members were rescued while the fourth occupant, S/Sgt Robert C. Bunger, was killed.