Crash of a North American B-25D-5 Mitchell in Apalachicola: 6 killed

Date & Time: Feb 26, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
41-29986
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Turner Field - Tyndall
MSN:
87-8151
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
While on a flight from Turner Field to Tyndall AFB, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the Apalachicola Gunnery Camp. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Thomas F. Brown,
F/O Edward A. Bagwell,
F/O Albert D. Braswell,
S/Sgt Francis M. Morin,
Sgt James L. Smith,
Cpl Gene D. Hofherr.

Crash of a North American B-25D-5 Mitchell at Morrison AFB: 5 killed

Date & Time: Feb 26, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
41-30009
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
87-8174
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
Crashed while taking off from Morrison AFB, killing all five crew members.
Crew:
1st Lt George E. Mudd,
2nd Lt Layton George Zoubeck,
F/O Roy A. Young,
Cpl Samuel S. Powers,
Cpl John W. Walsh.

Crash of a North American B-25B Mitchell in Delaport: 3 killed

Date & Time: Feb 26, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
FK176
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Nassau - Nassau
MSN:
62B-3000
YOM:
1940
Country:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew departed Nassau on a local night training exercise. While flying at low height, the airplane went out of control and crashed onto a house located in Delaport, some 7 km northeast of the airfield. All four crew members escaped uninjured while three people in the house were killed.

Crash of a North American B-25D Mitchell in Joliet

Date & Time: Feb 25, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
41-29809
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
87-7974
YOM:
1941
Location:
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 North American B-25A Mitchell at Drew Field

Date & Time: Feb 24, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
40-2216
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
62A-2885
YOM:
1940
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed on landing at Drew Field and damaged beyond repair. There were no fatalities.

Crash of a North American B-25 Mitchell in Moscow: 5 killed

Date & Time: Feb 23, 1943
Operator:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
Crashed upon landing in poor weather conditions at Monino Airport. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Col Konstantin Fedorovich Katarzhin, pilot,
Col Fedor Vasilievich Titov, copilot,
Lt Col Alexander Vasilievich Yaromichev, navigator,
Sgt Konstantin Grigorievich Grigorenko, radio operator,
Sgt Dmitry Ivanovich Stepovoy, air gunner.

Crash of a North American B-25C-1 Mitchell into Lake Murray: 5 killed

Date & Time: Feb 23, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
41-13289
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Columbia - Columbia
MSN:
82-5924
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a local training flight out from Columbia AFB. While flying at low height over Lake Murray, the pilot initiated a turn when a wing hit the water surface, causing the airplane to crash into the lake. Five crew members were killed and one was injured.
Crew:
1st Lt Clifford O. Sherry,
2nd Lt Harol L. Feineuer,
2nd Lt John E. Hancock,
2nd Lt Marshall S. Hawke,
Sgt George W. Rhine.

Crash of a North American B-25D Mitchell into the Timor Sea: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 18, 1943 at 1130 LT
Operator:
Registration:
N5-144
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Darwin - Darwin
MSN:
87-7882
YOM:
1941
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in a bombing mission over Dili. Approaching the target area, it was attacked by few Japanese Mitsubishi Zero. Two crew members, among them the pilot, were killed and the aircraft was hit on the right engine and tail. The crew was able to leave the combat area but was eventually forced to ditch the airplane into the Timor Sea, some 225 km south of Dili. The airplane sank and was lost while four crew members were rescued a day later by an Australian destroyer.
Crew (18th Squadron):
2nd Lt B. J. Grummels, pilot, †
Ens C. M. Fisscher, copilot,
Cpl Van Der Weert, radio operator,
Sgt Hoek, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Ronald Stuart Horridge, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Robert Gordon Tyler, wireless operator and air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by Japanese fighters.

Crash of a North American B-25C-10 Mitchell into the Caribbean Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 18, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
42-32247
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
94-12655
YOM:
1942
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere into the Caribbean Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
1st Lt Francis X. Tehan, pilot +3.

Crash of a North American B-25C-5 Mitchell near La Romana

Date & Time: Feb 17, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
42-53386
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
90-11873
YOM:
1942
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Forced landing 24 km north of La Romana due to a fuel exhaustion. There were no fatalities.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.