Austin-Bergstrom

The crew was forced to make an emergency belly landing southeast of Bergstrom AFB, near Austin. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The C-46 took off from Bergstrom Field on a glider-tow mission. It was towing a Waco CG-4A glider on takeoff from runway 17L when the nr.1 engine began cutting out. The instructor reduced power a little, which seemed to help. The crew were nearing the point were they would release the glider when the nr.2 engine began to loose power. They radioed Bergstrom Field that they would be returning with one engine out after glider release. The controller at Bergstrom Field saw the engine was on fire and instructed the crew to release the glider immediately. The glider pilot had also noted the fire and released the glider himself. The C-46 continued for an emergency landing. The crew were not able to put out the fire. The instructor told the other crew members to bail out from low altitude (750 feet). One crew member made it out but his parachute failed to deploy in time. The airplane struck terrain and crashed in flames following separation of the nr.2 engine.
Crew:
2nd Lt Charles Bailey,
Pfc Gerald E. Borchard,
Pvt Robert Borge,
Cpl Arthur H. Carroll Jr.
Source: ASN

The crew left Bergstrom AFB at 2031LT for a local night training mission. Enroute, the twin engine aircraft crashed on hilly terrain at an altitude of 1,500 feet, some 8 miles northwest of Burnet. The wreckage was found four days later and all four crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Ross A. Capparelli,
2nd Lt Herbert D. Fleming,
2nd Lt Willard E. Jacobson,
T/Sgt Francis J. Pombert.

The crew was engaged in a training flight and left Austin-Bergstrom AFB in the early afternoon. While cruising some 56 km east of the airbase, the crew reduced his altitude to 300 feet and was flying over small hills when the aircraft banked to the left and reached an angle of some 50 to 60 degrees. The left wing hit trees and the aircraft crashed inverted in a wooded area. Both pilots were killed.
Crew:
Verle A. Richards 1.

Crashed in unknown circumstances 10 km northeast of Del Valle AFB, near Austin. All five crew members were killed. Del Valle AFB was renamed Bergstrom AFB one month later.
Crew:
2nd Lt William F. Ernest,
2nd Lt Fran H. Horton-Billard Jr.,
2nd Lt Jack E. McNeil,
2nd Lt Chester F. Steward,
T/Sgt Russell E. Sampson.

Suffered an accident at Austin-Del Valle AAF (Bergstrom) while taxiing. There were no casualties.

The airplane departed Austin-Del Valle Airbase on a local training flight. En route, the crew encountered technical problems with one or more engine and attempted an emergency landing 50 km northwest of the airbase. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and there were no casualties. Austin-Del Valle AFB was renamed Bergstrom AFB two months later.