Sacramento-Mather

Crashed on takeoff for unknown reasons and damaged beyond repair. There were no fatalities.

The airplane was transferred from Sacramento-Mather Field to Sacramento Municipal Airport. On final approach, it went out of control and crashed 400 metres short of runway. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Leland G. Larkin.

The twin engine airplane departed Sacramento-Mather Airport on a routine navigation exercise. En route, it impacted the slope of Mt Mendel located in the Darwin Glacier, northeast of Fresno. As the airplane failed to return to base, SAR operations were initiated but eventually suspended after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. The wreckage was located by hunters on 24 November 1947, and the body of a crew member was found in October 2005.
Crew:
2nd Lt William R. Gamber,
Avc John W. Mortenson,
Avc Ernest G. Munn,
Avc Leo A. Mustonen.

The airplane crashed upon landing at Sacramento-Mather Field and was damaged beyond repair.

The twin engine airplane departed Gray Army Airfield in Fort Lewis on a liaison flight to the Sacramento Air Depot, carrying two passengers and one pilot. While cruising at an altitude of 4,000 feet south of Medford, the pilot reported poor weather conditions with freezing rain. Shortly later, the airplane impacted the slope of a mountain located near Pilot Rock, some 15 miles southeast of Ashland. As the airplane failed to arrive at destination, SAR operations were initiated but the wreckage was finally found by a local resident 8 June 1942. All three occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, the visibility was poor due to thick fog with freezing rain and snow falls.
Crew:
1st Lt Raymond A. Stockwell, pilot,
Passengers:
T/Sgt Randolph Jones,
T/Sgt Paul W. Stone.

The aircraft crashed on landing.