Crash of a Martin B-26B-4 Marauder off Suriname: 5 killed

Date & Time: Mar 12, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
41-18021
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Georgetown – Belém
Country:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
En route from Georgetown to Belém, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Suriname. Lost without trace.
Crew:
1st Lt Orville P. Cobb, pilot,
2nd Lt Robert P. Baker,
2nd Lt Howard L. Burden,
Sgt Kenneth V. McClung.

Crash of a Douglas B-18B Bolo off Suriname: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 14, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
37-483
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Paramaribo - Paramaribo
MSN:
2483
YOM:
1937
Country:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances into the Atlantic ocean off Suriname while on a flight from Paramaribo Airport. All four crew members were missing.
Crew:
Cpt Kenneth V. Carlsen,
S/Sgt Claude S. Adams,
Sgt Liberato N. Bianchi,
Sgt John B. Wolven.