Training

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Registration:

41-3256

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Takeoff (climb)

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Kelly AFB (ex Brooks Field, San Antonio)

Schedule:

Kelly AFB - Kelly AFB

MSN:

5586

YOM:

1941

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Texas

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The crew was engaged in a local training flight at Kelly AFB (Duncan Field) when the airplane crashed on takeoff for unknown reasons. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt George R. Adams,
S/Sgt James Sidney Eakes.

Crash of a Beechcraft AT-10 Wichita at Ellington AFB: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jan 3, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Beechcraft AT-10 Wichita

Operator:

Registration:

41-9408

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Ellington AFB - Ellington AFB

MSN:

834

YOM:

1942

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Ellington AFB (Houston)

Texas

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While performing a local training flight at Ellington AFB, the airplane collided with a second USAAF Wichita registered 41-26260. This airplane was able to make an emergency landing and was damaged while 41-9408 crashed near the airbase and was destroyed. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
Avc Donald M. Cunningham.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I in Cambridge: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jan 3, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Airspeed AS.10 Oxford

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Registration:

V3888

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

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Cambridge - Cambridge

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Shortly after a night takeoff from Cambridge Airport, while in initial climb, one of the engine failed. The pilot attempted to make an emergency landing but the aircraft hit a tree and crashed onto a house. The pilot was killed while there were no casualties on the ground.
Crew (5th FPP):
P/O Irene Arckless, pilot.

Probable cause:

Engine failure after takeoff.

Crash of a Douglas BD-2 Havoc in Seeley: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jan 2, 1943 at 1540 LT

Type of aircraft:

Landing (descent or approach)

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Registration:

7038

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Yes

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

North Island NAS - El Centro NAF

MSN:

5108

YOM:

1941

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Seeley

California

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Captain / Total flying hours:

4000

Circumstances:

The airplane was dispatched from North Island NAS, San Diego, on an exercise on behalf of the Utility Squadron Seven (VJ-7). After two hours in the air, the crew was flying to El Centro NAF to refuel. On final approach, while making a left turn at low speed, the left engine stopped. The airplane stalled and crashed in Seeley, about 5 km from the airbase. Two crew members were killed and a third was injured.
Crew:
Joseph Thomas O'Marquis, pilot, †
Arm3c Warren George Olien, radio operator, †
Amm2c T. E. Forister.

Probable cause:

According to the US Navy investigation report, the pilot had towed target for about two hours. He approached the field for landing in usual manner. Pilot turned left at low speed and altitude and in this turn, left engine stopped from lack of fuel, probably aggravated by left wing being low in the turn. The right engine continued to function as all fuel drained against inboard end of right tank where fuel suction outlet is located. The right engine stopped from lack of fuel prior to contact with the ground. Plane spun in from a low altitude in a left spin with left wing first contacting ground, nose striking immediately afterwards.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford II in Leadenham: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jan 2, 1943 at 1200 LT

Type of aircraft:

Airspeed AS.10 Oxford

Operator:

Registration:

AB761

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Plain, Valley

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PAC.0213

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1941

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The pilot was engaged in a solo training flight. While cruising in a snowstorm, he lost his bearings and attempted to ascertain his location when the airplane hit a tree and crashed in a field located in Leadenham, bursting into flames. The airplane was destroyed and the pilot was killed.
Crew:
Sgt J. M. Allen, pilot.

Crash of a Douglas DB-7B Boston III at RAF Bradwell Bay: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jan 2, 1943

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W8292

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Vickers 429 Wellington VIII

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Bradwell Bay - Bradwell Bay

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The crew was performing a local training sortie at RAF Bradwell Bay. While flying in the vicinity of the airbase, the airplane went out control and crashed, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
F/O Peter Kersey White, pilot,
P/O John James Alfred Field, wireless operator,
Cpl Colin Albert Hull, cadet.

Crash of a Vickers 429 Wellington VIII into the Lough Foyle: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jan 2, 1943

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HX467

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The crew was performing a navigation training exercise when he encountered poor weather conditions. In heavy snow falls, the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed into the Lough Foyle off Magilligan Point. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Kenneth Raymond James Pennington, pilot,
Sgt Albert Douglas Hammond, pilot,
F/O Alexander Ernest Tyler, navigator,
Sgt James Daniel Cooper, wireless operator,
Sgt John Charles William Hook, wireless operator,
Sgt Herbert Smith, air gunner.

Crash of a Douglas A-20B Havoc in Columbus: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jan 2, 1943

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41-3551

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City

MSN:

5881

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1941

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Columbus

Ohio

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Cessna T-50 Bobcat (AT-8/AT-17/UC-78 & Crane)

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The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in a residential area in Columbus. At least one crew member was killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt James S. Hansen.

Crash of a Cessna AT-17 Bobcat near Lubbock: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jan 2, 1943

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Registration:

42-330

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Plain, Valley

Location:

Lubbock

Texas

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