Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

Crashed in unknown circumstances into the Gulf of Mexico some 100 km south off Pensacola. Lost without trace.
Crew:
2nd Lt Thomas J. Ligon Jr.,
S/Sgt Hugh R. Burns,
S/Sgt Lawrence J. Moore.

Crash of a Douglas A-20C-5-DO Havoc near RAAF Amberley: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 17, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston

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42-33147

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

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Military

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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6609

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1941

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The crew was returning to RAAF Amberley after he delivered Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighters to an operational unit. While on approach to the airbase, the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed 3 km east of the airfield, near Ipswich. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Paul C. May, pilot +2.

Probable cause:

Engine failure on approach.

Crash of a Douglas A-20G-10-DO Havoc near Ust-Kut: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 12, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston

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Registration:

42-54011

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Military

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Plain, Valley

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Kirensk - Krasnoyarsk

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11346

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1943

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The airplane was part of a Havoc formation transferred from Kirensk to Krasnoyarsk. En route, the visibility became poor because of forest fire. After three minutes in limited visibility, the pilot asked the leader to return to base but he was instructed to maintain a straight path. Nevertheless, the crew decided to modify his route, leaved the formation and continued to the south. Few minutes later, while cruising in limited visibility due to rain falls, the airplane collided with trees and crashed on hilly terrain some 10 km from Ust-Kut. The airplane was destroyed by a post crash fire and both crew members were killed.

Probable cause:

Poor decision on part of the crew who decided to continue in poor visibility without any ground reference.

Crash of a Douglas A-20G-10-DO Havoc near Ilimsk: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 12, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston

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Registration:

42-53862

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Military

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Plain, Valley

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Kirensk - Krasnoyarsk

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11197

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1943

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The airplane was part of a Havoc formation transferred from Kirensk to Krasnoyarsk. En route, the visibility became poor because of forest fire. After three minutes in limited visibility, the pilot asked the leader to return to base but he was instructed to maintain a straight path. Nevertheless, the crew decided to modify his route and initiated a 180 turn when the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in an uninhabited area. The wreckage nor the crew was ever found.