Wendling AFB

The crew was performing a circular test flight following maintenance and left RAF Wendling shortly after noon. After a first circuit completed uneventfully, the aircraft was approaching the airfield and while crossing the last cloud layer, at a height of 300 feet, the number three engine failed. Despite several correction on part of the pilot, the aircraft became unstable and the crew attempted an emergency landing when the left wing hit a tree. Out of control, the aircraft christened 'Flying Crusader' crashed in flames in a field. As four crew members were injured, the radio navigator was killed.
Crew (578th BS):
Cpt Allen Ben Alexander, pilot,
1st Lt Presley Broussard, copilot,
1st Lt Tom Kirkwood, navigator,
T/Sgt Rupert Sutphin, flight engineer,
T/Sgt Frank E. Gallo, radio operator. †

The four engine aircraft christened 'Jive Bomber' was involved in a bombing mission over Germany when it was hit by Flak while flying over Pas-de-Calais, France. The right wing was hit and sheared off, so the aircraft went into a spin and crashed in a field. All ten occupants were killed.
Crew (392nd BG):
P 2/LT Walter F. Lowry,
CP 2/LT Albert I. Victor,
N 2/LT James J. Hynes Jr,
B 2/LT Wendell G. Replogle,
R/O T/S James V. Clark Jr,
EnG S/S Clair A. Cashman,
BG S/S Lynn B. Farlow,
WG S/S Joseph A. Kenney Jr,
WG S/S Paul E. Delaney,
TG S/S Kenneth L. Isbell.

The crew departed RAF Wendling on a local training exercise. While cruising at low height, the airplane collided with high tension cables and crashed in a field at Holly Farm, near the airbase. The airplane exploded on ground and all four crew members were killed as well as a farmer, Mr. J. F. R. George, who was struck by flying debris.
Crew:
F/Sgt George Thomas Coubrough, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Alan Duffield, observer,
Sgt Harold Ryding Smith, wireless operator,
Lac George Imber, air gunner.