United States Army Air Forces - USAAF (1941-1947)

The airplane departed RAF Chelveston on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. Flying between the Frisian Islands and Heligoland Island, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Isaac D. Benson, pilot,
2nd Lt Martin L. Mjellem, copilot,
2nd Lt Stanley Waliszewski, navigator,
2nd Lt Leo L. Winters, bombardier,
S/Sgt Paul I. Kleinschrodt, flight engineer,
S/Sgt William J. Peteritas, radio operator,
Sgt William D. Hise, air gunner,
S/Sgt Ward S. Johnson, air gunner,
S/Sgt Austin W. Routhier, air gunner,
S/Sgt Charles F. Jackson, air gunner.

An American group of B-24s and B-17s were dispatched to take out the Focke-Wulf aircraft factory in Bremen, Germany. The skies over Bremen were overcast and the bombing run had to be diverted to a secondary target, the submarine pens at Wilhelmshaven. Approaching Oldenburg at an altitude of 8,000 metres, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter, entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in an open field located 15 km north of Bad Zwischenhahn. Two crew members parachuted to safety while nine other occupants were killed, including Robert Post, reporter for the New York Times. He was part of a group of eight reporters, known as the Legion of the Doomed or the Writing 69th, selected to fly bomber missions with United States Eighth Air Force.
Crew:
Cpt Howard Adams, pilot, †
2nd Lt Stanley McLeod, copilot, †
2nd Lt Wayne Gotke, navigator,
2nd Lt William Hannan, bombardier, †
T/Sgt Robert Vogt, flight engineer, †
S/Sgt Linwood Jones, radio operator, †
S/Sgt Donald Bowie, air gunner, †
S/Sgt James Mifflin, assistant radio operator,
S/Sgt Scott Brewer, air gunner, †
Sgt William Welsh, air gunner. †
Passenger:
Robert Perkins Post, reporter for the New York Times.

While on a flight from Turner Field to Tyndall AFB, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the Apalachicola Gunnery Camp. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Thomas F. Brown,
F/O Edward A. Bagwell,
F/O Albert D. Braswell,
S/Sgt Francis M. Morin,
Sgt James L. Smith,
Cpl Gene D. Hofherr.

Crashed while taking off from Morrison AFB, killing all five crew members.
Crew:
1st Lt George E. Mudd,
2nd Lt Layton George Zoubeck,
F/O Roy A. Young,
Cpl Samuel S. Powers,
Cpl John W. Walsh.

Crashed near Orlando following a fuel exhaustion. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
F/O William C. Loeder, pilot.

The airplane departed Casper on a practice bombing exercise. While cruising in poor weather conditions and icing conditions, the pilot lost control of the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed some 40 km north of Glenrock. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Louis E. Machala Jr., pilot,
2nd Lt Ned J. DeVries, copilot,
S/Sgt John W. Madden Jr., flight engineer,
S/Sgt John F. Elson, assistant flight engineer,
2nd Lt Harry M. Cannon, navigator,
S/Sgt Eugene D. Giles Jr., radio operator,
S/Sgt Alfred W. Fuller, assistant radio operator,
2nd Lt Joseph N. Hershman, bombardier,
S/Sgt Robert C. Parrott Jr., air gunner,
Sgt James C. Fisher, air gunner.

Crashed on landing and damaged beyond repair. There were no fatalities.

Crashed in unknown circumstances in a vineyard in Ontario. There were no fatalities.

Crashed on landing at Drew Field and damaged beyond repair. There were no fatalities.

The airplane crashed into a lake in Lake Charles and was destroyed. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Roy H. Andes,
S/Sgt Billy T. Davenport.