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

The crew was performing a local training flight at Kelly AFB when the airplane crashed on takeoff for unknown reasons. Both pilots were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Burris W. Pacelia,
2nd Lt James W. Bigbee.

The airplane departed RAF Thurleigh at 1000LT on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea some 16 km off the city. All 11 crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt James M. Stewart, pilot,
2nd Lt William W. Dickey Jr., copilot,
T/Sgt Charles J. Meriwether, mechanic,
2nd Lt Joseph A. Creed Jr., navigator,
T/Sgt Thomas E. McMillan, radio operator,
1st Lt John A. Creamer Jr., bomb aimer,
S/Sgt Martin R. Barthe, air gunner,
S/Sgt George R. Rumph, air gunner,
S/Sgt Raymond C. Schmoyer, air gunner,
S/Sgt Jack M. Wheeler, air gunner,
Cpl Hugh L. Langan, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Thurleigh at 1000LT on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Ranlieu, 9 km northwest of Saint-Nazaire. Six crew members were killed, three became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
1st Lt Loyal M. Felts, pilot, †
2nd Lt Robert Jonathan Jones, copilot,
T/Sgt Richard L. Beers, mechanic, †
T/Sgt John A. Westcott, radio operator, †
2nd Lt Forrest D. Hartin, navigator,
2nd Lt Andrew L. Graham Jr., bomb aimer,
S/Sgt Charles E. Vonderlieth, air gunner, †
Sgt Elden I. Wright, air gunner, †
Sgt Doane Hage Jr., air gunner,
Sgt George P. Bogumill, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Thurleigh on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed 8 km from the city. Six crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt John R. Barnett, pilot,
2nd Lt Lowell E. Kinney, copilot, †
Sgt Frederick Mannello, mechanic,
2nd Lt Thomas D. Hall, navigator, †
T/Sgt Francis M. Counselman, radio operator,
2nd Lt Norman R. Nelson, bomb aimer, †
S/Sgt Jack W. Madison, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Bernard P. Papeika, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Charles R. Wilson, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Walter Crawford, air gunner.

The airplane crashed shortly after takeoff from Luganville Airport and was destroyed. It seems that the crew was en route to Guadalcanal Island on a supply mission. There were no fatalities.
Crew.
Robert Carlson, pilot +2.

The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Ridgway. A crew was killed.
Crew:
Pvt T. W. Owens. †

Crashed in unknown circumstances. There were no casualties.

One of the engine caught fire and exploded in flight. The crew decided to bail out and abandoned the airplane that crashed near Orlando Airport. All four crew members parachuted to safety.

The airplane crashed for unknown reasons while taking off from Tullahoma-William Northern Field. There were no fatalities.

After a USAAF Douglas C-53 Skytrooper registered 42-15569 with five men aboard was missing since November 5, the B-17 registered 42-5088 was diverted on its ferry flight from USA to the UK to join the search for the crew. During the search operation, it approached the approximate center of its search grid from seaward where it encountered a local low cloud ceiling. The airplane reversed course to go around the weather and headed in again, going northward into Køge Bay fjord to the west, and flew into a visual 'white-out' condition, which became an unseen three-sided trap. The pilot began to turn away to the left, causing the left wing tip to struck the unseen Ice Cap. The plane skidded for about 200 metres on the surface of the Køge Bay fjord's active glacier, broke apart at the aft bulkhead of the radio compartment, rear of the wings. The broken-off tail section was overhanging a large open crevasse, and another crevasse was in front of the plane. The plane was at about 4,000 feet elevation and 47 km northwest of Beach Head Station. All nine occupants survived the accident and were rescued.