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

The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances at Biggs AAF and was destroyed. There were no casualties.

The airplane crashed on landing at Fort Randall AAF and was damaged beyond repair. There were no casualties.

After takeoff from Topeka Airport, the four engine airplane crashed on hilly terrain. All nine crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Ralph M. Dienst,
2nd Lt James H. Edwards,
2nd Lt Charles W. Fischer Jr.,
2nd Lt James W. Holmes,
S/Sgt Willis T. Barnes,
S/Sgt Max Barron
S/Sgt Merlin O. Brager,
S/Sgt Aubrey M. Large,
S/Sgt James C. Price.

The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in a mountainous area located 32 km south of Blythe. At least one crew was killed.
Crew:
S/Sgt Irving B. Kibler.

The airplane was engaged in a reconnaissance mission over Labrador, carrying three crew members. Due to fuel exhaustion, the crew was forced to attempt an emergency landing in the Little Macatina River, some 11 km west of the Tête-à-la-Baleine Airfield, east Quebec. The airplane came to rest in a boggy area in a remote portion of the Little Mecatina River. The crew was rescued three days later and the airplane was abandoned in situ. The wreckage was recovered 70 years later, on 10 October 2012, and transferred to Casa Grande, Arizona.
Crew:
Cpt Secord +2.
Source & photo:
http://www.planecrashgirl.ca/tag/airplane-archaeology/page/2/

The airplane departed RAF Bovingdon at 0900LT to attack the Compagnie de Fives steel plant in Lille. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter. Three crew members were able to bail out from an altitude of 18,000 feet while six others were killed when the airplane crashed in flames into The Channel some 8 km north of Saint-Omer.
Crew:
1st Lt Francis H. Chorak, pilot, †
2nd Lt Joseph J. Fracchia, copilot,
S/Sgt Donald E. Buckland, radio operator, †
S/Sgt John J. Dolan, radio operator, †
S/Sgt Paul E. Gordon, mechanic, †
M/Sgt James E. Lane, mechanic, †
2nd Lt Grady Wayne Roper, navigator,
2nd Lt Charles G. Kolodzinski, bomb aimer,
S/Sgt Malcolm Culpepper, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Thurleigh to attack the Compagnie de Fives steel plant in Lille. It bombed the secondary target of the Luftwaffe airfield at Courtrai, Belgium.While approaching the target area, it was hit by the German Flak, causing the engine n°3 to catch fire. The copilot managed to extinguish the fire as the plane went over the target when four bombs hung up preventing the closing of the bomb bay doors. With only three engines operating, the formation made a 360° turn over enemy territory, encouraging enemy fighters to attack. The bomber started to lag behind the formation and tried to reach the English coast as it was being attacked by four Fw 190s. In an attack 20mm cannon shells ripped into the cockpit as the pilots lost control sending the plane into a flat spin. Some of the crew bailed out before it crashed near the village of Néchin. Six crew members were killed, two evaded and one became PoW.
Crew:
Cpt John W. Olson, pilot, †
2nd Lt Joseph N. Gates, copilot, †
T/Sgt Thomas W. Dynan Jr., radio operator, †
T/Sgt Erwin Derold Wissenback, mechanic,
2nd Lt William John Gise Jr., navigator,
2nd Lt Albert W. LaChasse, bomb aimer,
S/Sgt Bert E. Kaylor, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Bruce C. Nicholson, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Truman C. Wilder Jr., air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Hardwick at 1030LT to attack the Compagnie de Fives steel plant in Lille. Over the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Templeuve-en-Pévèle, six km southeast from Lille Airport. Six crew members were killed and four others parachuted to safety. Three became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
Cpt Alexander Simpson, pilot,
1st Lt Nicholas H. Cox, copilot,
2nd Lt Carl N. Garrott, navigator, †
S/Sgt Arthur M. Torrey, radio operator, †
T/Sgt Arthur B. Cox Jr., mechanic,
1st William A. Marsh, bomb aimer, †
Sgt James De Toris, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Stephen J. Eppolito, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Clayton C. Kammerer, air gunner, †
T/Sgt Michael Reardon, air gunner.

Crashed in unknown circumstances near Whitehall, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
Cpt Charles T. Ceronsky,
2nd Lt Ronald A. McDonald,
S/Sgt Michael R. Poinson.

The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
2nd Lt Albert E. R. Broyles,
2nd Lt John Bugra,
2nd Lt Don J. Butler,
Pfc William L. Young.