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

The aircraft left Rockhampton bound for Pitu, Indonesia, with 20 passengers and a crew of two on board. Enroute, the crew decided to return due to insufficient fuel. While approaching Cape Melville, the captain ordered the passengers to bail out. The crew abandoned the aircraft as well and the Dakota crashed into the Bathurst Bay. Five passengers were injured and fifteen others were unhurt. A passenger was killed because his parachute failed to open and no trace of the captain was found.
Crew:
1st Lt Rueben A. Blackburn,
Sgt Henry P. Williams. †
Source: http://www.ozatwar.com/ozcrashes/qld148.htm

The crew left Prosnes-A79 AFB to take part to a paratroop exercise involving 42 C-47's. After all paratroopers bailed out, the crew was returning to the base when the right propeller separated from the engine. The pilot lost control of the aircraft that dove into the ground and struck several paratroopers before crashing in a field. All three crew members and six paratroopers were killed.
Crew:
S/Sgt Friedhelm A. Elias,
T/Sgt Walter K. Keefe,
1st Lt Forrest R. Van Slyke.

The twin engine airplane departed Eglin AFB (Valparaiso, Florida), on a flight to Louisville, Kentucky, carrying seven crew members. En route, the pilot encountered engine problems and elected to divert to Wood County Airport when the airplane crashed in a ravine. The airplane was destroyed and all seven occupants were killed.

The crew left Greenwood AFB, Mississippi, in the evening of March 12 on a night navigation exercise. Enroute, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions with thunderstorm activity and turbulence. He tried to find his way when he lost control of the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed in a wooded area located about 6 miles northeast of Freer. The wreckage was found eleven days later, on march 24. All six occupants have been killed.
Crew:
S/Sgt Milton Luverne Grams,
F/O Leon L. Hendren,
S/Sgt Paul F. Mason,
F/O James Dewey Mitchell,
F/O Walter J. Mullen,
Cpl Morton N. Sax.

The aircraft departed Elmore Airfield in Mindoro and an air evacuation mission to Tanauan, Leyte, carrying 28 passengers, two medical staff and four crew members. Around 1300LT - 1330LT, en route to Leyte, the crew informed ground he was returning to Mindoro. This was the last contact heard from the crew. No trace of the aircraft nor the occupants was ever found.
Crew:
2nd Lt Leo J. Kelly, pilot,
2nd Lt Paul A. Healy, copilot,
Sgt Theodore S. Oja, flight engineer,
S/Sgt Charles W. Kiester, radio operator.

Medical attendants:
2nd Lt Beatrice H. Memler,
Tec John A. Hudson.

Passengers:
Pfc Thomas Adamsky,
T5 William F. Anger,
Pvt Gerald P. Arel,
Cpl William H. Avers,
Sgt Audie H. Bishop,
Sgt Matthew J. Clarke,
T5 Clyde C. Collins,
T4 Fabian T. Cots,
Pvt Virgil H. Fredrickson,
Pfc Paul E. Gilley,
Sgt John E. Handerson,
Cpl Ralph H. Howard,
Pvt Phillip Ingalls,
Pfc Ray S. Jahnke,
Pfc Hurtle Johnes,
Pfc Alfred J. Kvist,
Pvt Harry B. Maegher,
Pvt Maximo Magboo,
T4 Charles L. Mills,
Pfc Edward J. Najecki,
Pvt Joseph E. Sintic,
Pfc Lytle I. Turner,
Pfc James E. Twitchell,
Sgt George E. Wells,
Pfc Harold W. Weltick,
Pvt Clarence H. White,
T5 James L. Wynn,
Slc Rudolph L. Zakrzawski.

The crew left Tanauan Airport at 1233LT on a supply mission with a load of fuel barrels, radio equipment and food. Weather conditions at Tanauan were poor with cumulus from 2,000 feet up to 7,000 feet. Twelve minutes after departure, the aircraft hit the slope of a mountain and crashed, killing all six crew members. As the aircraft did not return to its base, SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft was found. Walkers found the wreckage in an isolated area on May 1989.
Crew:
2nd Lt Edwin H. Franks,
Sgt Marvin A. Gill,
Cpt George W. Grismore,
T/Sgt James G. Maynard,
2nd Lt Arthur F. Parkhurst,
Sgt Philip Taliaferro Jr.

Lost without trace while conducting a flight from Shamshernagar, Bangladesh, to Chengdu, Sichuan. Maybe crashed in the mountains of Arunachal Pradesh State, northeast India.
Crew:
2nd Lt Eugene E. Dietrich,
S/Sgt Virgil E. Lindburg,
S/Sgt Ralph W. Van Weren,
Cpt Albert D. Wickett.

The aircraft left Clark AFB at 1017LT and made a stop at Mabalacat Airfield to board two additional nurses on this ambulance flight bound for Tanauan, Leyte. There were on board 30 passengers, most of them wounded people, and a crew of 7. On approach to Tanauan Airport, weather conditions were marginal with low ceiling. The crew contacted the control tower to obtain instructions and requested five ambulances to stand by for patients. This was the last radio contact and the aircraft failed to arrive. SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft was found. It is believed that the aircraft probably crashed into the San Pablo Bay off Tanauan.
Crew (70th Transport Squadron):
Cpl Delbert V. Beery,
1st Lt Martha F. Black,
2nd Lt Clark E. Chapman,
2nd Lt Versal R. Josephson,
2nd Lt James R. Norton,
S/Sgt William J. Treich,
Cpl Gordon G. Vondrak.

Crashed on approach to Cairo Airport while on a cargo flight, killing both pilots.
Crew:
2nd Lt Leonard Kepil,
1st Lt Theodore E. Stone.

Lost without trace while on a transpacific flight with seven crew members on board.
Crew:
Cpt Virgil Benson,
Cpl Edward F. Ciepiela,
S/Sgt Luelmer E. Criswell,
Cpl Allen R. Hoke,
Cpl Louis H. Hopkins Jr.,
Cpl Ernest P. Kirkland,
Cpl William R. Nordell.