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

Crashed on takeoff. Crew fate unknown.

The crew was engaged in a gunnery training mission. En route, while cruising, the engine number two caught fire. Shortly later, the aircraft exploded and crashed in a field located near Saint Augustine, some 30 miles southeast of Jacksonville. All ten occupants were killed.

The crew was performing a parachute training flight in coordination with a formation of 49 other aircraft. While approaching RAF Ramsbury, the weather conditions worsened and the visibility was poor due to clouds at low height and snow falls. The pilots missed the runway and were unable to locate the airfield so the aircraft continued to the south. Few minutes later, the aircraft hit trees and crashed in a field located in Horsehall Hill Farm, near Chisbury, south of RAF Ramsbury. All five occupants were killed.
Crew:
1st Lieutenant Lloyd Sloan, pilot,
2nd Lieutenant Richard Clark, copilot,
Sergeant Harold Pope, radio operator.
Passengers:
Harry S. Scott, paratrooper,
Lawrence H. Ward, paratrooper.

Crashed on landing in unknown circumstances. No casualties.

The airplane departed Wilmington-New Castle County Airport on a delivery flight to Nassau. The crew made two fuel stops in Raleigh and Jacksonville. En route to Nassau, the crew encountered restricted visibility with scattered to broken cumulus with base at 2,000 feet and top at 6,000 feet. The crew deviated from the prescribed route and due to a fuel exhaustion, was forced to ditch the airplane off Dry Tortugas, west of Key West. The crew evacuated the airplane that sank within a minute. The crew was rescued about 15 minutes later by the ship SS Paulsboro. At the time of the accident, the aircraft was still registered 43-8890 and operated by the USAAF as it was supposed to be delivered to the Royal Air Force in Nassau and registered FW733.
Crew:
1st Lt Robert E. Allen, pilot,
Cpl Robert D. Arigoni.

The crew was conducting a combined training exercise with another USAAF Consolidated B-24J Liberator registered 42-109821 and carrying a crew of 6. In flight, in unknown circumstances, both aircraft collided. The first Liberator went into a spin and crashed in a field, killing all six crew members. On board the second aircraft, ten crew were able to bail out before the aircraft crashed in a prairie, killing the last occupant.

The crew was conducting a combined training exercise with another USAAF Consolidated B-24J Liberator registered 42-100369 and carrying a crew of 11. In flight, in unknown circumstances, both aircraft collided. The first Liberator went into a spin and crashed in a field, killing all six crew members. On board the second aircraft, ten crew were able to bail out before the aircraft crashed in a prairie, killing the last occupant.

En route, the crew was forced to attempt an emergency landing following an engine failure. The aircraft crash landed in a field in Loddington Hall. While all occupants escaped uninjured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

En route, crew was forced to make an emergency landing following an engine failure. Aircraft crash landed and was damaged beyond repair. No casualties.

Aircraft was engaged in a local training mission and was towing two gliders. Shortly after takeoff from runway 05, while climbing, the right engine failed. Right away, the crew dropped both gliders to return to the airport. But the Skytrooper stalled and crashed in a wooded area near the airport. Two crew were injured while the third occupant was killed.