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The crew was returning to his base in Grand Island in order to prepare to join the European operations. En route, the crew inform ground about his position over Powder River. This was the last communication. Around 2359LT, the aircraft hit the slope of a mountain located in the Bighorn Mountain Range, in the north part of Wyoming. All SAR operations were suspended after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor the 10 crew members was found. Two cowboys found the wreckage on August 12, 1945. The aircraft was off course at the time of the accident. After a petition by veterans groups in Wyoming, the unnamed mountain on which the aircraft crashed was christened 'Bomber Mountain' on 22 August 1946 by the U.S. Forest Service.
Crew (318th BS):
Lt William R. Ronaghan, pilot,
Lt Anthony S. Tilotta, copilot,
Lt Leonard H. Phillips, navigator,
Lt Charles H. Suppes, bombardier,
Sgt James A. Hinds, flight engineer,
Sgt Lee V. Millar, assistant to the flight engineer,
Sgt Ferguson T. Bell, radio operator,
Sgt Charles E. Newburn Jr., assistant to the radio operator,
Sgt Jake E. Penick, air gunner,
Sgt Lewis M. Shepherd, air gunner.

The airplane assigned to 111 OTU departed Nassau-Oakes Field at 1445LT. Radio communications were lost at 1515LT after the aircraft crashed into the sea, about 3,5 NM off Old Fort Bay. The dinghy was found empty and no trace from the crew was ever found.
Crew:
P/O William Lorne Stinson,
Sgt Arthur Joseph Beaulieu,
Sgt James Brian Keayes,
Sgt Carl Eric Ogren,
Sgt Charles Leslie Herbert Snart,
Sgt Arthur William Torrens,
Sgt Thomas Wallace.

The airplane was on a transfer flight from Uelkal to Seymchan, part of a group from the 2nd Convoy Regiment. En route, weather conditions worsened with clouds down to 90 metres above ground. While cruising at an altitude of 2,100 metres, the pilot initiated a descent and entered the cloud area when, 10 to 15 seconds later, he lost control of the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed near the mouth of the Bogoloshan River, bursting into flames. All three crew members were killed.

The crew was engaged in a antisubmarine patrol flight off the Fiji Islands coast and left Nausori Airport that day. En route, the aircraft ditched in the ocean. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew (4th Squadron):
F/O Alistair Parata,
Sgt Albert Moss,
W/O Egbert Willis,
F/Sgt George Billson,
Sgt Michael Horgan.

While returning to base following a combat mission, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Olsufyevo. The captain was taken prisoner while five other crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Aleksandr M. Sizov, pilot +5.

The airplane departed Moscow-Vnukovo Airport on a flight to Tbilisi with intermediate stops in Astrakhan and Baku, carrying three passengers and four crew members. On the last leg from Baku to Tbilisi, an oil leak on the left engine forced the crew to make an unscheduled landing at Hagiqabul Airfield located about 92 km southwest of Baku. After repairs were completed, the crew took off at 1737LT. Less than 20 minutes later, while cruising at an altitude of 1,500 metres, a second oil leak occurred on the left engine. The captain elected to divert to Yevlakh Airport but after he realized he could not make it, he attempted an emergency landing in an open field. The left wing impacted the ground first then the airplane cartwheeled and came to rest, broken in two. All seven occupants were injured.

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 2319LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Nieuw-Vennep. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Alton Harding Langville, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Leslie Hollywood, flight engineer, †
P/O Cyril Ewart Lionel Grant, navigator,
P/O Charles Benjamin Reynolds, bomb aimer,
P/O Donald Towers, wireless operator,
Sgt Geoffrey John Wallis, air gunner,
P/O Joseph Horace Addison, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Ludford Magna in the evening of June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. While returning to base the following night with one engine inoperative, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea one km off Wijk aan Zee. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew (101st Squadron):
F/Sgt Ivan William Banks, pilot, †
Sgt Norman Stanley Mould, flight engineer, †
Sgt Harold James Toze, navigator, †
Sgt T. G. Brook, air bomber,
Sgt John Henry William Snowdon, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt Geoffrey Victor Branson, air gunner, †
Sgt Ronald Pugh, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Bardney at 2230LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer 3 south of Hoorn, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L Alan Murray Hobbs, pilot,
Sgt Fred William Sanderson, flight engineer,
Sgt Kenneth George Mott, navigator,
F/O John Hamilton Sams, navigator,
Sgt C. P. King, bomb aimer,
Sgt Edwin Charles Bishop, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter Clive Rowlands, air gunner,
F/Sgt William Slater, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Kirmington at 2338LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Holwerd, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/O Charles Alfred Mattress, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Mortimer, navigator,
Sgt John Peter Priestley, bomb aimer,
Sgt Norman Ronald Parry, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Ball, air gunner.