New Mexico

Shortly after takeoff from Kirtland AFB, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances. There were 14 crew members on board. 13 were killed and the only survivor was the pilot John Parker Shaw.

En route to Long Beach, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and was instructed to divert to Albuquerque. Shortly later, strong vertical wind and snow falls forced the crew to reduce his altitude in an attempt to maintain a visual contact with the ground. The aircraft hit the slope of a mountain and crashed 5 miles south of Placitas. SAR arrived on site three days later and five men seriously injured were evacuated while all seven other occupants were killed.

Crashed on takeoff. There were no fatalities.

Crashed in unknown circumstances 24 km east of Belen. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Howard L. Bondy,
2nd Lt Eugene W. McEntee,
Avc Henry P. Bradshaw,
Avc Raymond E. Breckman.

The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in a mountainous area located west of the White Sand Missile Range, some 40 km west southwest of Alamogordo. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Vytaut J. Bakas,
2nd Lt Howard G. Homberger,
S/Sgt James M. Eltzroth,
S/Sgt Anthony W. Hafer,
S/Sgt Carl A. Merkling,
S/Sgt Ralph V. Pelletier,
S/Sgt Jess Sympson.

The crew was performing a routine navigation training flight when he was forced to attempt an emergency landing at Clovis Airfield. While on approach at night, the airplane crashed and was destroyed. All nine occupants were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Ray G. Hanson,
2nd Lt Fred Scagnetti,
2nd Lt John W. Foster Jr.,
2nd Lt Harold J. White,
S/Sgt Vernal D. Berreth,
S/Sgt William Henry Block,
S/Sgt Jack M. Day,
T/Sgt R. H. Blume,
T/Sgt Paul Henry Pricer.

Crashed on takeoff and damaged beyond repair. There were no fatalities.

Crashed in unknown circumstances 8 km west of Roswell. A crew was killed.
Crew:
Avc Klyde H. Young Jr.

The crew was engaged in a local training flight out from Holloman AFB. Upon takeoff, the engine n°2 caught fire. The pilot shut down the engine and feathered its propeller. Shortly after rotation, while turning to the left, the airplane impacted the ground and crashed near the airbase. Six crew members were killed and five others were injured. The copilot escaped unhurt. Two days after the accident, one of the survivors died from injuries sustained.
Crew:
1st Lt Frank W. Gardner, pilot,
S/Sgt Price A Keys, assistant flight engineer,
2nd Lt Will D. Willis, navigator,
S/Sgt Ralph M. Clark, air gunner,
S/Sgt Lawrence W. Suprenand, air gunner.
Passengers:
Sgt John A. Jarvis,
Pfc Francis X. Joyce.

The crew was performing a cross country navigational exercise out from Cannon AFB, Clovis, NM. In the early morning, while returning to base, the pilot missed his first attempt to enter the landing pattern. As he was making an S-turn to get back into the lading pattern, the instructor pilot, who was in the copilot's seat, called out the airspeed but failed to notice the loss of altitude when the airplane impacted ground and crashed 8 km northeast of the airbase. Five crew members were killed and six others were injured.
Crew:
1st Lt Jack R. Moss, pilot,
2nd Lt Merle K. Clark, bombardier,
2nd Lt Stephen T. Mezei, navigator,
Sgt Bruce H. Davis Jr., assistant radio operator,
Sgt Maxwell Wolfe, air gunner +6.