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The crew was performing a training exercise in the vicinity of Biggs AFB when the airplane collided with a second USAAF Consolidated B-24 Liberator registered 42-6990 that was also engaged in a local training flight with a crew of nine on board. Following the collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed 6,5 km northeast of the airbase. All 15 crew members in both airplanes were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Avalee E. Huie,
2nd Lt Richard H. Kemp,
2nd Lt Alvin Glickman,
S/Sgt Harry H. Crowe Jr.,
S/Sgt Jack W. Dempsey,
S/Sgt Clair C. McFeathers Jr.

The crew was performing a training exercise in the vicinity of Biggs AFB when the airplane collided with a second USAAF Consolidated B-24 Liberator registered 42-7000 that was also engaged in a local training flight with a crew of six on board. Following the collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed 6,5 km northeast of the airbase. All 15 crew members in both airplanes were killed.
Crew:
Lt Col Samuel C. Mitchell,
Cpt Ira B. Benger,
Cpt Robert S. Von Schrilitz,
Cpt Jack S. McCarty,
1st Lt Frederick M. Edler,
S/Sgt Alfred R. Longo,
Sgt John W. Hoerr,
Sgt Carl L. Sitek,
Pvt E. M. Radicot.

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

The crew was performing a local training exercise at Pampa AAF. In flight, the crew encountered an unexpected situation and was forced to abandon the airplane that crashed 3 km west of the airbase. All occupants parachuted to safety.

The twin engine airplane departed Reese AFB on a local training flight with a crew of two on board. En route, it collided in unknown circumstances with a USAAF Cessna AT-17B Bobcat registered 42-38793 that was carrying two pilots who were also performing a training flight out from Reese AFB. Following the collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed 24 km southwest of the airbase. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Avc Earl W. Kenny,
Avc Nicholas G. Kirincich.

The twin engine airplane departed Reese AFB on a local training flight with a crew of two on board. En route, it collided in unknown circumstances with a USAAF Cessna UC-78B Bobcat registered 42-39178 that was carrying two pilots who were also performing a training flight out from Reese AFB. Following the collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed 24 km southwest of the airbase. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Avc Hector D. Lane,
Avc Edward I. Lang.

The crew encountered an unexpected situation and abandoned the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed 3 km southwest of Lockney. All occupants parachuted to safety.

The crew was returning to base at Dalhart AAF (West Field) following a training exercise. While on a night approach in a gear and flaps down (one third) configuration, the pilot initiated a steep turn to the left from the downwind leg to the base leg when the airplane impacted ground and crashed 6 km west of the airbase, bursting into flames. Eleven crew members were killed while the tail gunner was injured. It appears that the tail section separated from the main wreckage and did not burn.
Those killed were:
2nd Lt Charles C. Enegbrepson,
2nd Lt Lloyd E. LeRoy,
2nd Lt Willis M. Rogers,
2nd Lt George H. Wuelfing,
S/Sgt Ernst A. Siros,
S/Sgt Paul H. Snider,
S/Sgt Francis J. Wethington,
T/Sgt Joseph T. King,
Sgt Alton E. Barrineau,
Sgt Leon Skiba,
Cpl Rex L. Clifford.

The crew departed Laughlin AFB on a training exercise and the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances some 22 km east northeast of Brackettville. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Harold E. Dyer Jr.,
F/O Carlos W. Moss,
F/O Dwight H. Orahood,
S/Sgt John P. Frigerio.

While on a cross country navigation exercise, the airplane caught fire in flight. The crew abandoned the airplane that crashed 32 km northwest of Kerrville. All crew members parachuted to safety.