Consolidated PBY Catalina

Water-looped while landing off Whidbey Island NAS and sunk. Both crew members were killed.

The seaplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the Lake Pontchartrain, near New Orleans. Three crew members were killed in the accident while 13 others were injured.

This accident occurred while flying over Greenland Ice Cap at an altitude of 4500-ft indicated. This should have given a clearance of 1000-ft according to charts of the area. Weather and snow covered terrain resulted in poor depth perception. Without realizing they were close to the ice, as a horizon was visible and were not on instruments, they suddenly made contact on the upgrade of a 400-ft slope. the pilot immediately applied throttles in an attempt to get into air but was unsuccessful due to the slope. Further attempts to swing plane around in order to take-off down grade were unsuccessful as plane sank into snow and ice. Block and tackle was dropped, but that also proved unsuccessful. The Ice Cap presents an unbroken pure white surface and when the prominent cost of landmarks are not visible, depth perception is extremely difficult, analagons to flying over glassy water in low visibility. It is considered that the fundamental cause of this accident was the almost lack of depth perception. This plane and its crew were strained on the ice cap for fifteen days, but were in constant touch with there base by radio. A plane dropped supplies and salvage equipment. On the 14th day a Danish Rescue party reached them. On the fifteenth day they abandoned there plane, all confidential publications, the IFF, SBAE and RADAR being destroyed. They returned by foot to the rescue party's came and on the sixteenth day returned to the NORTH STAR. Except for extreme cold, none of the crew suffered any ill effects.
Crew:
Lt R. W. Shepard, pilot,
Lt A. H. Gilster, copilot,
AP2c M. V. Egert,
Amm2c N. J. Richey Jr.,
Amm3c W. Blankenship,
Rm1c J. J. Rutowski,
Rm3c E. R. Herbert.
Source: http://www.warcovers.dk/greenland/crash270143.htm

Crashed on take off at Elizabeth City NAS in unclear circumstances. Four crew members were killed while four others were injured.

Crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Brunswick, during a maritime patrol flight. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.

Crashed on take off for unknown reason. No casualties.

Crashed into the sea off Bermuda in unknown circumstances while performing gunnery practice. All eight crew members were killed.

The accident occurred when the seaplane went out of control as the pilot was trying to avoid a collision with a small boat. The aircraft sunk and was lost. Three crew members were killed while two others were rescued.

While on a night training mission, the aircraft crashed few miles off Heceta Head. The aircraft sunk and was lost and all eight occupants were killed.

The crew left Keflavik-Meeks Field at night on an anti-submarine mission off Iceland. Some 18 minutes after take off, while flying by night and in snowy conditions, the seaplane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all eight crew members.