Training

For unknown reason, the seaplane landed hard on the bay off Manila. On touchdown, the aircraft went out of control and sank. Three crew members were killed and five others were rescuers. The airplane was lost.

The crew was completing a local training flight in Mauripur Airbase when on final approach, the single engine aircraft collided with an Auster J/5, stalled and crashed short of runway. All three crew members were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

On final approach to RAF Saint Eval, the aircraft nosed down and crashed few miles short of runway. Two crew members were killed while the third occupant was seriously injured.

The crew was performing a local training sortie at RAF Hullavington. On final approach by night and in poor weather conditions, the aircraft hit the ground 3 miles short of runway and crashed. Two crew members were killed while the third occupant was seriously injured. It was reported that the pilot in command was conducting the approach under visual flight rules and that the loss of control occurred while the crew was completing the approach briefing.

The crew was performing a local training sortie at RAF Hullavington. While approaching in poor weather conditions from the west, the twin engine aircraft became uncontrollable after improper handling on part of the copilot in command. The captain elected to regain control of the airplane that crashed in a field located southeast of Little Sodbury, about eight miles west of RAF Hullavington. Two crew members were killed while two others were seriously injured.
Crew:
F/Lt William Ellis Bowden, †
F/Lt Newton Mold, †
Cad L. G . Clarke,
Cad N. Orr.

En route, the crew encountered an unexpected situation and the pilot in command decided to reduce his altitude in an attempt to make an emergency landing. While preparing to land in a cornfield, the four engine aircraft hit successively a television antenna located on the roof of a house and a tree before crashing into a field. It then slid for more than a quarter of a mile before coming to rest in flames. Seven occupants were killed while five others were seriously injured.
Crew:
Cpt Richard B. Varnum, pilot, †
Cpt Francis M. Blair, observer, †
Cpt John M. Christianson, pilot,
M/Sgt Donald L. Shady, flight engineer, †
Cpt William C. Snell, copilot,
M/Sgt Jack R. Sowers, flight mechanic,
M/Sgt Cassius Zedaker, flight mechanic.
Passengers:
Vivien Paul Baughn, sound technician, †
Robert L. Hellmuth, engineer, †
Harold R. Holm Jr., engineer, †
John Robert Say, sound technician, †
James C. Stelyn, physicist.

The crew was returning to Kodiak Airport following a training sortie. After touchdown, the airplane encountered difficulties to stop within the remaining distance, overran and went into a drainage ditch. All four crew members were uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The crew left Summerside on a training flight to Goose Bay. While approach Goose Bay Airport, the crew circled the tower and radioed his intent to return to Summerside. As the aircraft failed to return to its home base, SAR operations were conducted and the wreckage was found five days later, on May 19, in an isolated area located about 65 km north of Saint-Augustin. The aircraft was destroyed and all four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Joseph Rodier, pilot,
F/O Owen Foster, copilot,
Cad Frank Smith, navigator,
Cad Gerald Higgins.

Shortly after takeoff from Patuxent River NAS, while in initial climb, the airplane stalled and crashed. Both pilots were killed while all five passengers were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Crashed in unknown circumstances.