Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

The airplane departed Langley AFB at 0730LT on a maritime patrol flight off the east US coast. After passing Cape Hatteras, the contact was lost and the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the ocean. No trace of the airplane nor the crew was ever found.
Crew.
Lt Col Edward Flanick, pilot,
2nd Lt James H. Miller, copilot,
2nd Lt Robert Lenwood Garrison, navigator,
Sgt Ellsworth William Aitken, flight engineer,
Pfc Robert R. McIntyre, assistant engineer,
Sgt Steven James Chohrach, radio operator,
Sgt Arthur L. Becker, assistant radio operator,
Cpl Draper Hoyt, bombardier.

Following an uneventful bombing mission over Rabaul, the crew was returning to base in Port Moresby when he encountered technical problems. The captain reduced his altitude and attempt an emergency landing. The airplane crash landed in a marshy field and slid for several yards before coming to rest. All eight occupants escaped unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. It was recovered in 2006 and later convoyed to the US.

The crew was performing a delivery flight. At the end of the mission, while overflying the Java Province, the bomber was attacked by enemy fire. The crew reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crash landed in a paddy field. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and all four occupants were uninjured.

The four engine bomber was shot down by a Japanese fighter and crashed in Buitenzorg (now Bogor), south of Jakarta. All five crew members were killed.

The airplane suffered an engine failure in flight and crash landed in an open field located two miles northwest of Comfort. The airplane was destroyed and there were no injuries among the crew.
Crew:
Raymond E. Robinson.

The airplane was en route to Wright-Patterson AFB when it crashed in unknown circumstances in rugged terrain near Nucla. All eight crew members were killed.

For unknown reasons, the airplane crashed upon landing at Malang-Singosari Airport and was damaged beyond repair. There were no casualties among the crew.

The airplane departed Malang to attack Japanese troops at Kendari Airport. It was shot down over Surabaya by the pilot of a Japanese fighter and crashed, bursting into flames. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew (9th BS):
2nd Lt Willis Weldon Burney,
S/Sgt Jack W. Coleman,
Cpt John L. Du Frane Jr.,
Cpl Howard L. Ellis,
Sgt Louis H. Keightley,
Lt Richard van Wyck Negley Jr.,
Pfc Harry R. Parry,
2nd Lt Samuel Seay Pattillo.

The airplane departed Parnamirim AFB near Natal on a transatlantic flight to Africa, carrying nine crew members. Shortly after takeoff, it crashed in a huge explosion, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
2nd Lt John Bradley Rush, pilot,
2nd Lt William Rawls Hogg, copilot,
2nd Lt Hubert Roland March, navigator,
S/Sgt Harry E. Sturgill, flight engineer,
Pvt James S. Brock, radio operator,
Cpl Kenneth Bernard Albert, air gunner,
Pfc George M. Sullivan,
Pfc Joepsh Cecho Jr.,
Pfc Robert M. Baker.

The airplane departed Parnamirim AFB near Natal on a transatlantic flight to Africa. It suffered a fuel exhaustion and was ditched in the ocean. After several days passed in a dinghy, all crew members were rescued and transferred to Africa.
Crew:
Clyde G. Gillespie.