Consolidated B-24 Liberator

The four engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances near Braunschweig while on a bombing mission. Five crew members were killed while four others were taken POW.

En route, the four engine aircraft was shot down by enemy fire and crashed, killing all ten crew members.

The aircraft left RAF Lavenham on a bombing mission over Troyes, France. In the target area, the bomber aircraft was hit by Flak but the pilot was able to leave the combat zone and to fly back to UK. However, en route, he realize he would be unable to reach his departure point so the crew decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. Out of control, the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a wasteland in Chichester. All eight crew members were rescued while three people on the ground, among them a 13 years old girl, were killed.

The crew was performing a flight from Mokerang (Los Negros Island, PNG) to Eton, Truk Island, Micronesia. En route, the bomber crashed into the ocean in unknown circumstances. No trace was ever found.

The crew was engaged in a bombing mission over Sarmi and departed Lae-Nadzab Airport late following unknown technical problems. After take off, the crew tried to join the formation without success. The bomber christened 'Toughy' crashed in unknown circumstances at an altitude of 2,000 feet in an isolated area located near Kaiapit, some 8 km northwest of Lae Airport. SAR operations were suspended after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. Eventually, the wreckage was found in 1973.
Crew:
1st Lt John E. Terpning, pilot,
2nd Lt William R. Parkinson, copilot,
2nd Lt Kermit H. Kinne, bombardier,
2nd Lt George S. Silverman, navigator,
T/Sgt Sidney H. Branch, engineer,
S/Sgt James M. McKain, radio,
S/Sgt Earl R. Pearson, gunner,
S/Sgt Raymond "Ray" E. Thompson, engineer,
Sgt Richard F. Dixon, radio,
Sgt Michael E. Drucker, gunner.

The aircraft departed RAF Harrington in the evening of May 5 on a supply mission to the French Resistance. While flying by night, the aircraft was shot down by the German Flak. The crew abandoned the aircraft that crashed in an open field in Mably, north of Roanne. Seven occupants run away while the eighth became prisoner of war.
Crew:
2nd Lt Murray L. Simon, pilot,
2nd Lt French M. Russell, copilot,
1st Lt John A. Reitmeier, navigator,
T/Sgt Philipp B. Latta, radio operator,
T/Sgt Leo F. Dumesnil, mechanic,
1st Lt John B. Mead, bomber,
S/Sgt Graham S. Hasty, dispatcher,
S/Sgt Homer G. Collier, air gunner.

Crashed in unknown circumstances into the Gulf of Mannam, off Puttalam, following the detonation of an explosive device on board. Crew fate unknown.

The crew departed Homestead AFB in the morning for a training exercise along the east coast of Florida. En route, the aircraft collided with a Pennsylvania Central Air Lines DC-3 flying from Miami to Savannah on behalf of the USAAF. Registered NC21788, the DC-3-313 was carrying four people (two crew and two passengers). Both aircraft crashed into the sea, less than one mile from each other, and the wreckage were found some 6 miles southeast of Lake Worth. All eight occupants on both aircraft were killed.

In flight, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in unknown circumstances in Morrill. Six crew members were killed while two others were injured.

En route, while overflying Nebraska, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a canyon located some 15 miles southwest of Merna. All 10 occupants were killed.