Consolidated B-24 Liberator

En route, the B-24 Liberator collided in unknown circumstances with another USAAF Liberator registered 41-28491 and carrying a crew of four. Both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed 8 miles southwest of Gate. All nine occupants on both aircraft were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt J. B. Bolyn, pilot,
PFC Frank Ganz,
F/O Roger F. Hance,
2nd Lt Chester H. Henson Jr,
2nd Lt Blanchard J. Horne Jr.

En route, the B-24 Liberator collided in unknown circumstances with another USAAF Liberator registered 42-7436 and carrying a crew of five. Both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed 8 miles southwest of Gate. All nine occupants on both aircraft were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt George W. Medley, pilot, 3.

The four engine aircraft christened 'Jive Bomber' was involved in a bombing mission over Germany when it was hit by Flak while flying over Pas-de-Calais, France. The right wing was hit and sheared off, so the aircraft went into a spin and crashed in a field. All ten occupants were killed.
Crew (392nd BG):
P 2/LT Walter F. Lowry,
CP 2/LT Albert I. Victor,
N 2/LT James J. Hynes Jr,
B 2/LT Wendell G. Replogle,
R/O T/S James V. Clark Jr,
EnG S/S Clair A. Cashman,
BG S/S Lynn B. Farlow,
WG S/S Joseph A. Kenney Jr,
WG S/S Paul E. Delaney,
TG S/S Kenneth L. Isbell.

The crew was performing a training sortie out from Chatham Field, Savannah, Georgia. While cruising along the east coast of Florida, one of the left engine failed. The captain decided to divert to Melbourne Airport but a first attempt to land was aborted. While making a turn to the left for a second attempt to land, the airplane went out of control and crashed. The copilot Basil Huntress 0-818156 was rescued while ten other occupants were killed.

En route, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances some 22 miles southeast of Willcox, Arizona. Five crew were injured while all four others were killed.

The crew was completing a bombing mission in Germany on behalf of the 392nd Bombing Group. While overflying Germany, the aircraft was hit by Flak. Five crew members bailed out while the captain and four others decided to continue to Switzerland. On landing in Dübendorf Airport, in Zurich, the aircraft hit the ground and came to rest in flames. All five crew escaped unhurt while the aircraft was partially destroyed by fire. Later, it was confirmed that one of the crew members that bailed out over Germany was killed, the four others were taken POW.
Crew:
Lieutenant George Haffermehl, POW
Second Lieutenant Donald MacMullen, interned in Switzerland
Second Lieutenant Kenneth Parks, interned in Switzerland
First Lieutenant Samuel B. Poppel, interned in Switzerland
Technical Sergeant Leon J. Beausoleil, interned in Switzerland
Technical Sergeant Earl S. Parker, POW
Staff Sergeant Jewell W. Mitchell, interned in Switzerland
Staff Sergeant Michael G. Harwick, POW
Staff Sergeant Frederick J. Wagner, killed
Staff Sergeant Louis H. Landry, POW

Was hit by Flak and crashed in a field near Heiligenberg, northwest of Friedrichshafen. Six crew were killed while four others were injured.

While on a bombing mission over Berlin, the four engine aircraft was shot down by Flak. Three crew were able to bail out before the aircraft crashed in a huge explosion, killing all nine other occupants.

While flying over The Netherlands, the four engine aircraft was shot down by Flak. All ten crew members were able to bail out and were uninjured while the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a field.

The crew was engaged in a gunnery training mission. En route, while cruising, the engine number two caught fire. Shortly later, the aircraft exploded and crashed in a field located near Saint Augustine, some 30 miles southeast of Jacksonville. All ten occupants were killed.