Crash of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator in Lowry AFB: 7 killed

Date & Time: Sep 26, 1943 at 1200 LT
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Lowry - Lowry
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances, killing all 7 crew members.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24D-CO Liberator into the Gulf of Bengal: 8 killed

Date & Time: Sep 22, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
FL939
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
207
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
While on a maritime patrol flight over the Bay of Bengal, the four-engine aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a Japanese fighter and was lost at sea. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.
Crew (160th Squadron):
W/O J. Cohen, pilot,
F/O T. R. Pallet, copilot,
F/Sgt F. Somerville, navigator,
Sgt F. Bless, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt A. J. N. Owen, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt H. Isey, wireless operator and air gunner,
W/O L. A. Munson, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt F. E. Naylor, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a Japanese fighter.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24D-65-CO Liberator in Fenton: 10 killed

Date & Time: Sep 21, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
42-40509
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Fenton - Fenton
MSN:
1586
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
7
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
10
Circumstances:
Following an uneventful bombing mission over Langgoer, the crew was returning to his base at Fenton. On final approach by night, the aircraft christened 'Nothing Sacred' was too low and hit the slope of Mt Sugar Loaf located three miles short of runway. A photographer was the only survivor as all ten other occupants were killed.
Crew (380th BG):
Lt Hugh B. Parris,
Archibald S. Mills, Jr.,
Andrew B. Edwards Jr.,
Urban V. W. Darlington,
Leonard R. Greene,
Dossie J. Odom,
Ralph T. Newbold,
Albert Mirarchi,
William O. Miller,
LaVerne F. Parsons.
Source: http://www.ozatwar.com/ozcrashes/nt155.htm

Crash of a Consolidated B-24D-CO Liberator in Hamel

Date & Time: Sep 16, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
41-11915
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
411
YOM:
1941
Location:
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
During a training flight, an engine failed. The captain was unable to maintain a safe altitude and ordered all crew tom bail out. Out of control, the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a field. All ten crew members were unhurt while the aircraft was destroyed.
Probable cause:
Engine failure.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24D-CO Liberator V into the Bay of Biscay: 8 killed

Date & Time: Sep 2, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
FL959
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
157
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
Shot down by the pilot of a German fighter (JU.88) over the Bay of Biscay, while on a patrol flight. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24D-CO Liberator V into the Bay of Biscay

Date & Time: Sep 2, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
FL938
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
154
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Shot down by the pilot of a German fighter (JU.88) over the Bay of Biscay. The captain was able to ditch the aircraft and all occupants were rescued while the aircraft sank.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24D-25-CO Liberator in Fenton: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 25, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
41-24248
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
1043
YOM:
1943
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Crashed on landing in unknown circumstances, killing four crew members.
Crew (90th BG):
William A. Miller ?.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24D-CO Liberator into the Gulf of Bengal: 8 killed

Date & Time: Aug 24, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
FK239
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Colombo - Colombo
MSN:
209
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
Lost without trace in the Bay of Bengal, off the Andaman Islands, while on a maritime patrol flight. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24D-15-CO Liberator in Cancello: 8 killed

Date & Time: Aug 21, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
41-24026
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
821
YOM:
1943
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
11
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
While overflying Sicile, the heavy bomber christened 'Baby' was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and crashed near Cancello. Eight crew members were killed while three others were taken PoW.
Crew (98th BG):
S/Sgt Donald Lee Bennett,
2nd Lt Marion Butler Cook,
S/Sgt Edward Louis Fracasso,
S/Sgt Charles Lipperman Franck Jr.,
S/Sgt Ancil Clair Holman,
2nd Lt Kenneth Leroy Minnich,
T/Sgt Lloyd Allen Petersen,
S/Sgt Thomas Owen Varner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by anti-aircraft fire.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24D-125-CO Liberator on Mt Beinn Nuis: 10 killed

Date & Time: Aug 20, 1943 at 0810 LT
Operator:
Registration:
42-41030
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Gander – Prestwick
MSN:
2107
Region:
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
10
Circumstances:
The crew had left Gander in Newfoundland for Prestwick at 19:46 GMT on the 19th August, having been one of at least 23 aircraft to depart Canada bound for the UK. At 06:27 GMT the radio operator made contact with Prestwick who provided the crew with a QDM (a magnetic course to steer towards Prestwick) of 092° this placed the aircraft slight north of due magnetic west from the airfield. Contact was made again a few minutes later when the crew reported being 10 miles from Prestwick at 4500ft, the flying control at Prestwick, named Dogwatch, radioed to tell the pilots to hold their altitude until advised. No further contact radio was received from the aircraft and it was reported missing after the other aircraft in the flight that took off around it had arrived. The wreckage was located on the 23rd August by a shepherd on the western side of Beinn Nuis not far from the summit of the mountain. A watch recovered from the wreck showed the time of the crash to be 08:10. The aircraft that had taken off from Gander at around the same time were reported to have landed around 08:00. It would appear that the pilots were descending through the low cloud that covered the area that morning when they flew into the mountains of Arran.
Crew:
2nd Lt William M. Connolly, pilot,
F/O Francis J. Chew, copilot,
2nd Lt Albert T. Spindle, navigator,
2nd Lt Robert J. Hartl, bomb aimer,
S/Sgt Fred W. Brantner, flight engineer,
S/Sgt Joseph B. Moore, radio operator,
S/Sgt Chester E. Cislo, flight engineer,
Sgt Glen Mathew Canon Peyton, air gunner,
Sgt Robert F. Daub, air gunner,
Sgt Louis Stanley Golis, radio operator.
Source:
http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/pages/scotland/scotland42-41030.htm
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.