Consolidated B-24 Liberator

Crashed on takeoff. There were no fatalities.

The aircraft was involved in an escort mission. By night, the crew encountered technical problems with an engine and the captain decided to ditch the aircraft at 0030LT. Two crew members were killed while six others were rescued.
Crew (86th Squadron):
F/Sgt John Richard Fast,
Sgt Hollick.

An undercarriage collapsed on landing at Reykjavik Airport. The aircraft slid on runway for several yards before coming to rest. While all occupants were unhurt, the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair.

Crashed landed at Idaho Falls Airport. No casualties.

During the take off roll, the aircraft went out of control and came to rest near the runway end. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Shortly after take off from Belfast-Aldergrove, while in initial climb, the aircraft encountered problems to gain height, hit tree tops and crashed in flames on a hilly terrain. Five crew members were killed while three others were injured. A day later, one of the survivor died from his injuries.
Crew (86th Squadron):
S/L Dennis F. Wykeham-Martin, †
Sgt John M. Leslie, †
Sgt Henry B. Little, †
P/O Henry F. Burney, †
F/Sgt William G. McGhee, †
W/O Harold L. Carter, †
P/O S. Neal,
F/Sgt A. L. Cowan.

The aircraft left RAF Bovingdon on a transatlantic flight to the US with an intermediate stop in Keflavik. While descending to the airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with rain falls, low ceiling and a near zero visibility. At an altitude of 1,100 feet and a speed of 139 knots, the aircraft hit a rocky peak with its right wing. It crashed on a mountain slope located southeast of Keflavik and was totally destroyed, except the tail. Fourteen occupants were killed and only the tail gunner survived with minor injuries. At the time of the accident, the captain was reducing his altitude in an attempt to establish a visual contact with the ground.
Crew (93rd Squadron):
Cpt Robert H. Shannon, pilot,
Lt Gen Frank Maxwell Andrews, copilot,
S/Sgt George A. Eisel, tail gunner,
Cpt James E. Gott, navigator,
T/Sgt Kenneth A. Jeffers, radio operator,
S/Sgt Lloyd C. Weir, crew chief,
S/Sgt Paul H. McQueen, air gunner.
Passengers:
Adna W. Leonard,
Br Gen Charles A. Barth,
Col Marlow Krum,
Col Frank L. Miller,
Maj Theodore C. Totman,
Lt Col Fred A. Chapman,
Maj Robert H. Humphrey,
Cpt Joseph T. Johnson.

Following unknown technical problems, the crew was forced to attempt an emergency landing in a field located near the Ellington AFB. While there were no casualties, the aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire.

Following a bombing mission over Naples, Italy, the aircraft failed to return to its base in Soluch, Libya. During the back trip, the crew radioed he lost his automatic direction finder and requested ground vector. Due to poor visibility, the crew overflew Soluch Airport and continued to the south. Two hours later, due to fuel exhaustion, the crew decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. The four-engine aircraft continued for 26 km to the south before crashing in the Calanshio Sand Sea, about 710 km southeast of Soluch. USAF authorities thought that the aircraft crashed into the Mediterranean sea and the SAR operations were unable to find any trace of the aircraft or the crew. On November 9, 1958, a British oil exploration team located the crash site for the first time. Five bodies were found in May 1960 dozen km away from the wreckage.

The crew was performing a routine navigation training flight when he was forced to attempt an emergency landing at Clovis Airfield. While on approach at night, the airplane crashed and was destroyed. All nine occupants were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Ray G. Hanson,
2nd Lt Fred Scagnetti,
2nd Lt John W. Foster Jr.,
2nd Lt Harold J. White,
S/Sgt Vernal D. Berreth,
S/Sgt William Henry Block,
S/Sgt Jack M. Day,
T/Sgt R. H. Blume,
T/Sgt Paul Henry Pricer.