Consolidated B-24 Liberator

Following a relative short takeoff roll, the airplane took off but encountered difficulties to gain height. It stalled, struck an embankment and crashed, bursting into flames. Five crew members were killed.

The four engine aircraft crashed when attempting to land at Fenton Airfield, in the Northern Territory, following a bombing raid on Japanese shipping targets in Timor. The Liberator was out of fuel and losing height rapidly. It was just before midnight and conditions were very hazy and the pilot, Flight Lieutenant Arthur Cambridge, could not see the runway flare path. On his first approach to land, he was too far to the left of the runway. He was advised of this by radio contact with ground control. On his second attempt to land, three of the four fuel pressure gauges dropped to zero and the Liberator swung violently to port. Cambridge ordered the crew to crash positions and with his undercarriage still retracted the Liberator crashed through some trees 3 kilometers from Fenton Airfield and struck the ground in a more or less level attitude. A fire broke out below the flight deck, possibly due to damage to the auxiliary power unit. Two crew members were killed while nine other occupants were rescued.
Crew (24th Squadron):
F/Lt Arthur Aram Cambridge, pilot,
W/O F. Crawford, copilot,
F/Lt John Richard Parkinson, bombardier, †
F/O Ivan Fernley Coward, navigator,
F/O Geoffrey Wallace Rhodes, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt Allen George Cullen, flight engineer,
F/O John McPherson Pitt, air gunner, †
F/Lt Victor Charles Edward Scanlon, air gunner,
P/O Geoffrey Neil Johnson, radio operator,
Sgt Ernest Lancelot Francis, air gunner,
Sgt Ernest William Jennings, air gunner.
Source: http://www.ozatwar.com/nt29.htm

Upon landing, the nose gear collapsed. The aircraft skidded for several yards before coming to rest on the runway. All eight crew members evacuated safely while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The aircraft left Fenton on a reconnaissance mission. While flying over Timor (Cape Chater), the heavy bomber was shot down by the Japansese Flak and crashed, killing all eleven crew members.
Crew (24th Squadron):
W/O Evelyn Bruce Baile,
F/Sgt William James Cornes,
F/Lt Kenneth William Edwards,
F/Lt Thomas Guy Evans,
F/Sgt Graham Neil Head,
W/O Jack Holt,
Sgt David Knox Kyle-Little,
F/Sgt Noel Patrick Martin,
P/O Kenwyn Howard Richards,
F/Sgt Joseph Arthur William Stevenson,
P/O Leonard King Teitzel.
Source: http://www.ozatwar.com/ozcrashes/a72-70.htm

The crew left RCAF Abbotsford in the day for a training mission over the Vancouver Island. En route, the aircraft went into a cloudy area and eventually crashed into the sea off Bell Island. Only few debris and personal effects were recovered but not trace of the aircraft nor the 11 crew members was ever found.
Crew (5th OTU):
P/O Thomas Henry Bastable,
P/O Robert Henry Burr,
Sgt Frank Cocksey,
Sgt James Brown Cuthbertson,
F/O Cyril Irwin Mitchell,
Sgt William David Newton Morgans,
Sgt Alan Simpson,
Sgt George Arthur Snelling,
F/Lt Kenneth Edmund Spence,
Sgt Peter Stead,
P/O James Francis Trickey.

The crew was returning to his base in Wick following a maritime patrol flight above the North Atlantic. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with low clouds, high winds and heavy snow falls. The aircraft impacted the slope of a mountain located on Hoy Island. The wreckage was found about 100 feet below the summit. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew (311st Squadron):
W/O Oldrich Bures, pilot,
Sgt Milos Bodlak, copilot,
F/Sgt Otto Mandler, navigator,
F/Sgt Zdenek Launer, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Ivo Karel Englander, wireless operator air gunner,
Sgt Martin Dorniak, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt Antoni Bednar, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt Jaroslav Zapletal, wireless operator and air gunner.

The aircraft was on its way for a bombing mission over Karlsruhe. While overflying Lorraine, the four engine bomber crashed in unclear circumstances in Longuyon, killing all 11 occupants.

Few minutes after take off from Grenier Field AFB in Manchester, en route to Gander, the aircraft went out of control, nosed down and crashed in the Pawtuckaway State Forest in Nottingham, some 16 miles northeast of Manchester. All nine crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpl Robert Hunter Wells,
2nd Lt Paul E. Hackstock,
2nd Lt Wilbur C. Stephensen,
F/O Russell L. Jones,
Cpl Calvin R. Rickenbach,
Cpl Thomas L. McDougall,
Cpl William L. Swarmer Jr.,
Cpl Preston K. Smith,
Cpl Kenneth J. Young.

Upon landing on a waterlogged runway, the aircraft skidded for several yards when the nose gear collapsed. The aircraft went to a halt and was damaged beyond repair. All crew members were evacuated safely.

En route, the engine number two failed while the number three misfired. The captain decided to divert to Stornoway Airport for a safe landing but the crew was unable to lower the gear. The pilot completed a gear up landing and the aircraft skidded for several yards before coming to a halt. While all nine crew members were unhurt, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
W/O L. Moudry, pilot,
F/Sgt L. Volka copilot,
F/Sgt P. S. Arton, navigator,
F/Sgt A. Kasal, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt J. Gregor, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt J. Matejicek, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt R. Soudek wireless operator and air gunner,
W/O Z. Glir, air gunner,
F/Sgt L. Novak, flight enginner.