United States of America

Shortly after take off from runway 32 by night, the pilot started a turn to the right when the aircraft hit the ground and crashed. Six crew members were killed while four others were injured.
Crew:
Lt Joseph F. Beach, pilot, †
Lt Albert M. Slingluff, †
A2C James G. Margiotis, †
A3C Arthur Mecalfe, †
Lt Jacob C. Phares, †
William B. Turner, †
William Pinkley Merck,
Robert Lewis Livellara,
Ferdinand Francis Deeley,
William E. Thompson.

While approaching Hondo AAF, Texas, the weather conditions worsened. Pilots were unable to localize the airport and decided to continue to San Antonio. In low visibility with clouds down to 900 feet, the aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground in a near vertical attitude and crashed in a prairie located 8 miles south of Sabinal. All eight occupants were killed. The crew was requesting radio compass assistance from San Antonio Ground Control Center when the loss of control occurred.
Crew:
2nd Lt Robert H. Gordon,
Cpt William F. Herbert,
Avc George B. Kirby,
Avc Walter F. Liszka,
Avc Edward A. Mallroy,
Avc Thomas J. Maroney Jr.,
Sgt Alfred F. Roberts,
2nd Lt Harry H. Womack.

Ensign Johnson was crewman in a Navy PBY-5A that had been running baselines for calibrating new LORAN stations in Alaska. While attempting to enter Unalaska Bay for a landing at Dutch Harbor, during weather conditions of low visibility and rain, the pilot made a landfall in the bay which he did not recognize. Feeling that a turn would probably result in a collision with a mountainside, the pilot elected to land in this bay. After readying the aircraft for a water landing he proceeded to make a normal landing, but was unaware of the height of the ground swells (approximately 5-feet). Immediately after contacting the water, the aircraft nosed into a ground swell and broke apart at the pilot's compartment. The wing broke off and the plane filled with water and sank. ENS Charles E. Johnson was killed, along with two Navy crewmen. The ten others aboard, including the pilot, were injured but survived.

The crew was completing a flight from Fort-Benning-Lawson AFB, Georgia, to Willow Grove NAS, Pennsylvania, where he should take delivery of a glider that must be towed to the Maxton AFB. While approaching Washington DC by night, weather conditions deteriorated and the crew decided to divert to the Barnsville Airport. Due to low visibility, he was unable to localize this airport and followed a holding circuit when the aircraft hit the Mt Locust located less than a mile west of Tamaqua. Two passengers were seriously injured while seven other occupants were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt George A. Blanchard,
Cpt Bernard Cederholm,
2nd Lt George J. Fritsche Jr.,
Pvt Edmund J. Gaydos,
1st Lt Paul A. Gregory Jr.,
T/Sgt Emmett W. Johnson,
Sgt Manuel Lorber.

En route, the pilot was forced to attempt an emergency landing in McAlester for unknown reason. On landing, the single engine aircraft hit a gully and came to rest upside down. All four occupants were injured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
Lt Murry Witherby, pilot.

The seaplane was performing a flight from Port Heiden to Kodiak on behalf of the USCG with one passenger and three crew members on board. Few minutes after take off from Port Heiden, while cruising in poor weather conditions, the aircraft hit the slope of a mountain located northeast of Port Heiden. As the aircraft did not arrive in Kodiak, SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended few days later as no trace was found. The wreckage was found by hikers on August 26, 1987, 44 years later.
Crew:
Ens Harold D. Bennett,
Rmc J. W. Cole,
Amm1 C. W. Bull.

The crew left Adak NAS on a maritime patrol flight over the Bering Sea. En route, the four engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances north of the Atka Island, some 80 miles east of Adak Airfield. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.
Crew:
T/Sgt Paul J. Anderson,
S/Sgt Edgar H. Armstrong,
T/Sgt David W. Cassabaum,
2nd Lt Jerry F. Cerny,
Sgt Robert L. Eldredge,
2nd Lt Ray E. Fernandez,
S/Sgt Robert A. Manchester
S/Sgt George W. Myers,
2nd Lt Kenneth D. Nicol,
S/Sgt John W. O'Brien,
2nd Lt Richard A. Payne.

Shortly after takeoff from Floyd Bennett Field in NY, while in initial climb, the float equipped aircraft stalled and crashed into the Jamaica Bay. The crew who survived was attempting a test flight when the accident occurred in unclear circumstances.

Crashed on take off from Elmendorf AFB, killing both crew members.
Crew:
2nd Lt Robert W. Jones,
2nd Lt Leonard H. Walton.

The aircraft left Mackall AFB early in the evening for a para-drop training mission. While approaching the drop zone at a height of 300 feet, the left engine failed. Due to low height, it was impossible for the paratroopers to leave the cabin so the crew decided to return to the base. On final approach, the aircraft was misaligned and the captain decided to go around and increased power on the right engine. The aircraft continued on a flat attitude and then banked sharply to the left. It hit tree tops, stalled and crashed short of runway. Six occupants were rescued while all 14 others were killed.
The 4 crew members killed were:
2nd Lt Richard A. Christian,
2nd Lt Charles C. Hinson,
Cpt Leroy A. Listug Jr.,
S/Sgt James McGarthy.