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The aircraft was on its way to the US with Army personnel on board. About an hour after departure from Pomigliano Airbase, an engine failed, forcing the crew to ditch the aircraft into the Tyrrhenian Sea. On impact, the aircraft broke in two and sank in 30 seconds. Twelve hours later, twelve people were rescued while 13 others were killed. A body was recovered on the Italian coast over four months later, some 300 miles from the crash site.
Crew:
1st Lt Albert Lazar, pilot,
2nd Lt Joseph M. Johnson, copilot, †
F/O Robert M. Cashman, navigator,
S/Sgt Frank S. Peters, flight engineer,
S/Sgt Bernard C. Doherty, radio operator.
Passengers:
S/Sgt Leslie M. Caraway, †
S/Sgt Hayden N. Hale, †
S/Sgt Nathaniel Hendrix, †
Sgt Lloyd H. Ainsworth,
Sgt Eliga T. Eaton, †
Tec Ernest M. Dumoit,
Tec Woodrow W. Foster,
Tec Paul C. Hartzheim, †
Cpl Norbert J. Andrews, †
Tec Alfred H. Afflerbach, †
Tec Cecil E. Barnes,
Tec Fred P. Carpenter,
Pfc Jeff W. Busby,
Pfc Pedro G. Garcia, †
Pfc John J. Hardy, †
Pfc Howard W. Haskins,
Pvt Manuel V. Barrientez, †
Pvt Woodrow W. Boyles, †
S/Sgt Lewis Fraley,
Tec John L. Porter. †

The airplane departed Miami on a training flight and failed to return from operation. It is believed that it crashed somewhere into the Atlantic Ocean. No trace was ever found. All 17 crew members were killed.

En route, while flying over the North Atlantic, the aircraft disappeared in unknown circumstances. SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended after two weeks as no trace of the aircraft nor the 15 occupants was found. All passengers were US, Canadian and British Officers who were flying back to the UK after taking part to a military conference in Washington DC.

The crew was performing a night training exercise when the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the Pacific Ocean, somewhere off the British Columbia's coast. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.
Crew (6th OTU):
P/O John Charles Eric Bayston,
Sgt Daniel Victor Sorfleet,
Sgt Charles Arthur John Wilton.

While on a maritime patrol flight over the Yellow Sea, the crew encountered engine problems and the captain elected to make an emergency landing. The seaplane hit the water surface and sank about 100 miles off Mokpo. Five crew members were rescued while five others were killed.

Lost without trace in the west part of the Pacific Ocean while performing a flight from Papua New Guinea to Indonesia.
Crew:
2nd Lt Ray F. Cochran,
Cpl Theron S. Hensel,
1st Lt Robert W. McCullough,
2nd Lt Daryl W. Porter,
T/Sgt Oliver Edison Smiley,
Sgt Clifford E. Trainor.

Crashed in unknown circumstances while performing a flight between The Philippines and Indonesia. Probably crashed in the west part of the Pacific. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. The date of May 26 is also mentioned for this mishap.
Crew:
S/Sgt James A. Lyerly,
2nd Lt Thomas J. O'Brien,
2nd Lt Edward Y. Ong,
Sgt William B. Pemberton,
Sgt Ernest Gilbert Radcliff.

Lost without trace into the west part of the Pacific Ocean while on a flight from Tacloban to Sansapor, West Papua.
Crew:
2nd Lt Melvin L. Pruett,
1st Lt Odis B. Torbett,
Sgt John A. Morgan,
Sgt Arnold M. Ross.
Passengers:
M/Sgt Chester E. Adams,
Tec James W. Borren,
S/Sgt Dallas H. Coley,
Tec Kenneth W. True.

Lost without trace while on a mission to Osaka. Probably crashed enroute into the Pacific Ocean. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.

The aircraft was on its way to Brussels with one female passenger from the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (LAC Margaret Mary Walsh) and photographic materials. Enroute, the twin engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into The Channel, about ten miles southeast of Ramsgate. SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the six occupants was found.