Crash of a Douglas DC-3 Dakota IV into the Firth of Clyde: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 28, 1945 at 0930 LT
Operator:
Registration:
KN409
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Reykjavik – Prestwick
MSN:
32833/16085
YOM:
1945
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a delivery flight from Canada to UK. On the last leg from Reykjavik to Prestwick, while cruising at an altitude of 4,000 feet east of the Isle of Arran, the crew informed ground that he was approaching Prestwick Airport. One minute later, the aircraft crashed into the Firth of Clyde, about four miles offshore. Some documents were found a day later on a beach but no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew:
F/Lt Hector Roy Hannaford 3.

Crash of a Douglas C-47B Dakota IV into the Atlantic Ocean: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 6, 1945
Operator:
Registration:
KN271
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Narsarsuaq – Reykjavik
MSN:
27205/15760
YOM:
1945
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a delivery flight from the Bluie West One Airport located in Narsarsuaq and Reykjavik, Iceland. Enroute, the twin engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the Atlantic Ocean some 100 km east of Greenland, at coordinates 63°18'00.0"N 38°00'00.0"W. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew:
S/L Z. W. Hirsz, pilot,
P/O D. Washer, copilot,
F/Sgt W. R. Gregory, navigator,
F/Lt H. B. Clarke, wireless operator.

Crash of a Douglas C-47 Dakota IV in Goose Bay: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 3, 1944
Operator:
Registration:
KJ986
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Montreal – Goose Bay
MSN:
14980/26425
YOM:
1944
Country:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a delivery flight from the US to England. On the leg from Montreal-Dorval to Goose Bay, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances on approach to Goose Bay Airport. The wreckage was found 12 miles from the airfield. All four crew members have been killed.
Crew:
F/O Trevor L. Morris,
F/O Archie Whitelaw,
F/O Thomas V. Woods,
R/O D. M. McLaughlin.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-30-DK into the Atlantic Ocean

Date & Time: Aug 14, 1944
Operator:
Registration:
KG784
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
MSN:
14016/25461
YOM:
1944
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route, a dual engine failure forced the crew to ditch the aircraft into the Atlantic Ocean, some 320 km off Natal. The aircraft was lost but the crew fate remains unknown. The crew was on his way to deliver the aircraft.
Probable cause:
Dual engine failure.

Crash of a Martin A-30A-30-MA Baltimore off Dry Tortugas

Date & Time: Mar 2, 1944 at 1558 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
43-8890
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Wilmington - Raleigh - Jacksonville - Nassau
MSN:
7747
YOM:
1943
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Captain / Total flying hours:
1100
Captain / Total hours on type:
60.00
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Wilmington-New Castle County Airport on a delivery flight to Nassau. The crew made two fuel stops in Raleigh and Jacksonville. En route to Nassau, the crew encountered restricted visibility with scattered to broken cumulus with base at 2,000 feet and top at 6,000 feet. The crew deviated from the prescribed route and due to a fuel exhaustion, was forced to ditch the airplane off Dry Tortugas, west of Key West. The crew evacuated the airplane that sank within a minute. The crew was rescued about 15 minutes later by the ship SS Paulsboro. At the time of the accident, the aircraft was still registered 43-8890 and operated by the USAAF as it was supposed to be delivered to the Royal Air Force in Nassau and registered FW733.
Crew:
1st Lt Robert E. Allen, pilot,
Cpl Robert D. Arigoni.
Probable cause:
The aircraft was ditched by the crew due to a fuel exhaustion caused by a pilot error and poor judgment in navigation. At the time of the accident, the directional finding equipment was inoperative and the crew was flying under VMR mode.
Final Report:

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-70-DL off The Bahamas: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jan 14, 1944
Operator:
Registration:
42-100679
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Morrison AFB - Borinquen
MSN:
19142
YOM:
1943
Country:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew was on his way from Morrison AFB (West Palm Beach, Florida) to Borinquen, Porto Rico, as the aircraft should be delivered in Algiers, Algeria. En route, while cruising off The Bahamas Islands, pilot was forced to ditch the aircraft for unknown reason. A crew member was killed while all four others were rescued.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24J Liberator near Penmaenmawr: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jan 7, 1944
Operator:
Registration:
42-99991
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Valley - Watton
MSN:
3139
YOM:
1941
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
8
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew was on its way from the US to RAF Watton, Norfolk, to deliver the aircraft. Due to poor weather conditions, he should postpone the departure for 24 hours and spent a night at RAF Valley (Anglesey Airport), Wales. Few minutes after departure, while cruising to the east, the four engine aircraft went through a cloudy area and was flying too low. It hit the base of the Mt Clip yr Orsedd located south of Penmaenmawr, crashed and burned. Six crew were slightly injured while five others were killed.
Crew:
Adrian J. Schultz, pilot
Arthur W. Davis, copilot, †
Julian S. Erts, radio navigator,
Passengers:
Norman P. Boyer,
Samuel Louis Offutt, †
John E. Tymczak,
Harold Alexander,
William M. Lorenz, †
William G. Nichols, †
Joseph Nieglos,
Nicholas Cennemo, †.

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

Date & Time: Feb 28, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
FL957
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
MSN:
183
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in the US. Crew fate unknown.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24D-CO Liberator III in Canada

Date & Time: Jan 12, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
FK243
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
MSN:
217
YOM:
1941
Country:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in Canada. Aircraft was on its way to Great Britain to be delivered to the Royal Air Force. Crew fate unknown.

Crash of a North American B-25B Mitchell in USA

Date & Time: Jan 12, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
FK178
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
MSN:
3011
YOM:
1940
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in USA. The aircraft was on its way to England to be delivered to the Royal Air Force. Crew fate unknown.