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While cruising in cumulonimbus, the aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a prairie located 32 km southeast of Bago. All five crew members were killed.

The airplane departed Istres AFB on its last leg to RAF Membury. While cruising at an altitude of 20,000 feet, the aircraft went through a low pressure area with clouds and turbulence. Shortly later, the aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Teloché, about 15 km south of Le Mans. All 11 occupants were killed.
Crew:
F/O Victor Albert Bain, pilot,
Sgt Eric Edward Bartlett, wireless operator,
F/O Norman Leslie Brown, navigator,
W/O Joseph Edmund Edwards, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Lt Lancelot Benjamin Albert Elias, navigator,
F/Lt Victor Franck Funnell, pilot,
F/Lt Thomas Knowles, pilot,
F/Lt Arthur William Atkinson Scott, pilot,
F/Lt Harry Raymond Shephard, pilot,
F/Lt James Stephen, navigator,
F/Lt Stephen Maurice Tugwell, pilot.

After touchdown, the aircraft went out of control, veered off runway and came across the apron before colliding with a parked RAF C-47 registered KN575. There were no casualties but both aircraft were destroyed.

The aircraft left Tinian AFB, North Mariana Islands, at 1520LT bound for Kiangwan AFB in Shanghai. On approach, the crew encountered technical problems with the controls and several attempts to land were aborted. Eventually, ground control instructed the crew to fly to the north and to abandon the aircraft but while cruising at 5,000 feet, the Commando went out of control and crashed near Luojingzhen, on the shore of the Yangtze River, about 20 km north of the airbase. All 11 occupants were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Robert L. Austen,
Sgt Irwin C. Bruser,
Sgt Jessey F. Campbell,
Sgt John H. Eckert,
Sgt Jarvis D. Maddux,
Sgt Peter Naberenzy,
S/Sgt Robert M. Rogers,
T/Sgt Delbert D. Shoeman,
1st Lt Robert E. Tambert,
S/Sgt La Dessie W. Tarver,
Sgt Abraham Yablonsky.

The approach to Takoradi was completed in low visibility due to poor weather conditions. On final, the aircraft hit a hut with its undercarriage and few seconds later, on touchdown, the undercarriage collapsed. The aircraft slid on its belly for several yards before coming to rest. There were no casualties but the aircraft was written off.

At liftoff, the left wing dropped. The aircraft crashed and came to rest. All three crew members were rescued.

After touchdown, an engine failed. The aircraft was unable to stop within the remaining distance, overran, lost its undercarriage and came to rest in a ditch. There were no casualties but the aircraft was written off.

Enroute, an engine failed and the crew was forced to feather its propeller. Few minutes later, the second engine failed due to a fuel exhaustion. The crew decided to make an emergency landing. The aircraft belly landed in a field near Vadodara and was written off. There were no casualties.

The crew was performing a flight from Rearsby to RAF Melbourne, Yorkshire. As the aircraft failed to arrive, SAR operations were conducted on a large area but eventually suspended a week later as no trace of the aircraft nor the five crewmen was found. It is believed the aircraft may have crash into the Humber or maybe into the North Sea after encountering electrical problems, causing the failure of the communication (radio) systems.
Crew:
W/O Reginald Arthur Webb,
W/O Kenneth Crabtree,
F/Lt John Ireland,
F/Lt Leonard Jack Lawrence,
S/L Bernard Frederick Perkins.

The crew was performing a flight from RCAF Comox to Greenwood Airfield, Nova Scotia, with an intermediate stop in Winnipeg. While cruising by night and in poor weather conditions, the crew informed ground about his position vertical to Cranbrook at 0428LT. Shortly later, the aircraft hit the slope of Mt Ptolemy (2,813 meters high). The wreckage was reached by rescuers five days later and all seven crew members have been killed.