Crash of a Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax VII in Bolventor: 21 killed

Date & Time: Sep 14, 1945 at 0855 LT
Operator:
Registration:
PN305
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
14
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
21
Circumstances:
The aircraft was on its way from RAF Tarrant Rushton to the Azores Islands with a crew of 7 and 14 passengers on board. While overflying Cornwall, the airplane went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a prairie. All 21 occupants were killed.
Crew (644th Squadron):
F/Sgt Clifford William Akers,
F/O Peter Stafford Briggs,
F/Lt Jeremiah Charles Garnett,
F/Sgt William Mathias,
F/Lt Geoffrey Percival Ormesher,
AC2 Alan Ralph Titford,
F/Lt Gerald Theodore Bailey.
Passengers:
F/O Alan John Reardon,
LAC Leonard Roy Victor Cox,
AC1 Patrick Fitzgibbon,
LAC Cecil Everard Charles Hoborough,
LAC Roy William Nicholls,
Cpl Henry Phillip Mills,
LAC Selwyn Thomas,
LAC Thomas Smith Wallace,
LAC Ernest Raymond Richings,
LAC Stanley Price,
AC2 Dennis Martin,
LAC Edward Joseph Lynott,
LAC Edwin Arthur George Pettifer,
AC2 Robert Owen.
Source:
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?4604-F-S-William-Henry-Mathias-1836211-Died-14-9-45-644-Sqd
Probable cause:
Due to an electrical failure, the dingy inflation valve was activated and the dingy blew up, came out of its wing stowage and fouled the tailplane assembly, restricting the elevators. The pilot lost control and the aircraft dove into the ground. This was almost a repeat of an accident reported earlier.

Crash of a Douglas DC-3 Dakota IV near Tiddim: 8 killed

Date & Time: Sep 12, 1945
Operator:
Registration:
KJ902
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
MSN:
14488/25933
YOM:
1944
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances in a mountainous region located near Tiddim, killing all eight occupants.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-30-DK off Alotau: 19 killed

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1945 at 1015 LT
Operator:
Registration:
A65-56
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Alotau – Dobodura
MSN:
13920/25365
YOM:
1944
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
16
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
19
Aircraft flight hours:
1911
Circumstances:
One minute after takeoff from Alotau Airport, while climbing, the captain informed ground he was encountering bad weather conditions and elected to return. Shortly later, the aircraft went out of control and apparently crashed into the sea off Alotau. Some debris were found a day later but no trace of the 19 occupants. At the time of the accident, weather conditions were unfavorable with turbulence and rain due to the presence of a tropical storm.
Crew (33rd Squadron):
F/Lt Eric Clarence Beer, pilot,
F/Lt John Francis Mulcahy,
F/Sgt Francis Xavier Sullivan.
Passengers:
Sgt Keith Hugh Devenish,
AC1 Albert John Haslam,
Cpl Neil Stuart Mackay,
LAC William Douglas Goldie Stevens,
Cpl Michael Francis Moran,
Sgt Wesley Greg Doran,
F/O William Patrick Reedman,
F/Sgt James Neville Davis,
F/Sgt Kevin Francis Rutherford,
F/Lt William John Gordon,
Cpl Eastall Lochlan Eastall,
LAC Albert Grant Walton,
LAC Percy Badon Healy,
Cook Gordon Liddell,
Lt Noel Thomas Williams,
Spr Keith Smith.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24M-15-CO Liberator near Taitung: 25 killed

Date & Time: Sep 10, 1945
Operator:
Registration:
44-42052
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Naha - Nichols
MSN:
5988
YOM:
1944
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
20
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
25
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a flight from Naha, Okinawa, no the airbase of Nichols, in the suburb of Manila. Enroute, while flying away from a cyclone in marginal weather conditions, the four engine aircraft christened 'Liquidator' hit the slope of a mountain located in the Seaboard Mountain Range, northeast of Taitung, Taiwan. All 25 occupants, among them PoW recently released by the Japanese troops, were killed.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-25-DK off Borinquen

Date & Time: Sep 10, 1945
Operator:
Registration:
42-93731
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
13675
YOM:
1944
Country:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed into the sea some 10 km off Borinquen. There were no casualties but aircraft sank and was lost.

Crash of a Boeing B-29A-45-BN Superfortress in North Field AFB: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1945
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
44-61712
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
11189
Region:
Crew on board:
11
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
For unknown reason, the takeoff roll was aborted. The heavy bomber overran and came to rest in flames. Five crewmen were killed while six others were injured. The aircraft was destroyed by fire.
Crew killed were:
F/O Joseph C. Cochran,
1st Lt George E. Godsey,
1st Lt Joseph A. Little,
1st Lt Charles N. Roberts,
1st Lt Edward W. Williams.

Crash of a Douglas DC-3 Dakota IV in Mewaing: 16 killed

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1945
Operator:
Registration:
KN584
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Yangon – Taungoo – Calcutta
MSN:
16469/33217
YOM:
1945
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
12
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
16
Circumstances:
About an hour after his departure from Yangon Airport, bound for Calcutta via Taungoo, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with heavy rain falls and thunderstorm activity from the monsoon. The aircraft was maybe hit by lightning, went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a wooded and mountainous area located near Mewaing, northeast of Yangon. The wreckage was found few days later and all 16 occupants, four crew, seven army passengers and five Royal Air Force personnel, were killed.

Crash of a Douglas DC-3 Dakota IV in Duyinzeik: 26 killed

Date & Time: Sep 6, 1945 at 0640 LT
Operator:
Registration:
KK118
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hmwabi – Bangkok
MSN:
15126/26571
YOM:
1944
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
23
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
26
Circumstances:
The aircraft left Hmwabi Air base located north of Yangon at 0606LT bound for Bangkok. About 34 minutes later, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances near Duyinzeik, in a zone controlled by the Japanese forces. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all 26 occupants were killed.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-35-DL off The Philippines: 30 killed

Date & Time: Sep 6, 1945
Operator:
Registration:
42-23860
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Tacloban – Nichols
MSN:
9722
YOM:
1943
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
26
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
30
Circumstances:
Lost without trace while conducting a troop transfer from Tacloban to Nichols AFB. The aircraft may have crash into sea somewhere in The Philippines. No trace was ever found.
Crew:
Pfc Manuel S. Alderette,
Cpl John C. Backius,
Pfc Joseph M. Barone,
Cwo George W. Bloomer,
Sgt William B. Campbell,
Tec Paul P. Dunlap,
Pvt James B. Ellis,
Sgt Kingdon G. Ford,
S/Sgt Paul A. Gallick,
Pfc Thomas E . Gehringer,
F/O Robert E. Gennette,
Cpl Richard A. Gess,
Pfc Ernest Huber,
Cpl Broadus F. James,
Tec Edward M. Kelly,
Tec Noel N. Knox,
Pfc Lester M. Kranz,
Pvt Joseph S. Markulis,
Pfc Leo W. Matson,
S/Sgt Robert H. Meyers,
Tec Milton E. Miles,
S/Sgt Carlton K. Nipher,
Pfc Joseph F. Peragine,
Sgt Melvin R. Robinson,
Pfc Grant C. Ruchti,
Cpl Doyle L. Simmons,
Tec Lloyd E. Smith.

Crash of a Douglas DC-3 Dakota IV in Istres: 17 killed

Date & Time: Sep 5, 1945
Operator:
Registration:
KP235
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
16772/33520
YOM:
1945
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
20
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
17
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a mission to the Middle East and the takeoff run was completed by night and poor weather conditions. At liftoff, the aircraft stalled and crashed. All four crew members and 13 passengers were killed while seven others were seriously injured.
Crew (78th Squadron):
F/O Guy Wilberforce Venables,
F/O Arthur Ernest Venables,
F/O John Edward Dickson,
F/Sgt Eric Frank Dean.
Passengers:
Cpl Headley Brightmore Archer,
LAC Robert Bell,
LAC David Briddock,
LAC Walter James Chaimberlain,
Cpl George Eric Coldwell,
LAC Ronald Fulstone Elliott,
LAC Victor Robert Haddock,
LAC Alfred Edgar Hamshere,
LAC George Brice Jones,
LAC John Ivor Morgan,
LAC Ronald Richards,
LAC Edmund Stuart,
Cpl Joseph Hutchinson.