Military

Two minutes after its departure from runway 23 at Lawrenceville-George AFB, while climbing to a height of 400 feet, the aircraft stalled and crashed in a field located two miles from the airbase. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and both crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Hadley R. Edmondson,
1st Lt Donald L. Ferrier.

Went out of control and crashed in unknown circumstances in an isolated area somewhere in China. The wreckage was never found.
Crew:
T/Sgt Francis P. Bufkin Jr.,
F/O Robert M. Fiske,
T/Sgt Bert N. Wright.

Enroute, the heavy bomber hit the slope of Mt Plukkutjonnfjell located in the Snåsa district. The aircraft was destroyed and all 12 crew members were killed.
Crew (492nd BG):
F/O Arthur H. Barbknecht,
2nd Lt Richard A. Bosch,
1st Lt Leon Dibble Jr.,
1st Lt William H. Hudson,
Sgt Gilbert L. Magruder,
Sgt Angelo Santini,
Sgt Fayette Shelledy,
Sgt Jack H. Spyker.
NORSO Group Members:
1st Lt Baine E. Jones,
Cpl Robert N. Anderson,
Sgt Knut J. Falck,
Tec Bernard N. Iversen.

Shortly after takeoff from North Island-Halsey Field NAS, while in initial climb, the crew retracted the flaps when the aircraft stalled and crashed into the Bay of San Diego. All eight crew members were killed.

Crashed on takeoff for unknown reason. There were no casualties.

Shortly after takeoff, while climbing, a technical failure occurred on one engine. The crew decided to bail out and abandoned the aircraft that crashed 24 km southeast of Chabua AFB. While the aircraft was destroyed, both pilots were uninjured.

The aircraft was on a local CFR flight circling the field at approximately 800 feet altitude with gear down. At a point in the traffic pattern 2 miles south of the field, and while turning downward, the B-17 collided with a C-47 (registered 43-48506) which had just taken off on local flight. The B-17 was slightly higher and behind the C-47 as it approached the C-47 from the port quarter astern. The B-17 was seen to make a sudden maneuver to avoid collision but too late to avoid the C-47. The C-47 was hit by the number 4 engine of the B-17 just forward of the tail fairing on the top of the fuselage resulting in complete loss of the tail empennage of the C-47. The C-47 then went into an uncontrolled spin and crashed about 2,5 miles south of the field, resulting in death of the two occupants. The tail unit came down in the same vicinity in a comparatively intact condition with vertical and horizontal control surfaces still in place. The left wing of the C-47 was severely crumpled by the impact. The B-17 was seen to make a violent maneuver to avoid collision but too late to avoid hitting the C-47. The B-17 then evidently stalled cut due to loss of flying speed resulting either from the maneuver to avoid collision or as a result of the impact, or a combination of both. The B-17 was seen to lower the left wing and then plunge straight down without spinning. It crashed into the ground at an estimated angle of 80° from horizontal. The collision occurred at an estimated height of 800 feet above the ground.
Crew in B-17:
Cpt Walter P. Hottenstein,
2nd Lt Joseph Cotterman,
Pvt James C. Shelton,
Pfc Eron J. Windham.

The approach was completed in poor visibility due to foggy conditions when the aircraft hit the slope of a wooded hill located few km from the airport. All 22 occupants were killed.

The four engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in unknown circumstances in a field located in St Ola, southeast of Kirkwall. A crew member was seriously injured while 13 other occupants were killed, among them six members of the Norwegian Special Forces.
Crew:
2nd Lt Charles J. Allessio,
T/Sgt Trygve Berge,
Sgt Eugene J. Graf Jr,
S/Sgt E. E. Kjelness,
Sgt Edward W. Kussman,
S/Sgt William E. Lewis Jr.,
Tec Leif E. Meland,
Tec Gerald Ottersland,
2nd Lt Henry L. Polansky,
Tec Johannas S. Rorvick,
2nd Lt Frederick William Smickle Jr.,
Tec Eddie O. Sondeno,
Sgt William K. Stevens.

Crash landed at Kunming-Wujiaba Airport. There were no casualties.