Crash of a Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina off Poole: 3 killed

Date & Time:
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-AGDA
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Poole - Poole
MSN:
AH-563
YOM:
1941
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a training flight in the region of Poole. While landing in the Poole harbor, the seaplane christened 'Dog-Able' went out of control and crashed. Three crew members were killed while three others were injured.
Those killed were:
R/O Reginald Martin,
R/O Fred Mitchell,
Mr Loweman, flight engineer.
Source & photo:
http://www.pooleflyingboats.com/archive/Momentum-for-the-Postwar-Era-at-Poole.pdf

Crash of a Supermarine Walrus I off Hobsonville: 1 killed

Date & Time:
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
NZ153
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Hobsonville - Hobsonville
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Shortly after take off from the bay of Hobsonville, while climbing, the aircraft stalled and crashed into the sea few hundred yards off shore. A crew member was killed while both other occupants were injured. The aircraft was lost.
Crew:
P/O Morris Bee, pilot, †
Sgt D. Leslie,
LAC A. Larkman.
Probable cause:
The stall that occurred shortly after rotation was caused by an engine failure.

Crash of a Lockheed PV-1 Ventura into the Puget Sound: 6 killed

Date & Time:
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
29733
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
4886
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The crew was involved in training mission jointly with a Lockheed P-38 Lightning. In unknown circumstances, both aircraft collided and crashed into the Puget Sound, about two miles off Richmond Beach. All seven crew members on both aircraft were killed.

Crash of a Lockheed PV-1 Ventura II off Port Maitland: 4 killed

Date & Time:
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
AJ173
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
4311
Country:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Captain / Total flying hours:
326
Captain / Total hours on type:
81.00
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a training flight off the west coast of Nova Scotia. En route, the twin engine aircraft disappeared and crashed in the Gulf of Maine, off Port Maitland. Some debris were found three days later but no trace of the four occupants.
Crew (34th OTU):
P/O Thomas Anthony Corr, pilot,
P/O Fintan Howard Lalor, navigator,
F/S David Armstrong Cannon, wireless operator and air gunner.
Passenger:
O/S Ronald Herbert Faulkner.
Source:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbpennfi/penn8b3Accident_MishapReports.htm
Probable cause:
No evidence to determiner the cause of the crash.

Crash of a Martin B-26A-1 Marauder off McDill AFB: 5 killed

Date & Time:
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
41-7452
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
McDill - McDill
MSN:
7452
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
While cruising in the vicinity of McDill AFB, on a training sortie, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed into the Tampa Bay. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Allen M. Okell, pilot,
Reginald R. Reynolds,
Lt Roy Albert Skow,
Francis P. Martin 1.

Crash of a Lockheed C-60A LodeStar in South Plains AFB: 3 killed

Date & Time:
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
42-32216
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
South Plains - South Plains
MSN:
2350
YOM:
1943
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a training flight at South Plains AFB. The twin engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in the vicinity of the airbase, killing all three crew members.

Crash of a Douglas C-47 in Fayetteville-Pope

Date & Time:
Operator:
Registration:
42-32871
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
MSN:
09097
YOM:
1943
Crew fatalities:
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crew was performing a training flight in the vicinity of Fayetteville-Pope AFB, North Carolina. While flying in bad weather conditions, crew encountered problems and attempted an emergency landing in a field. Aircraft hit tree tops and crashed in a wooded area. Crew fate unknown.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24D-CO Liberator in Davis Monthan AFB: 8 killed

Date & Time:
Operator:
Registration:
40-2368
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Davis Monthan - Davis Monthan
MSN:
26
YOM:
1940
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances 3 miles south of Davis Monthan AFB. All eight crew members were killed.

Crash of a Martin B-26 Marauder in Del Rio: 4 killed

Date & Time:
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
40-1559
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Del Rio - Del Rio
MSN:
1559
YOM:
1940
Location:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Crew was performing a training flight in the vicinity of Del Rio-Laughlin Field. After touchdown, the aircraft went out of control, veered off runway and collided with another aircraft. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/Sgt Robert Harris Steed,
1st Lt Walter F. Griffin,
2nd Lt Benjamin L. Littlejohn,
S/Sgt John R. McGuire.

Crash of a Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina off Whidbey Island NAS: 4 killed

Date & Time:
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
04475
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Whidbey Island - Whidbey Island
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Water-looped on landing and sunk off Whidbey Island NAS. All four crew members were killed.