United States Air Force - USAF (since 1947)

While flying by night, an engine caught fire. The pilot lost control of the aircraft that crashed in flames in a wooded area located 3 miles south of Weimar. All eight crew members were killed.

The crew was completing a local training sortie at Eielson AFB. In flight, the crew lost control of the aircraft that crashed in a field located six miles southweat of the airbase. All 10 occupants were killed.

The crew was performing a local training flight in Greenville-Donaldson Airport. In flight, the crew encountered an unexpected situation and the captain elected to make an emergency landing. The aircraft crashed in flames in a field located three miles south of the airport. The aircraft was partially destroyed by fire and four crew members were killed as three others were injured.

The aircraft suffered a landing accident in Berlin-Tempelhof Airport following an undetermined technical failure. The crew escaped unhurt but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The crew was involved in a SAR mission following the crash of a USAF C-47 on December 9. In unknown circumstances, the B-17 crash landed in an icecap. While the aircraft was damaged beyond repair and abandoned on site, all six crew members were rescued by the crew of a ski equipped C-47 on December 27, 1948.

En route, an engine failure forced the crew to attempt an emergency landing. The aircraft eventually crash landed on the icecap and came to rest. Several attempts to rescue the crew failed, one of them with the crash of a B-17 registered 44-83724. On December 27, the crew of a ski equipped C-47 was able to land and to evacuate all six occupants. The aircraft was abandoned on site.
Source: ASN & Joe Baugher.

Shortly after a night takeoff from Fassberg AFB, while in initial climb, the four engine aircraft stalled and crashed near the airport. All three crew members who taking part to the Berlin Airlift were killed.

While cruising over the Pacific Ocean on a flight from Kadena to Spokane, the crew encountered technical problems and informed ATC he would attempt an emergency landing. The pilot ditched the aircraft about 1,206 miles southwest of Hawaii. SAR operations were conducted and rescuers arrived on site about forty hours later. Thirty-three people were evacuated while four others were killed.

While conducting a reconnaissance mission for a missing B-29 & its crew from the 23rd Reconnaissance Squadron since November 7, 1948, the aircraft suffered multiple failures of its navigation & radio systems and eventually run out of fuel. The captain ditched the aircraft in shallow water off Fais Island, about 250 km northeast of Yap Island. The aircraft sank and was lost while all ten crew members were later rescued by the crew of a Navy Catalina.

The crew was completing a flight from Schleissheim AFB, near Munich, to Fassberg AFB. On final approach in poor visibility due to foggy conditions and night, the aircraft hit trees and crashed in flames. All three crew members were injured while the aircraft was destroyed.