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Main article: Luftwaffe, Werke Nummer 1160, 5K+AR, of 7 Staffel, III Gruppe,, is hit by of, that leave both engines dead and the crew wounded while over Kent during a raid to attack airfields in in the. Attempts a wheels-up low-tide landing on the in the, according to records obtained by the, sinking to a depth of 50 feet, coming to rest inverted in the Sands off the coast of. Two of the crew members die on impact, while two others, including the pilot, Feldwebel (Flt. Sgt.) Willi Effmert, are taken prisoner and survive the war.

Hidden and preserved by shifting sands, the discovery of the rare bomber is announced 3 September 2010. The airframe was initially found in 2008 when a fishing boat snagged nets on it.

In March 2011 sonar images are taken by high-tech sonar equipment, undertaken by a (PLA) vessel. High-resolution images appear to show that the Do 17, known as the 'Flying Pencil', suffered only minor damage, to its forward cockpit and observation windows, and propellers, on impact. 'The bomb bay doors were open, suggesting the crew jettisoned their cargo,' said Port of London Authority spokesman Martin Garside. As the only known survivor of the type, and in a remarkable state of preservation, the has launched an appeal to raise funds for the lifting operation of the Dornier 17. In May 2013, the RAF Museum is on site, assembling a special lift to raise the airframe from the seabed, which attempt will probably take place in June. The wings will then be demated from the fuselage and the components moved for chemical stabilization and preservation, a lengthy process expected to cost about a half million pounds. The Ministry of Defence is responsible for the investigation of all military aircraft crash sites in the United Kingdom (including those situated in UK territorial waters) and has only issued a licence for recovery of the Dornier because it is NOT a war grave.

The aircraft's crew of four are all accounted for and no human remains are present in the aircraft. 28 August On 28 August 1940 Mr. Russell-Stracey, a Hawker test pilot, is killed when his Hurricane Mk II, Z2340, suffered engine failure on taking off for its first flight. At this time Hawker Hurricanes were being made by Vickers Armstrong at their factory in Weybridge, built on the site of the Brooklands race track, now a museum. 29 August A, BuNo 0976, c/n 374, '2-MF-16', ditches off the coast of while attempting a landing on, when pilot, Marine 1st Lieutenant, a future general and recipient, has fuel pump issues.

The fighter is rediscovered by a navy submersible in June 1988, and recovered on 5 April 1991. It was restored at the. Main article: 29 September, L9162 and N4876, of (2 OTU RAAF) collide in mid-air becoming locked together. A successful emergency landing was made.

L9162 became a ground instructional airframe, while N4876 was repaired and returned to service. 30 September Two of II./ collide on take-off from, France, killing both pilots. Mid-October A hangar fire aboard, which damages or destroys several, forces postponement of an attack on the at, originally planned to take place on 21 October,, until the night of 11–12 November, now known as the. 18 October First, 40-027, crashes near on eighth flight when only one main landing gear extends. Bell test pilot Bob Stanley bails out at 7,000 feet (2,100 m) rather than try a wheels-up landing, suffering only minor injuries when he lands in a tree. Examination of the wreckage shows that universal joints attached to the torque tubes driving the main gear struts had failed, as had limit switches placed in the retraction mechanism to shut off the electrical motors.

10 November Three die in the crash of A, 37–320, of the, based at,, Kansas, when it strikes a hillside 10 miles S of, Alabama, in a rainstorm and burns. Piloted by Lt. Wilson, assigned at Fort Riley, the other victims are Lt. Avery, of, New York, and Pvt. Catlin, assigned at, Alabama. The flight left at at 1545 hrs. Bound for Maxwell Field.

Poe, who lives two miles from the crash scene, pulled the three bodies from the burning wreckage and called air corps officials at Maxwell field [sic], Ala.' 16 November was lost on 16 November 1940, killing its crew, after being launched at night from the catapult ship Friesenland in. 19 November First, 39–704, caught fire in air over, New York, pilot bailed out.

20 November Prototype, NX19998, c/n 73-3097, first flown 26 October 1940 by test pilot, crashes this date, on its fifth flight. According to P-51 designer, the NA-73 was lost because test pilot Paul Balfour refused, before a high-speed test run, to go through the takeoff and flight test procedure with Schmued while the aircraft was on the ground, claiming 'one airplane was like another.' After making two high speed passes over, he forgot to put the fuel valve on 'reserve' and during third pass ran out of fuel.

Emergency landing in a freshly plowed field caused wheels to dig in, aircraft flipped over, airframe was not rebuilt, the second aircraft being used for subsequent testing. 21 November, L7251, of 209 Sqn, is caught in a gale while moored on, entrance hatches and front turret apparently not properly secured allow water to pour in, flying boat sinks. 6 December, L7255, of 209 Sqn, moored at, is caught in a gale, one wingtip float breaks off, flying boat capsizes, sinks. 13 December Two, of No. 3 Training Command, ex-USAAC As, 93 of which were originally purchased by France but taken up by Great Britain after the Germans overran the continent in November 1940, with 32 transferred to Canada, collide in a blizzard whilst on a search and rescue mission for a third missing Nomad. One airframe, 3521, along with the remains of her crew, is discovered in, near, Ontario, by divers of the in July 2010. 'A subsequent dive by the Royal Canadian Navy's Fleet Diving Unit (Atlantic) in October, 2012 saw the recovery of the two crewmen, RCAF pilot LAC Ted Bates and RAF pilot Flt.Lt.

Pete Campbell, their personal effects, and three.303 machine guns.' On 30 October 2014, recovery of the remarkably intact airframe, although in five major pieces, was begun by the, at, Ontario, where it is anticipated that the rare aircraft will undergo a full restoration. The aircrew received 'a proper military funeral, which their families held in, Ontario,' on 13 September 2013. The crew of the other Nomad involved in this accident, 3512, were Sergeant L. Francis and William J. 'Nomad 3512 and its pilot and co-pilot were located shortly after the crash.' They were looking for Nomad 3503, flown solo by L.A.C.

Clayton Peder Hopton, who is buried at, Saskatchewan. The wreckage of 3503 found in a swamp five miles SE of, Ontario, on 14 December. 16 December The prototype, BuNo 0383, c/n 356, modified from XF4F-2, is lost at under circumstances that suggested that the pilot may have been confused by poor lay-out of fuel valves and flap controls and inadvertently turned the fuel valve to 'off' immediately after takeoff rather than selecting flaps 'up'.

This was the first fatality in the type. 18 December, 36–157, c/n 1981, formerly of the,, transferred to the,,, California, in October 1940, crashed E of, 3.5 miles NNW of, while en route to. Pilot was John H. 'Six officers and men of the army's 93rd bombardment pursuit squadron [ sic], March field [ sic], were killed yesterday when their 22-ton B-17 four-motored bomber crashed and burned at the 6,700-foot snow line of Marion mountain in the. Four bodies were hurled from the giant flying fortress as it plunged into the boulder-strewn, heavily-wooded mountain slope, three miles northeast of Idyllwild, in the.

The victims: First Lieut. Turner, pilot,, formerly of, Iowa. Ward, co-pilot, Riverside, formerly of. Vernon McCauley, navigator, Riverside. Sweet, engineer, Riverside. Jirak, assistant engineer,, Ore. Sessions, radioman,, Ariz.

At 10:45 a.m. Yesterday the plane appeared to encounter mechanical trouble. Ground witnesses at the Idyllwild inn and at, nearby, reported that it circled several times, its engines seemingly missing. Clouds closed in on the bomber at 8,000 feet, and in a few minutes, it roared earthward at full throttle. A rescue party arrived 20 minutes later from Pine Cove to find the plane a mass of red-hot, fused metal. Two bodies were in the smashed fuselage. The 105-foot [ sic] wing had sheared through a big pine tree.

Residents of the two resort towns said they had heard a loud explosion, indicating that the gasoline tanks ignited with the impact. The noise was heard as far as six miles.

The crash occurred approximately 400 yards from the -Idyllwild highway, near the home of Harris Marchant, writer. It was the first accident to one of the new Boeing four-motored bombers since the army air corps adopted them as standard equipment, although the original model smashed up at, Ohio, in 1935. Members of an army board of inquiry said at least two, and possibly three or all of the four motors were cut out at the time of the crash, although there was no apparent indication that any of the occupants had attempted to bail out. They expressed the theory that pilot Turner was attempting to shift gasoline tanks when he ran into a cloud bank that concealed the side of the mountain. Fliers in the squadron described the wrecked bomber as a ship which had caused difficulty in stalled motors twice in flights when it was stationed at, Virginia.

Lieutenant Turner was an army air corps reseve veteran of six years experience and was on a practice flight with the B-17. March field [ sic] operates 36 of these bombers.

With a full load, they can climb to 30,000 feet. Lieutenant Turner is survived by his widow, Kathryn, Riverside, and his father, J. Turner, Corning, Iowa. He was the nephew of former Iowa Gov.. Co-Pilot Ward leaves a widow in Riverside and a father, E.

Ward, West Los Angeles. Navigator McCauley leaves his widow, Mrs.

Virginia McCauley, Riverside. Sweet's widow, Mrs. Sweet, lives in Riverside.

Jirak's father, Frank J. Jirak, lives in Salem, Ore., and Session's mother lives in Bisbee, Ariz.' 19 December, RCAF 2722, c/n 65-2455, on a delivery flight to, Canada, flown by North American Aviation ferry pilot Clyde L. 'Bud' Hussey, 30, goes missing near, California, on the, out of a flight of four aircraft, between, California, and, Nevada. After departing Palmdale at 0730 hrs., the flight encounters clouds and fog east of, and after clearing, the other pilots notice that Hussey is no longer in the formation.

When he fails to arrive at Las Vegas, he is posted as missing. An extensive search for the yellow-painted aircraft turns up nothing until 16 January 1942, when cowboy Pat Frank, rounding up cattle for the Williams Ranch, discovers the wreckage in the.

Apparently, the pilot had followed the wrong road and flew into rising ground of 'the cloud-obscured east flank of the rugged.' 31 December A bomber, N2980, R for Robert, of No. 20 OTU, out of, suffers starboard engine failure at 8,000 feet in a snow storm while on a training flight over, Scotland. Pilot, Squadron Leader Marlwood-Elton orders crew of six trainee navigators and the tail gunner to bail-out, all escaping safely save the gunner whose chute fails to open.

Marlwood-Elton and P/O Slatter (also reported as Slater) then notice a body of water and they successfully ditch in the northern basin of near the, both escaping before the airframe sinks. Discovered by in 1976, the rare Wellington is raised on 21 September 1985, and restored at where she was built. Now on display at the, it is one of only two known intact Wellingtons. 1941 [ ] 1941 Sole, 37–378, modified from a Kellett YG-1C autogiro, is destroyed in ground test by rotor-ground resonance problem – never flew. Funding transferred to. 5 January Renowned aviator takes off from an overnight stopover at near in V3540 on an (ATA) delivery flight from, Scotland to, in.

In bad weather Johnson becomes lost and was next seen more than three hours later over the. Johnson parachuted into the water, where the barrage balloon tender Hazlemere, spotting her descent, hurries to pick her up. By the time the vessel reaches Johnson she is exhausted and unable to grab the line thrown to her. An officer from the tender, Lt.Cmdr.

Walter Fletcher, dives into the sea to help, but numbed by the cold Johnson sinks beneath the surface. Johnson's body is never recovered.

Fletcher succumbs to the cold and also dies. Johnson had made headlines in 1930 when she had become the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia. 7 January flying boat, L7262, of 209 Sqn is lost when pilot Flt. Spotswood is unable to take off near, Scotland. After a long take off run, the hull strikes a floating obstacle and rapidly takes on water, sinks.

Two crew are trapped and drown. 16 January, 37-523, of the,, departs, Washington, at 1020 hrs., on a training flight to the in the of California, with seven on board. When it fails to make a scheduled stop at,, California, concern was raised that it was down, somewhere north of the California state line. 'The most definite report came tonight [17 January] from B. Oyster, employment and personnel manager of the, who came personally to McChord field to relate the story. Oyster said a timber crew foreman reported that a big plane appeared directly over the heads of a startled logging crew, in the area, out of a cloud bank and barely skimmed the tops of 200-foot high trees.' Before they could recover from their surprise or definitely identify the plane, it disappeared into another cloud bank.

'Oyster informed officers that the Toutle river forks near the point, and continued flight up either bank would have meant disaster at the level at which the plane was last seen, flying southward. One fork leads towards, a 9,000 foot peak, and the other ends in a deep ravine.' Hindered by bad weather and poor visibility, the air search is suspended after two weeks, until spring. Finally, on 3 February, two civilians notify the Army that they have discovered the wrecked bomber just below the summit of Deschutes Peak (elevation 4,322 feet), in the, ~eight miles NW of, Washington. 'Harry Studhalter, 28, and Tom Harper, 39, woodsmen, said they sighted the wreckage on the 'little Rockies lookout' near Huckleberry mountain, in the foothills of, through binoculars.' The wreck site is reached and bodies recovered on 4 February.

A flight chronometer indicates that the crash occurred at 1051 hrs. Killed are 1st Lt. Krummes, 27,, Idaho, pilot; 2d Lt.

Charles Thomas Nielson, 22,, Wisconsin, co-pilot; 2d Lt. Geis, 27,, Washington, navigator; Sgt. Maas, 25,, Illinois, bombardier; Sgt. Neitling, 28,, Oregon, radio operator; T/Sgt. Davis, 30,, Washington, flight engineer; and 1st Lt.

Think Cell Licence Keygens. Mackay, 27, Nebraska, passenger. 29 January, BuNo 1407, accepted 4 October 1940, to,, 14 October 1940; to, assigned to the, 15 October 1940, '2-F-2'; is lost prior to embarkation when a squadron pilot engaged in dive-bombing practice out of, H.I., loses both ailerons during 6G pull-out from what was claimed to be a 400 mph (643 km/h) 45-degree angle dive. With little control remaining, pilot successfully bails out. SOC 31 January 1941 with 132 hours on airframe. Post-January Prototype, also known as Samolet 103 (aircraft 103), first of what became the, crashes after uncontrollable fire in problematic starboard engine.

Pilot Mikhail A. Nyutikov and observer A. Akopyan bail out, but Akopyan's parachute lines entangle in tail structure and he is killed.

4 February prototype, P1360, written off in crash landing on test flight out of when six-foot square panel is lost from port wing surface. John Hayhurst bails out successfully, but flight test engineer Norman Sharp's entangles with tail structure and he releases his chute just before touchdown on a flat ridge on top of a quarry SE of,, landing at ~150 mph (240 km/h; 130 kn) in snow and bushes, surviving with serious injuries.

Pilot Brian Huxtable survives crash landing. 5 February V1 crashes when right rotor pylon breaks off in flight. Test pilot Carl Bode (25 February 1911 – 16 November 2002) successfully parachutes from the stricken helicopter (quite possibly the first helicopter parachute attempt ever), but passenger Dr. Heinz Baer is killed in the crash. 6 February, 38–216, c/n 2009, crashes near while en route to, Ohio, killing all eight on board. Had shared the 1939 for the flight from, Virginia via Panama and Lima, Peru at the request of the American Red Cross, for delivering urgently needed vaccines and other medical supplies in areas of Chile devastated by an earthquake. General Order Number 10, dated 3 March 1943, announces that the advanced flying school being constructed near is to be named in honor of the Hoosier native.

Ref The World War II Heritage of Ladd Field, CEMML, Colorado State University- Chapter 4.0 Cold Weather Test – page 22; 'One of the B-17s was lost in a February crash that took the lives of the eight men on board. They had been en route to Wright Field via Sacramento, carrying records and reports of the station. The loss of this crew weighed heavily on the small contingent at Ladd who were weathering the first winter of operations. Roads on Ladd Field were later named for the some of these crew members: Freeman, Ketcham, Whidden, Trainer, Gilreath, Davies, and Applegate.'

Lost aboard 38–216 was Captain Richard S. Freeman of Indiana, 1Lt.

Ketcham (Home of Record Unknown), Sergeant Everett R. Crabb of Harrisburg, Illinois, Sergeant Joseph Pierce Davies, Jr. Of Ohio, Technical Sergeant E.H.

Gilreath of Virginia, Sergeant Elmer S. Trainer of California, and Sergeant Frank C. Whidden of Florida.

8 February Prototype, BuNo 1758, suffers engine failure just prior to landing at, and fuselage is heavily damaged. Main article: 3 May Three, Z7513, Z7610, and T2252, of, detached to support Allied ground forces garrisoning the at in, become lost while on a familiarisation flight and land in the. They are not found until 11 May by which time only one of twelve crew survive. Z7610 and T2252 are flown out in May but damaged Z7513 is abandoned in place.

6 May ', May 7 () - Rudolph Erlichman, [sic] widely known and Tacoma investment broker, was killed in an airplane accident in the, former business associates said here today. Details of the accident were not disclosed, but it was understood that Ehrlichman, former partner of the firm Drumheller, Ehrlichman & White, was one of eight flyers that lost their lives in an accident near,.' , N7346, c/n B14L-1742, diverted to RCAF and serialled 761, of a detachment from, departs,, at either ~1500 hrs., or 1742 hrs., on a ferry flight to,, with four crew and four passengers aboard. On lift off one or both engines sputter and backfire and the aircraft sinks, but then the engines surge and the Hudson rises to 100 feet whereupon a left bank, characteristic of a, develops and deepens, the plane sinks, drags the port wing tip, and cartwheels into a fiercely burning inverted pile of wreckage. The Board of Inquiry cites four causes: (i) the aircraft was overloaded (ii) the load was incorrectly distributed (iii) partial failure of starboard engine (iv) misuse of controls by pilot. Crew victims were: Flt. Joseph Hyacinthe Ulysses 'Hughie' Leblanc, a pre-war RCAF pilot, Flt.

Sgt William Freeborne Colville, Navigator, and two Wireless Air Gunners, Sgts. Harold Fulford Taylor and Monty Holt Brothers.

Two passengers were Flt. Rudolph Irwin Ehrlichman, and Cpl. Charles Frederick Else. Period records do not identify the third passenger, an airman from No.

1 Group, who hitched a last minute ride. This was the first, and, as it came to pass, the most serious fatal RCAF crash at Torbay. 7 May ', Que., May 7 () - The ferry command announced today that three men were killed in the crash of a plane making a forced landing at, Que. The dead were listed as Leon Segal,, captain of the bomber, Pilot Officer James Watson,, of, navigator, Martino M. Paggi, Los Angeles, radio operator.' 20 May ', May 23 () - announced today that at least six British cadets were killed when their planes crashed in a storm Wednesday night, and that a seventh plane and its pilot were missing.' Holman,, Minnesota, dies in hospital on 24 May of burns sustained during the forced landing of, 41-7554, c/n 222-5681, from, California, after engine failure, near, 16 miles W of, Kentucky, this date.

23 May, 40-2173, c/n 62-2842, of the,,, Washington, crashes, explodes and burns at the base during a routine flight, killing five crew. The Army Air Force said that this was the sixth bomber crash in the Pacific Northwest for the month of May, with a death toll of 30. Eugene Wall, (listed as Eugene Nall in some records), Alabama; 1st Lt. Daly,, Washington; M/Sgt. Shephiard, 56,, Montana; Cpl. Murdock, 19,, Texas; and PFC Walter F.

Rudesill, 20,, Arkansas. 24 May, 42-22249, c/n 1273, ex- NC21770,, Trans-Atlantic Sector,, Washington, D.C., crashes in swamp one mile NE of Howe Brook Mountain, NW of, during 'routine' flight out of, after possible disorientation in poor visibility, killing all six aboard. Accident is first reported by forestry lookout station observer Alex Bouher. A detail of men under Maj. Lodge is dispatched to search the wooded area. KWF are 1st Lt. Fransiscus; Lt.

Gimbel, New York City; 1st Lt. Herback; S/Sgt. Frederick Taylor; 2d Lt. Wilkinson; and Lt. SOC 1 June 1942.

This airframe was one of eleven civilian impressed 14 March 1942 by the (USAAF), with standard six-passenger interior. Surviving examples redesignated UC-40D in January 1943. The board of inquiry was unable to determine a cause, but listed weather and pilot inexperience under instrument conditions as factors. Col Gimbel, 'who resided with his wife and two children at 163 East Seventy-eighth Street, New York City, was once an executive of the and stores. A graduate of, he entered the about six months ago and later transferred to the. He was a son of the late Louis S. Gimbel and a cousin of Bernard F.

Gimbel, President of ' 24 May Two, 41-13793 and 41-13798, of the, (redesignated from the 62d Pursuit Squadron / 56th Pursuit Group on 15 May 1942), out of, collide at 12,000 feet on Sunday afternoon over, New Jersey, and plunge into the residential community of, six miles west of the. Both pilots bail out and no one on the ground is badly hurt. 'One plane sheared off the back of a garage and burst into flames; the other buried itself nose first in a dirt street in an exclusive area a mile away, in full view of wide-eyed residents.' Brown,, Kentucky, flying 13798, lands in a swamp, while Lt. Louis Bowen, (or Lewis Bowen), Illinois, late of 13793, arrives on the front lawn of a home near, suffering only cuts on the right leg.

Falling wreckage damages a few homes. 30 May Pilot Officer Albert Hoffman, RCAF,, Washington, is killed in, AM737, of No. 31 OTU, while attempting a single-engine landing at, Nova Scotia at 1415 hrs.

'He had to go around again to avoid an aircraft on the runway, the Hudson went out of control and crashed into some woods at the aerodrome boundary at Debert.' The other members of the crew were: Sgt.

William Divers Earl, Observer, and Sgt. Arthur Charles Norris, Wireless Air Gunner. Both were seriously injured. Hudson AM737 to No. 4 Repair Depot for write off on 3 June 1942. Hoffman's body was accompanied to Ritzville by Captain T.

Howland, flight commander, Camp Debert, and the 9 June funeral was overflown by a formation of aircraft. 30 May officers today announced the death of 2d Lt.

Trick, in a fighter crash on the reservation. He was flying, 41-2036, of the headquarters squadron,, when he suffered engine failure on takeoff. 31 May ', Colombia, June 1. () - Three United States air corps flyers and a Colombia air force officer were killed when their reconnaissance plane crashed yesterday in a gorge about 10 miles south of here. The American dead are: Major John P. Steward and Staff Sergeants Carlyle Lewis and Thomas H.

The Colombia officer was Major Felix Quinones, The flyers were making the last flight on a photographic mission for the Colombian government from their base. The cause of the crash was not determined and an investigation is being made.' 1 June, BuNo 04439, of, returning to after a night patrol, strikes mountains east of, California, between 2200 and 0000 hrs., killing seven of eight crew. Sole survivor, Ensign C. Apitz, 22, of, Minnesota, badly burned, cut, bruised, and in shock, walks eight to ten miles, reaching Half Moon Bay at 0400 hrs. Taken to in, Apitz could not say how he got clear but recalled watching the bomber burn. Amongst the dead was Seaman Kenneth Wayne Simmons, mother, Mrs.

1,, Washington. 3 June, Arizona, suffers its first fatal accident in the six months it has been open as an advanced training base when, 41-5867, of the 333d School Squadron, crashes five miles NE of the base, apparently flown into the ground, killing John Clifford Eustice, 23, of, Utah, and Irving C. Frank, 24, of, New York.

The Akutan Zero is inspected by US Navy personnel on on 11 July 1942. 3 June The – During a Japanese raid on, eastern, Alaska, the, 4593, 'D1-108', flown by Flying Petty Officer 1st Class Tadayoshi Koga (10 September 1922 – 3 June 1942) takes hit to oil line in a brush with a. Pilot realizes he cannot make return flight to carrier Ryujo so he attempts emergency landing on what appears to be grassy terrain on but turns out to be soft muskeg, fighter overturning as makes contact, pilot killed by a broken neck. Attempt by Japanese submarine crew to rescue pilot is unsuccessful. Search team discovers nearly undamaged Zero with dead pilot still under the canopy, retrieves it and in August 1942 ships it to the Assembly and Repair Department at,, California for repair and evaluation, the second intact example to fall into American hands.

Airframe had been built by Mitsubishi at Nagoya in February 1942. The Navy releases photos of the aircraft both under repair and in flight at San Diego on 15 October 1942. 4 June ', Calif., June 5, () - Fourteen army flyers died in the crash of a heavy bomber near here last night, the army said today. Flames consumed the wreckage when the plane hit a hilltop as the pilot circled for an emergency landing. The plane developed trouble soon after a takeoff and radioed nearby to clear a runway.

The pilot circled toward the field. The big ship lost altitude and then dived into a hillside on the Herzog ranch, three miles northwest of Hamilton field. As it crashed great flames swept through the wreckage. Not a man escaped.' , AL601, was destroyed. 4 June Pilot Dale Eugene Anderson escapes injury when he force lands, 39-289, of the,, out of,, Washington, ~three miles N of, coming down about 40 feet off of the Pacific highway just S of city center. 'The plane passed over the tops of several automobiles on the busy highway.

One driver, Charlie Mael, news stand operator at, said the plane just missed his automobile, struck a ditch adjoining the highway and came to a stop a few feet from the road. Witnesses said the pilot walked away from the burning plane.' Post-4 June Second prototype, Z1827, first flown 4 June 1942, of the (A&AEE),, is lost shortly thereafter in a crash that kills chief test-pilot Flt. Chris Staniland. Investigation of wreckage reveals few clues, and loss is initially attributed to failure of the tailplane following failure of the fabric-covered elevators. Later, it is suspected that the cockpit hood detached in flight and lodged itself in the tailplane, disabling the elevators. 6 June Several barrage balloons break free of their moorings in the area near, and soar over parts of northwest Washington and, British Columbia, the dragging cables shorting out power lines, damaging houses, and knocking all but one radio station in Vancouver off the air.

The army was working to trace those balloons not already found, and police in Vancouver captured one. 7 June Major General, (21 November 1887 – 7 June 1942), of 1/8 heritage, leads an attack against units during the, but is shot down. His,, of the,,, is seen to go down, taking him, and eight other crew, to their deaths.

Tinker was the first American general to die in World War II; his body was never recovered. He received the in 1931 and, posthumously, the.

In, is named in his honor on 14 October 1942. Along with Major General Tinker (of Oklahoma), the following named Airmen were also lost: 2Lt. Gurley of North Carolina, Major Coleman Hinton of Florida, 1Lt. Holton, Jr., of North Carolina, Master Sergeant Franz Moeller of Alabama, Sergeant Thomas E. Ross of New York, Major Raymond Paul Salzarulo of Indiana, Staff Sergeant George D. Scheid of Utah, Sergeant Aaron D.

Shank of Maryland, Technical Sergeant James H. Turk, Jr., of Texas, and Sergeant William J. Wagner of New York. 7 June -built, V9977, crashed on a test flight from carrying a secret system at 16:30 hrs at,, killing the crew and several personnel on board, including, pioneer of television and.

Blumlein, together with Cecil Browne and Frank Blythen, all from EMI, were attached to the (TRE) at the time of the accident. Also killed was Geoffrey Hensby of TRE. While flying at 500 ft (150 m) a fire starts in the starboard outer engine. Unable to extinguish it and by then too low for a parachute escape, while attempting to reach an open area to put down the fire burns through the outer at low altitude causing the outer wing to fold and detach, whereupon the aircraft rolls almost inverted and impacts the ground. The aircraft's highly secret is recovered the next day by a TRE team from RAF Defford led. An investigation into the cause of the fire by concludes that an insufficiently tightened during maintenance caused the inlet valve to drop, where it was hit by the rising piston and broken off at the stem, allowing burning fuel to enter the whereupon it quickly spread.

V9977 was one of only two Halifaxes fitted with H2S, the other being the Handley Page-built Mk II, R9490, used for trials of a -based version of the system, developed for security reasons due to the difficulty of self-destructing a magnetron should its carrying aircraft come down over enemy territory. The crash of V9977 wiped out almost the entire H2S development team, delaying its introduction to the extent that has to be informed.

The V9977, which crashed killing and several other key British radar technicians 7 June 1942. 8 June prototype, G-1, purchased 23 September 1935, in constant use until it is lost in a mid-air collision on this date with L-2. The two blimps were conducting experimental visual and photographic observations during a night flight off of. Although twelve people were killed in the crash (one survivor), the G-1 had demonstrated her capabilities as a trainer and utility blimp. As the Navy needed additional training airships during the World War II war time build up, a contract was awarded on 24 December 1942 for seven more G-class airships. These were assigned the designation 'Goodyear ZNN-G'.

(Z = lighter-than-air; N = non-rigid; N = trainer; G = type/class). The envelope size of these new G-class blimps was increased over that of the G-1 by 13,700 cubic feet (390 m 3). 8 June ', Ga., June 8. () - Three army flyers were killed today when bombs from their own plane smashed the ship during bombing practice over the Fort Benning reservation. Lieutenant Russell J.

Hammargren said an army bomber from was demolished in the air when a bomb struck another that had just left the plane. He identified the dead as Captain Morris Pelham of, Ala.; Lieutenant Raymond Manley,, and Corporal Ray Roland,, Iowa. Hammargren said the bombing planes usually dropped practice bombs in a salvo but that the plane involved in today's accident apparently was dropping the missiles one by one.' , 40-163, of the, was actually flying from,, Georgia, when it was destroyed by the premature bomb explosion near. 13 June The army announces on 14 June the death of Private Alexander Evan Campbell, 23, of, Virginia, in the late day crash of, 42-8724, on, near, California. Campbell was born at, Idaho.

13 June, 41-2086, of the,,, Washington, experiences engine failure on takeoff from, strikes, and burns in the street. Firemen and hospital staff brave flames and exploding.50 caliber ammunition to pull pilot Ralph M. From the cockpit. Several firemen are treated for burns and Deputy Sheriff Ed Stearns is knocked to the pavement by an exploding shell fragment. Robert Hennesy, a military policeman, is also hospitalized after being thrown to the pavement when he contacts a power line broken by the falling plane. Stearns said that he had never seen such bravery as that of the firemen and Dr.

Reed Ingham in saving the pilot, with 'shells exploding all over the place.' Edwards succumbed to his burns in hospital shortly after 1300 hrs. 13 June Second Lieutenant Roy D. Stone Jr.,, California, is killed in, 41-2078, of the,,,, Washington, when he force lands after engine failure at, crashes and burns five miles SW of, and 15 miles SW of.

13 June, BuNo 04490, of, crashes on takeoff at, Alaska, killing one crew. Underwing torpedo drops and runs but misses a ship and explodes between the docks. 15 June ', Alta., June 15, () - Two Canadian bombers [sic] collided in the air northeast of today, killing an undetermined number of Canadian air force flyers. The planes were in a formation.' , 6528, and AX166, of No. 7 Service Flying Training School,, collide at 0900 hrs.

While practice formation flying, four miles N of Granum relief field. Olsen (or Olson?) killed in 6528, ex- W2218, which is scrapped by No. 10 Repair Depot, struck off and reduced to spares and produce 12 March 1943. LAC Alexander John McLaren, 21, dies in AX166, scrapped by No. 10 Repair Depot, struck off on 27 November 1942. 15 June Following engine failure, 2nd Lt.

Mitchell, 23, of, intentionally banks away from a hangar occupied by some 200 men in the noon hour in his, 40-783, of the, dragging a wingtip at, south of, resulting in a fatal wrecking of his fighter but saving all those who he might have hit. Only a crew chief is killed besides the pilot when he deliberately crashed his plane. 16 June Following return to, Hawaii, after the, the air group undergoes reassignments and training. On this date, flying, BuNo 03283, 'Ensign Carl Pieffer of was scheduled for a regular training flight, including a visit to across the island. The start of his take-off run across the mat at looked normal but before he could gain flying speed he inexplicably lost directional control. The SBD swerved violently left, then right, and as the crash sirens began to howl, tore off its entire tail section on a parked crane, became briefly airborne, skimmed across the perimeter road barely clearing a loaded station bus and crashed flaming, to a stop a hundred feet away. Neither Carl nor his rear-seatman made any move to escape the burning wreck and the busload of startled sailors ran to pull them out.'

The gasoline-fed fire then ignited the 500-pound bomb carried by the dive bomber, killing both crew, five would-be rescuers, and injuring 17 more, some critically. Joe Baugher lists the Dauntless as assigned to. Is killed when, during a routine gunnery dive over, a wing tears off of, BuNo 5184, of, at 5,000 feet. Rich had shot down a Japanese torpedo plane at the. He was awarded the posthumously for his 'capable and aggressive leadership' in the Midway battle, which enabled his attack group to 'maintain continuous flight over enemy naval units, thereby assuring our an unmolested approach.' Navy have been named for him. 19 June Cadet Leon C.

Harer, 21,, Washington, departs,, Texas, at 0020 hrs. In, 36-120, c/n 19-77, of the 47th School Squadron, on a night navigation flight to,,, and, and is missing when its fuel limits are reached. A pre-dawn search is launched, involving 18 aircraft along the cadet's projected course, and expanded at dawn to 150 miles in all directions. The cadet is the son of Lt. Harer, Infantry.

Wreckage is found two to four miles E of Seguin on 20 June. 28 June, 41-23260, c/n 414-6025, allocated to the RAF as BW398 but not taken up; reallocated to the Chinese Air Force on 30 March 1942; on this date departs, Ohio, for delivery to, Florida, but crashes in a hayfield at, Ohio, ~25 miles S of, killing all four crew. John Van Cleve, of the Patterson Field public relations office, said the victims were from, Colorado, and had been here for temporary training.

The dead were identified as: 2d Lt. Van Zandt, pilot; 2d Lt. Oehmman Jr., copilot; T/Sgt. Elder, and S/Sgt. 30 June The, BuNo 9995, hits a submerged log upon landing.

Among its passengers was who suffered minor injuries. One member of the flight crew, Lieutenant Thomas M. Roscoe, died.

The XPBS-1 sank and was lost. 1 July Ex-, DST-217, c/n 1976, NC18144, requisitioned by the USAAF on 8 June 1942 as C-49E, 42-56093, assigned to the,, crashes into a hillside this date at mountainous, in southern West Virginia, killing all 21 aboard. This was the date that the 62d TCG was reassigned from, Michigan, to, South Carolina, and the C-49E was en route to the base. Pilot Walter R. Faught had attempted several landing approaches at and on the last had slammed into the runway with enough force to damage wings and control surfaces.

Rather than land and check the airframe, he elects to continue onto Florence, amidst turbulent weather. The transport was sighted about noon at low altitude over, ~five miles from Premier, and witnesses reported that it shed a wing at 500 feet as it came down, which may have been the elevators. Wreckage burns for two hours, but recovery of victims begins even before fire is out. Bodies of 19 passengers and two crew recovered.

1 July, AL527, of the,, flown by 1st Lt. Murphy departs, California, strikes the top of a low knoll two miles W of the field, and is destroyed in two explosions that initial reports describe as bombs going off. Officials said that this was a training flight, however, and that no bombs were loaded. Nine crew die.

Main article: 18 October, T2564, 'KX-T', of,,, based at, Wales, crashes at 16:08 near while on approach to, England, killing all 15 on board and six on the ground (including four children). 21 October, 40-3089, of the /, with Captain, America's top-scoring World War I ace (26 kills), aboard on a secret mission, is lost at sea in the central Pacific Ocean when the bomber goes off-course. After 24 days afloat, Rickenbackker and surviving crew are rescued by the after having been given up for lost and discovered by a crew. Main article: 23 October Mid-air collision at 9,000 feet (2,700 m) altitude between, NC16017, ' Flagship Connecticut', flying out of (now ) en route to and New York City, and bomber, 41-38116, on a ferry flight from to. Pilot of B-34, Lt. Wilson and copilot Staff Sergeant Robert Leicht, were able to make emergency landing at Palm Springs, but DC-3, carrying nine passengers and a crew of three, its tail splintered and its rudder shorn off by B-34's right engine, went into a flat spin, clipped a rocky ledge in below, and exploded in desert, killing all on board.

Among the passengers killed was -winning composer, 41, who had written or collaborated on such hit songs as 'Louise', ' (comedian 's theme song), ', ', ' and ', which entertainer adopted as his signature song. Initial report by Ventura crew was that they had lost sight of the airliner due to smoke from a forest fire, but closed-door Congressional investigation revealed that bomber pilot knew the first officer on the DC-3, Louis Frederick Reppert, and had attempted to wave to him in mid-air rendezvous.

However, Wilson misjudged the distance between the two aircraft and triggered the fatal collision when, in pulling his B-34 up and away from the DC-3, its right propeller sliced through the airliner's tail. The (CAB) placed the blame directly on the 'reckless and irresponsible conduct of Lieutenant William N. Wilson in deliberately maneuvering a bomber in dangerous proximity to an airliner in an unjustifiable attempt to attract the attention of the first officer (copilot) of the latter plane.'

Wilson subsequently faced manslaughter charges by the U.S. Army but about a month after the accident a court martial trial board acquitted him of blame. In a separate legal development, a lawsuit seeking $227,637 was filed against American Airlines on behalf of crash victim 's wife, Elizabeth, who was left widowed with three small children. In June 1943 a jury awarded her $77,637. The Ventura, repaired, and eventually modified to a RB-34A-4 target-tug, would crash at Wolf Hill near after engine failure on 5 August 1943, killing all three crew. Late October Second prototype V2, PC+UB, first flown 1 October 1942, is damaged when pilot strikes ground vehicle with starboard wing during flight preparations, due to restricted visibility from cockpit in tail-dragger configuration of early 262s.

Aircraft repaired. 2 November A, 40-2047, c/n 2117, breaks apart in the air near,, while en route to for an overhaul of the number 3 (starboard inner) engine. Pilot 1st Lieutenant Leo M. Walker dies, but the other eight crew members survive. 6 November, 42-97044, former civilian, ex- NC1051, built for the, delivered 6 May 1938 and impressed by the in November 1942, used as VIP ferry aircraft, 427th Air Base Squadron,, force-lands in the southern with engine failure: written off. 18 November In a typical wartime training accident, a, 41-21079, c/n 1094, of the 341st School Squadron, crashes in the (one source says ) in California's.

The four-member training flight left in, and was never heard from again. On 24 September 1947, a hiker discovered wreckage of the plane on a glacier in Kings Canyon. On 16 October 2005, a climber on the Mendel Glacier discovered a body believed to be one of the crew members. He was later identified as Leo M. Mustonen, 22, of. The others were John M. Mortenson, 25, of; William R.

Gamber, 23, of; and Ernest G. A second body was found under receding snow in 2007 and was identified Ernest G. 19/20 November Two British gliders on a top-secret mission () to destroy the chemical plant in Norway, which at the time was developing heavy water (deuterium oxide) for Hitler's Atomic bomb, crashed in Norway, killing eleven men outright, with the survivors being captured and executed soon after the crash under direct orders from Hitler. 27 November, 35–179, of the, piloted by Gordon H. Fleisch, lands downwind at,, runs out of runway, overturns.

Written off, it is abandoned in place. More than twenty years later it is discovered by the with trees growing through its wings, and in 1967 it is rescued and hauled to. Restoration turns out to beyond the organization's capability, and in September 1970 it is traded to the for a flyable.

The (then) Air Force Museum has it restored at and places it on display in 1974, the sole survivor of the 91 O-46s built. Post-November V2, high-altitude reconnaissance and bomber design, first flown in November 1942, is lost on its seventh flight due to an engine fire. Replaced in testing by the V3. Type is never accepted for production.

26 December 'Second Lt. Perchal, 23 years old, son of Mr. Edward Perchal, 3460 North Laramie avenue, is one of eight men aboard an missing since last Saturday night on a flight from, near, La., to its at, S.

B-25C Mitchell, 41-12630, of the,, from, piloted by Fred M. Hampton, crashes in Lafourche Swamp, Louisiana. 28 December, 41-18101, of the,,,,, Florida, piloted by William A. Booth, with six on board, departs for, Texas, and vanishes over the. Aboard as passengers are Third Officer Eleanor C. Nate, 36, 631 Central Avenue,, Illinois, and her husband, Maj. 'Third Officer Nate, who is a recruiting officer at San Antonio, was en route to her post after spending a Christmas leave with her husband and her brother, Capt.

Campbell, in Tampa. Nate was accompanying her.'

29 December ', Fla., December 30, () - Two pilots are presumed to have been killed Tuesday night, it was announced by naval officials here tonight. They were Ensign Sylvain Bouche of, La., and Cadet John T. Greer of, Pa.' 30 December, 41-29855, of the,, flown by Frank E. Mason, crashes 1½ miles from, South Carolina.

Three officers and two enlisted men are killed in the late Wednesday takeoff accident. 30 December A flying instructor and two cadets are killed in the collision of two shortly after their takeoffs from, Texas. BT-13A, 41-21734, of the 470th Basic Flight Training Squadron, flown by cadet Paul G. Shudick, and BT-13A, 41-22734, of the 468th Basic Flight Training Squadron, piloted by Lt. Abney, crash killing Abney, of, Louisiana, cadet Shudick,, Indiana, and cadet William H.

Turner,, Texas. 30 December, 42-5123, of the,,, Montana, piloted by Edward T. Layfield, crashes near, Montana. John Lloyd, public relations officer at the base, said that eleven aboard were killed.

30 December A U.S. Navy patrol bomber on a routine training flight crashes Sunday afternoon in the north end of the in the, California, killing seven crew and injuring two. The at identifies the dead as: Lt.

Carlson, plane commander,, Washington; Lt. Brenner, pilot,, California; Ens. Douglas Simmons III, pilot,, Mississippi; W.

Morgan, aviation machinist's mate, San Diego; Louis J. Hanlon, aviation machinist's mate first class, Coronado; J. Jones, aviation ordnanceman second class,, New York; J.

O'Connor, aviation radioman third class,, Colorado. 'All bodies were recovered.

No other details were made public.' 30 December ', December 30 - Four army fighter planes crashed within a 12-hour span in the San Francisco bay area today. Three of the pilots were believed killed. Two of the ships plunged to earth near, one ten miles north of and the other just south of the field. Another crashed and exploded in a salt pond near in southern and the fourth crashed in in the east foothills. Hamilton field, which announced all four mishaps, said the victim of the crash nearest the field was Second Lieut.

Blythe, 24, of Oakland. Second Lieut. Stivers (home address not given) rode his plane to earth as it fell in Lake Chabot and was rescued uninjured. The pilots of the other two single-seaters were not identified immediately.'

Blythe (also reported with middle initial G) was killed flying, 41-28302, of the,, Hamilton Field. 1943 [ ] 1 January The sole, 40-3055, a development of the, first flown 11 November 1942, suffers a crash landing at when the port landing gear fails to lock down due to a combined hydraulic and electrical problem. Pilot was Joe C. Repaired, it returns to flight on 16 February 1943, and is sent to, Ohio, for further testing. Despite improved performance over the P-38, difficulties with the new engines, as well as the success of the and the, leads to no additional orders or production. 3 January, 41-24620, c/n 3305, 'snap! , 'PU-O', of the,, on daylight raid over, France, loses wing due to, goes into spiral.

Ball turret gunner (13 January 1919 – 20 December 2003), though suffering 27 wounds, bails out (or is thrown from wreckage) without his chute at ~20,000 feet (6,100 m), loses consciousness due to altitude, plunges through glass roof of the and is found alive but with serious injuries on floor of depot:saved by German medical care, spends rest of war in prison camp. On 3 January 1993, the people of St. Nazaire honored Magee and the crew of his bomber by erecting a 6-foot-tall (1.8 m) memorial to them. 6 January At 1735 CWT, three miles W of, a, 41-23961, c/n 756, of the,, out of, Kansas, piloted by Robert Clyne, suffers a catastrophic structural failure due to ice. All are killed instantly except for Lt Maleckas, who makes it out with a parachute.

6 January, 41-24202, c/n 997, of the,, out of, Kansas, suffers fire in flight, crashes 15 miles SW of, destroyed by fire. 13 January V1, ( V11), modified from Ju 90B-1, Werknummer 90 0007, D-AFHG, ' Oldenberg', crashed on takeoff evacuating load of wounded troops from the German 6th Army.

The need for large capacity transports was so dire at this point that the Luftwaffe was taking Ju 290As straight from the assembly line into operation. 15 January Prototype, A23-1001, crashes on a test flight to assess powerplant performance and evaluate aerodynamic effects of a new fixed leading edge slat. During return to CAC airfield at Fisherman's Bend, Australia, pilot Sqn. Leader Jim Harper detects fuel leak in port engine; as problem worsens he attempts shut-down and feathering of propeller but actuation of feathering switch causes explosion and uncontrollable fire. Crew of three attempts evacuation at 1000 feet (300 m), but only pilot Harper succeeds in parachuting, CAC test pilot Jim Carter and CAC power plant group engineer Lionel Dudgeon KWF. Airframe impacts ~three miles SW of.

Wreckage recovered by No. 26 Repair and Salvage Unit on 18 January, delivered to No. 1 Aircraft Depot,, on the 19th. Final action taken on 26 January when the Air Member for Supply and Equipment approves 'conversion to components' for what remains of the CA-4.

21 January, a, the Philippine Clipper, being operated by for the U. Navy, en route from to, crashes in northern California, in bad weather and poor visibility, killing 19, including 10 Navy passengers. 29 January A, 39-052, c/n 2738, of the,, assigned at, Washington, piloted by Lt. Robert Orr, attempts ferry flight from, Nevada, back to McChord Field, with eight aboard, but runs into a snowstorm and has to divert to,, Idaho.

Unable to locate another landing field and running low on fuel, pilot spots a clearing which is actually frozen in the,, and attempts landing, with one engine afire, but overshoots and shears wings as it crashes into a grove of trees on the shore. Only two of eight suffer injuries; wreckage sighted 13 February by veteran civilian pilot Penn Stohr, flying his own private plane from Cascade to, who reports to Gowen Field seeing three men, apparently in uniform, standing around the downed fuselage. His attention was drawn by a string of trees along the south shore with their tops sheared off.

Five airmen who remained with the aircraft are rescued by Stohr who twice landed his ski-equipped plane on the lake. Three others who left the crash site to seek help reach the ranger station unaided on 16 February, and telephone Gowen Field.

The station is 12 miles E of, and 15 miles SW of Loon Lake. Wreckage is largely still where it came to rest.

5 February, 39–735, modified as prototype night fighter, assigned to the,, crashes on takeoff from, Florida, coming down 1/2 mile NW of the field, killing pilot James H. The Army Air Force decides at the end of March that the airframe is beyond repair and scraps it. 5 February A, 43-2004, msn 6329, piloted by Anthony R.

Mensing, (a DC-3-455 ordered by as NC43982, but taken over by the USAAF before delivery) en route from,, Canada, to, Washington, crashes 76 miles SW of Fort Nelson at the 8,500 foot level of, killing all eleven on board. The wreckage is discovered by a party of hunters in 1948. The remains were removed in September 1948 by pack horse and seaplane 'from the almost inaccessible peak where the plane crashed,' to, 20 miles away. There they were loaded aboard a Canadian air force plane to bring them to Fort Nelson.

'Removal of the skeletons and the investigation of the wreckage are under the direction of Maj. Van Bethuysen of the United States air force, aided by Squadron Leader Maxwell Strange of the Canadian air force and Constable William Bolton of British Columbia.

Major Van Bethuysen said no trace of gold bullion or currency has been found amid the wreckage. Debris is scattered over a square mile of the mountainside above the timberline, however, and some of it is buried under 9 feet of rock which has fallen from the cliffs rising approximately 1,000 feet above the site. Early rumors that the ill-fated C-49, which crashed Feb.

Carried nearly half a million dollars in gold and currency, previously were denied by the air force in. However, the searchers found moldy war department documents in United States mail sacks which also contained envelopes addressed to the United States treasury and hundreds of letters from servicemen in Alaska and the Aleutians to their relatives and friends at home. A rubber oxygen mask that had survived the elements still was on the pilot's skull. The investigators said that some scraps of metal from the plane were fused, indicating part of the wreckage had burned. The wide scattering of the debris was taken to indicate that the plane had either had struck the peak with terrific impact, or that it exploded in midair. The answer may never be known.' 8 February The second (of three), 41-19502, is damaged during a forced landing when a test pilot runs out of fuel short of, New York, where the plant is located.

9 February ', Feb. 9, () - A two-motored navy bomber from the crashed into and exploded this afternoon, apparently killing all five members of the crew. The said the ship, on a test flight, had radioed that one engine was failing and that she was returning to base. Just as the plane was ready to come in for a landing, it was seen to dive abruptly into the bay a few hundred feet offshore from the naval station. An explosion shattered the ship as it struck the water, and a few minutes later the crew of a crash barge from the air station was able to find only scattered wreckage on the water.' 11 February, 42-5367, of the,, with ten aboard goes missing on flight from, Washington. Planes spot the wreckage on 14 February in the, 17 miles E of Walla Walla, where the bomber apparently flew head-on into a ridge at about the 5,000 foot level.

Ground parties reach the site on 16 February and confirm the crew dead. Ray,, Oregon, pilot; Lt. Reed, temporarily residing at Walla Walla; Lt. Dunning,, Kentucky; Lt. Lehne,, Illinois; Sgt. Alexander Dee,, New York; Sgt.

Ball,, California; Sgt. Johnson,, Texas; Sgt. Seifer Jr.,, California; Sgt. Perkins,, Texas; Sgt. Fankhavel,, Minnesota. 12 February Eight of nine crew are killed aboard, 42-40144, c/n 1221, of the,,, Texas, piloted by Charles C.

Wylie, when it suffers engine failure that results in a stall/spin condition, coming down eight miles NW of, New Mexico, according to a crash report, and five miles N of Roswell according to the. One crewman successfully parachuted to safety. Mid-February V1, X4+AH, of air transport squadron Lufttransportstaffel 222 (LTS 222), sinks following a collision with a submerged wreck while landing at, Greece. Between 1942 and 1943, the aircraft flew in the Mediterranean theatre. 17 February, 42-40355, c/n 1432, crashes at #2, Tucson, Arizona, this date.

Six employees riding as passengers are killed and several others injured, of the 34 on board. The damaged airframe is subsequently modified into the first. 18 February Second prototype, 41-003, crashes into factory at after engine catches fire, killing all 10 crew including chief test pilot along with 20 on the ground. 22 February, Pan American 'Yankee Clipper', NC18603, c/n 1990, ( BuNo 48224), crashes into the near, while on approach to Portugal by way of the.

Caught in a storm, the flying boat hooked a wingtip in a turn while attempting an emergency landing. 25 of 39 on board die.

Among those killed are actress and international journalist, en route to his new job, chief of the 's London bureau. Actress is seriously injured. Her story of survival will be made into the 1952 film ' ' starring. 10 March, 41-12740, of the,, (activated as a combat crew training group on 16 July 1942) en route from, South Carolina, to,, Mississippi, crashed into the ~21 miles N of in, at about midnight, killing all five crew 'apparently instantaneously.' The aircraft was assigned at Greenville AAB.

Despite a large-scale search by army aircraft along the route from Greenville to Meridian, the wreckage was finally found 21 March 1943 by a 15-year-old mountain boy, Seab Crane, who was riding a horse along a remote path known as the Moody trail. The bomber had clipped off treetops at the peak of a mountain, just off Turnpike road about 2 1/2 miles from the, and plunged into a ravine. The altitude where the plane first struck is more than 2,000 feet. Heavy recent rains kept the crash fire isolated to the actual wreckage. Crane, who lived in the Cheohee community, was riding to visit relatives who lived beyond the Tri-State Fishing club house, when his horse balked at an unknown foreign object on the trail. The boy and his mount galloped 2 1/2 miles to the nearest cabin, the club house, where he recruited the caretaker Ben Rogers, and they returned to the site where the mystery object turned out to be one of the radial engines that had been thrown a hundred yards beyond the main wreckage, the bulk of which had ploughed into an embankment in a ravine after it had sheared through tree tops for a quarter mile. 'Three of the airmen were thrown from the plane and they lay as they fell – twisted and gesticulating.

One of the men's wrist watches had stopped at 9:30. One of the men had died in his seat and the fifth body was found in the wreckage.' One of the motors and the gasoline tank had burned, but only a few square yards of woods had burned.

'After Rogers and Crane had found the wrecked ship they reported it to R. Stewart at the Fish Hatchery, an aircraft warning service spotter. Stewart put in a 'red flash' call to the filter center in and immediately afterwards notified Derrill B.

Darby, of Walhalla, chief of the aircraft warning service in Oconee county [sic]. That was shortly before 1 o'clock Monday afternoon.'

After the wreckage had been viewed, home guardsmen took charge and kept watch until army men from the Greenville air base arrived. The victims were: Flight Officer Richard S. Brook, 22, pilot, of 10 Superior Court,; Second Lieutenant Earl S. Monroe, 26, co-pilot, of; Second Lieutenant Philip J. Graziano, 23, navigator, of 166 Chestnut Street,; Staff Sergeant Harvey M.

Capellman, engineer, of; and Sergeant Michael Sekel, 29, radio operator, of. 'Soldiers, home guardsmen, and volunteers labored into the night to remove the bodies and carry them on stretchers up the steep mountain side to the ambulance. Salvage of the wrecked ship was started on Tuesday.' A later report stated that the B-25 was en route TO Greenville Army Air Base from Meridian, Mississippi. A memorial marker to the crew was dedicated at the site on 21 March 2014 by the Walhalla American Legion and the Oconee Veterans Council.

18 March A hits the rail of the control tower and smashes into the ground at, California, demolishing the airframe. 'The flat-hatting pilot was taken to the hospital with 'multiple, extreme injuries.' Incredibly, the mechanic riding as a passenger walked away with only minor cuts and bruises.' 23 March, 42-68676, c/n 5150, civilian, ex-NC29376, impressed by USAAF, flown by Roy F.

Brown, of the 5th Ferrying Squadron, 3rd Ferrying Group, out of, Michigan, is wrecked this date. 23 March A, 41-6292, of the,, crashes into Barnard Hall at shortly after take-off from,, New York, early this date, hitting the west side near the roof, setting the building afire, police announced.

Pilot Earl D. Hayward died. The blaze was brought under control within 45 minutes by firemen from, and. No students were in the vicinity at the time. The in New York City announced that the pilot was killed.

He had taken off from Mitchel Field on a training mission shortly before the crash. This crash led to the abandonment of the use of Runway 18/36 at Mitchel Field. 4 April, 41-12634, of the,, ditches in,, during skip-bombing practice, after starboard engine failure. Crew of five escapes before Mitchell sinks after seven minutes afloat, about two miles (3 km) west of the in 150 feet (46 m) of water. On 19 September 2005, the bomber was raised to the surface by aircraft recoverer for preservation (not restoration) at the,.

9 April, 42-12937, flown by Col., gets into an inverted spin during dive flap test, loses one wing and entire tail section. Kelsey bails out, suffers broken ankle, while P-38 hits flat on hillside near.

13 April, 41-17945, of the,,, Florida, while on a training flight crashes and is destroyed by fire at,, Georgia. All seven crew are killed. The base public relations office at Avon Park identified the victims as 1st Lt. Floyd,, Texas, pilot; 2d Lt. Larsen,, Minnesota; S/Sgt.

Carl Justh,, Pennsylvania; Sgt. Elder,, California; Sgt. Haimi,, Pennsylvania; Cpl. Rosell,, Texas; and Pvt. Nelson,, Washington. 14 April The crash of, 40-2780, c/n 14313, of the 392d Observation Training Squadron,, Texas, when it spins in a short distance from that base, kills 2d Lt.

Kuhn, 23,, pilot, and 2d Lt. Fechtner, 21,, Texas, observer. 14 April Two torpedo bombers, in a flight of three, collided with each other over. They were A9-27 and A9-268 of Base Torpedo Unit,,, Australia, carrying out a series of dummy runs and torpedo attacks on for a group of accredited War Correspondents on board the ship when the centre aircraft of the vic, A9-27, coded 'B', pulled up, causing the port wing of the right-hand bomber, A9-268, coded 'I', to clip off its tail with both aircraft crashing. The flight was attempting a 'Prince of Wales' break-up formation. KWF aboard A9-27 were F/O Raymond Sydney Green (408110), 23, pilot; Sgt.

Albert John Bailey (409976), 22; F/O Maurice Francis Hoban (409118), 30; and P/O Eric William Sweetnam (408077), 20. Fatalities aboard A9-268 were Flt. David George Dey (280627), 27, pilot; F/O Rex Lindsay Solomon (408149), 21; F/O Jack Norman (407561); and Sgt.

Hugh Sydney George Richardson (410093), 23. The accident was filmed by cameraman Eric Bieve, and footage is available on the web. 'Green, Hoban and Bailey were buried in the Air Force section of the War Cemetery at Nowra on 15 Apr 43 at 1500 hours. The funeral was attended by Wing Commander Dibbs, Base Torpedo Unit (BTU) staff officers, Instructional crews and personnel of No 7 Beaufort course. On 17 April 1943, the body of Sweetnam was recovered and buried at 1600 hours with Air Force honours at Nowra. Late on the same day a diving party reported that they had not located the bodies of Dey, Norman, Solomon and Richardson.

A Funeral held on 18 April 1943 on board the 'Burra-Bra' at 1030 hours attended by the same people as listed for the 15 April Funeral.' 29 April, 41-6718, converted to P-43D. Assigned to 1 PRU, it went missing in flight from, this date. Aircraft found crashed in thick forest on the side of Gordon Gully near in, NE of, in June 1958.

The airframe was approved as a write-off on 30 April. The pilot was P/O A. Green (406393) of 1 PRU Rear Echelon based. His body has not been found.

Main article: 4 July, AL523, crashes on takeoff from,, killing the exiled Polish Prime Minister General, together with his daughter, his,, and seven others. The flight departed at 2307 hrs., coming down in the sea after only 16 seconds of flight. Only the pilot, Eduard Prchal (1911–1984), survives. 'This crash is shrouded in mystery and intrigue. Throughout World War II Sikorski tried to organize the Polish Army and constantly negotiated with and to circumvent any appeasement deals between the Allies, Russia, and Germany which would come at Poland's expense. By this time, the Free Poles had found out about the, and thus terminated relations with the Soviet Union on 26 April 1943. As Sikorski was the most prestigious leader of the Polish exiles, his death was a severe setback to the Polish cause, and was certainly highly convenient for.

It was in some ways also convenient for the western Allies, who were finding the Polish issue a stumbling-block in their efforts to preserve good relations with Stalin. This has given rise to persistent suggestions that Sikorski's death was not accidental. This has never been proved.' 4 July The prototype helicopter, 41-001, tested at, Ohio, by the Rotary Branch of the Air Technical Service Command from May 1943, is damaged this date by the failure of a rotor blade spinner.

Never ordered into production, its last flight will take place on 21 June 1946 with 91 hours, 45 minutes of flight time, and it will be donated the in Washington, D.C., where it remains in storage at the Paul Garber Facility at Silver Hill, Maryland. 21 July Captain Roberto Roque and his mechanic Fernando Cubas, of the Cuban Army Aviation Corps, suffer a fatal crash in, 72, when they come out of a dive and strike a huge tree.

31 July The first prototype V1, TE+FE, powered by engines, first flown 1 July 1943, tested at Rechlin, is written off in a landing accident this date when the collapsed. This was a recurrent problem that accounted for the loss of several of the type. 31 July ', Kan. () - The reported today five men, all of those aboard the plane, were killed in the crash of a four-engined bomber near, Iowa. The plane was flying with a short crew, Major Forrest Moore, public relations officer at the base, said.' , 41-29052, c/n 44, of the,, operating out of Topeka Army Air Base, en route to, Minnesota, on a navigation training flight, crashes 10 miles SW of Boone, (N 41° 57.1081', W 93° 58.) after losing part of starboard wing in a thunderstorm. Killed were: 1st Lt.

Meeker, Pilot 2nd Lt. Samuel Levitt, Copilot 2nd Lt. Radosvich, Bombardier T/Sgt.

Parker, Engineer T/Sgt. Leyshon, Radioman A memorial marker was erected by the landowner, who has also preserved the three impact craters from the crash. Cites crash date as 18 July 1945. 1 August During a demonstration flight of an 'all -built glider', a, 42-78839, built by sub-contractor, loses its starboard wing due to a defective wing strut support, plummets vertically to the ground at, St. Louis, Missouri, killing all on board, including St. Louis Mayor, Maj.

Robertson and Harold Krueger, both of Robertson Aircraft, Thomas Dysart, president of the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce, Max Doyne, director of public utilities, Charles Cunningham, department comptroller, Henry Mueller, St. Louis Court presiding judge, Lt.

Paul Hazleton, pilot Capt. Klugh, and co-pilot/mechanic PFC Jack W. Davis, of the USAAF. The failed component had been manufactured by Robertson subcontractor Gardner Metal Products Company, of St. Louis, who, coincidentally, had been a casket maker.

The announces on 11 August that a summary of conclusions by three air forces investigating groups 'indicated 'that faulty manufacture by a sub-contractor, faulty inspection by the prime manufacturer, and inadequate enforcement of inspection procedures, combined to produce a fatal hidden defect in a wing strut metal fitting.' The air forces have acted to prevent any recurrence of such parts failure, including the grounding of all similar gliders manufactured in the St. Louis area because they might contain fittings from the same sub-contractors. The glider which crashed Aug. 1 was manufactured by Robertson Aircraft Corp., the Army said, and approximately 100 craft were grounded Aug. 1 August A, 42-30326, c/n 5440, of the,, piloted by Roy J. Lee, was headed north up the Oregon coast on a routine patrol flight.

The plane had left, near, at 0900 and was tasked with flying to on the Oregon coast. They were then to fly 500 miles out to sea, followed by a direct flight back to Pendleton Field. On arriving at the coast, the crew found the entire area hidden in overcast clouds which extended to an elevation of 8000 feet. The pilot decided to locate Cape Disappointment by flying below the overcast. The overcast proved to reach almost to the level of the sea.

The plane was flying at about 50–150 feet above the waves. Deciding that the risk was too great the crew began to climb back up into the overcast. Unfortunately, the plane crashed into the side of Cape Lookout at about 900 feet in elevation. The Aviation Archeological Investigation & Research website lists the crash date as 2 August. 2 August ', Ariz., Aug.

2 () - Second Lt. Collins, 22, and Aviation Cadet Wayne B. Bowers, 22, were killed today when their twin engine training plane crashed 10 miles west of, Ariz.' They went down in, AF162, of the 535th Twin Engine Flying Training Squadron,, Arizona. One source gives the accident date as 1 August, and gives the location as eight miles W of Chandler. P-322s were non-turbocharged Lightning Is, originally ordered by France, the order being taken over by the Royal Air Force (hence, the RAF AF162 serial), but only three were actually retained by Great Britain, the rest being used as trainers by the U.S. Army Air Force.

2 August, 41-2463, 'Yankee Doodle', of the, then to,, crashes on takeoff due mechanical failure at, Bombardier Sgt. Kruger and navigator Lt.

Woolam are killed. Pilot was, future creator of. The airframe was stricken on 13 August 1943. 4 August, 40-3058, c/n 67-3417, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off California after the crew bails out. Project not proceeded with.

5 August, 41-38116, that collided with on 23 October 1942, was repaired and re-designated as an RB-34A-4. On 5 August 1943, this same aircraft suffered starboard engine failure during a ferry flight and crashed into Wolf Hill, a mile W of, near, killing all three crew members. 'The pilot having insufficient altitude to recover properly, crashed on a wooded hill,' states the accident investigation report, issued 19 August 1943. Killed are 2d Lt. Portewig, 27,, Virginia, pilot, of the 1st Towing Squadron,, Massachusetts; T/Sgt. Booth, 21,, New Jersey, crew chief. Also of the 1st Towing Squadron; and 2d Lt.

Saul Winsten, 25,, Rhode Island, of the 901st Quartermaster Company, Aviation Service, Otis Field, passenger. 5 August ', Nev., Aug. 6, () - Four fliers attached to the were killed yesterday as their plane crashed eight miles northwest of here, base officials announced.

The plane, a navigator trainer, was on a routine flight when it went into a spin from 3,000 feet. It burst into flames as it struck the ground.' , 42-55494, c/n 414-7216, of the 50th Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron, Las Vegas Army Airfield, piloted by Avalon L. Finlayson, was destroyed. The Aviation Archaelological Investigation and Research website lists the crash location as 10 miles WSW of the air base.

8 August or 11 August Future double Captain gets off to an ignominious start this date when, 'On a training mission over England he had spotted a – at the time not a particularly common aeroplane in English skies. While flying formation with the bomber he took his ( 41-6334) a little too close resulting in the empennage being slashed off by the Liberator's propellers. Mahurin came down by parachute, his P-47 disintegrated in an English field and the Liberator made a successful landing having sustained only minor damage. Thunderbolts, costing $104,258 each, were still in short supply and Mahurin's folly did not endear him to the authorities.'

The P-47C-5-RE, of the,, impacted ~one mile NW of,. Mahurin will somewhat redeem himself on 17 August 1943 when he downs two. The 11 August date may be the date that the airframe was officially written off. 8 August ', Utah, Aug. 9 () - Crashing in the night on western Utah's dreary, a four-engined Army bomber killed one flier and caused the wreck of a freight train leaving 26 stacked up like splintered toys on the main line today.'

Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor Crack Free Download on this page. , 42-7159, c/n 183, built as a B-24E-15-FO, and redesignated in the Restricted category, of the,,, piloted by Herbert Williams, Jr., experienced engine failure and 'smashed down on highway -, slithered at terrific speed across the salt crust before hitting the rails and winding up 100 feet on the opposite side. The westbound freight, powered by a double Diesel locomotive, roared along 10 to 15 minutes later and plowed into scattered wreckage and a spread rail. The engine stuck to the rails, three freight cars were derailed but stayed intact, then 26 more crashed together in a dizzy pyramid of destruction.

Blue of, Ill., the plane's co-pilot, died today at the hospital at Wendover field, where the plane was based. Ten other fliers were dragged injured from the wreckage and some were critical.

One rail official estimated damage to train and freight at $200,000.' The train engineer, Otto Kelly, of, said that the crew was unaware of the bomber's crash until after the derailment, which occurred as the last set of trucks of the motive power passed over wreckage on the right-of-way. Some 200 feet of railroad was torn up in the accident, which occurred seven miles E of Wendover.

'The fliers crawled from the battered bomber and were aided by the trainmen.' The bomber did not burn. The locomotives powering the freight were an semi-permanently coupled pair. 8 August ', Wash., Aug. 8 () - Second Lt. Morris, 28, of, California, was killed instantly when the small observation plane he was flying crashed at the seven-mile gunnery range, officers announced today.'

10 August ', Aug. 10, () - A bomber crashed in the during maneuvers today, killing three of its crew and injuring 17 persons, among them four civilian employes.[ sic].' The aircraft struck a loaded bus and eight civilians died, in addition to the three plane crew. 13 August, California, is commissioned as a blimp base on 8 August 1943.

Five days later, as ground crews manoeuver ship K-29 in the damp, foggy morning for launch from Circle #2, the blimp's tail pendants approach a high-voltage power line and 11,000 volts arcs through the ship. Four men holding the metal handling bars on the control car are electrocuted and a fifth is seriously burned.

The power company was supposed to have moved this hazard but had not. These were the only fatalities at the Lompoc facility during both civilian and military use. 14 August, 42-79425, is damaged in a forced landing just before being released to the USAAF for official trials. Becomes XP-60C when it is retrofit with wings,, and other items from the, 42-79423. Meanwhile, original, 42-79424, becomes second XP-60E with removal of 2,000 hp (1,500 kW) R-2800-53 engine and contraprops, replaced with R-2800-10 engine and four-blade prop.

Whole P-60 project is essentially a dead-end, being nothing more than Curtiss' attempt to stretch pre-war design that started out as the, and the company's unwillingness or inability to start fresh with a new fighter design will force them out of the airframe business a few years after the war. 16 August, (TBF-1c), FN762, of, out of, Maine, ditches in near and sinks. Crew uninjured. Plane listed as missing, so it's still out there. Main article: 18 August Following a raid on the test facilities at on 17 August, the of training unit EK 16 are moved to a new airfield.

The airframes are towed to the new location, with one Komet, ferried by test pilot Paul Rudolf Opitz, suffering malfunctioning flap hydraulics. After casting-off from the tow plane, the rocket fighter's landing skid fails to function, the airframe decelerates over a patch of rough and rutted ground at the end of the landing run following an otherwise normal approach. Pilot suffers two damaged vertebrae due to hard landing, spends three months in hospital.

Investigation reveals that a force of 15 to 30Gs were required to cause this injury, and Me 163Bs are subsequently fitted with a torsion sprung seat for the pilot, eliminating this type of injury. 23 August ', Wis., Aug.

24 [Special] - Lt. Harold Nicholson, 25 years old, son of Mr. Jens Nicholson of Madison, was killed last night in a plane crash near, Cal., the parents were informed today by the.'

Nicholson was killed in the crash of, 42-19593, of the,, two miles N of. 29 August The public relations office confirms on 4 September the probable death of five Navy men from, Washington, whose aircraft went missing on 29 August., BuNo 34637, of, crashed on, Washington, but wreckage only discovered by a hiker in October 1997. There were actually six crew on board, all fatal. 31 August, 42-5451, of the,, piloted by James A. McRaven, crashes two miles NE of, Nebraska, during a routine training flight, killing all eight crew.

Among the dead is, 23, former football player for the. The 393d was reassigned to Kearney AAF from, Iowa, this date. 1 September ', Mont., Sept.

() - Ten crew members of a four-engined bomber from the, killed early today when the ship crashed five miles east of, were identified tonight by Capt. Lloyd, base public relations officer, as follows: Sergeant Robert H. Hall,, Mich.; Sergeant John T. Huff,, Kan.; Sergeant Carl E. Lower,, Ohio; Sergeant Chester W. Peko,, Pa.; Private First Class Paul Peterson,, Wis.; Sergeant Curio C. Thrementi,, Mich.; Lieutenant Harold L.

Wonders,, Iowa; Lieutenant Warren H. Maginn,,; Lieutenant Jack Y.

Fisk, Los Angeles, and Lieutenant Arnold J. The crash occurred during a routine training flight.' , 42-5128, of the,, was flown by Lt.

2 September ', Iowa, Sept. () - All 10 crew members of an army bomber from the were killed when their plane crashed five miles from the base last night while on a routine training flight.

The dead included Second Lieutenant Earl G. Adkinson,, Ore., and Sergeant Robert Hunter,, Okla.' , 42-7237, c/n 261, of the,, flown by Lt. 'Atkinson', according to the crash report, crashed one mile E of the base.

2 September, 42-5977, of the,,, Washington, on a routine local flight with three aboard, piloted by Robert P. Ferguson, clips the tops of trees for several blocks, crashes into scrub pines two miles S of Geiger Field and burns.

Only three were on the bomber, said a report by Lt. Reed, public relations officer at the field.

Names were withheld pending notification of next of kin. 3 September A U.S. Navy ensign is killed when his plane dives into a peat bog near, Washington, this date, the public relations office confirms on 4 September. 4 September All eight crew of, 41-29071, of the,,, Iowa, piloted by Jack D. Hodges, are killed when the bomber crashes in a corn field four miles SW of, Iowa. 4 September ', Va., Sept.

4 () - Three navy men were killed and a small Negro boy was fatally burned when a navy land plane crashed late Friday near, N. C., the announced today. A second boy was burned.'

9 September A, launched from the Italian battleship to look for survivors of the sunk Italian battleship, subsequently crashes when it tries to land near airfield,. 9 September During carrier compatibility trials, test pilot crashlands, Z1844, on the deck of when indicator light falsely shows 'down' position.

Fighter hits crash barrier, shears off its, shreds propeller, but pilot unhurt. 11 September, misreported as 41-13240, a serial belonging to a Curtiss P-40C, of the,,, South Carolina, piloted by Eugene E. Stocking, collides four miles NW of, South Carolina, with B-25G-5 42-65013, of the same units, flown by Solon E. 65013 crashes, killing five crew, while the unidentified Mitchell lands safely. 11 September The prototype, NX21757, prototype of the XCG-16, begins tests at, California, but on the second flight, inadequately secured ballast comes loose when the glider flies through the glider tug.