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600 | 12/19/1942 | null | Wien, Vienna | DLL | null | null | Junkers JU-52/3m | OY-DAL | 5610 | 16 | 2 | 0 | null |
601 | 01/09/1943 | null | River Tagus, Lisbon, Portugal | British Overseas Airways | null | null | Short S-26 (flying boat) | G-AFCK | S-873 | 13 | 13 | 0 | null |
602 | 01/15/1943 | null | Near Paramarino, Dutch Guyana | Military - U.S. Army Air Forces | null | null | Douglas C-54A | 42-32939 | null | 35 | 35 | 0 | Crashed along the coast of South American while en route to Africa. |
603 | 01/18/1943 | 23:00 | Off the Brazilian coast, AtlantiOcean | Military - U.S. Army Air Forces | null | Accra, Ghana - Natal, Brazil | Consolidated C-87 | 41-1708 | null | 26 | 26 | 0 | Disappeared while en route and never found. |
604 | 01/21/1943 | 07:30 | Ukiah, California | Pan American World Airways | V-1104 | Hawaii - San Francisco | Martin M-130 (flying boat) | NC14715 | 557 | 19 | 19 | 0 | Flew into a 2,500 ft. mountain while circling in bad weather, after being unable to land in darkness and deciding whether to divert to San Diego. Clipped trees, struck the ground and broke up. Failure of the captain to determine his position accurately before descending to a dangerously low altitude under extremely poor weather conditions during the hours of darkness. The aircraft was named Philippine Clipper. |
605 | 01/22/1943 | 15:15 | Near Chaparra, Peru | Pan American Grace Airlines | 9 | Santiago, Chili - Arequipa, Peru - Lima, Peru | Douglas DC-3A | NC33645 | 4124 | 15 | 14 | 0 | The aircraft crashed into the Mt. Chaparra in the Andes mountains while en route. Action of the pilot in continuing the flight on instruments in the overcast, contrary to company flight procedure of which, according to the evidence, the pilot was aware. |
606 | 02/09/1943 | null | Near Gander, Newfoundland | British Overseas Airways | null | null | Consolidated 32-3 Liberator II | AL-591 | null | 21 | 19 | 0 | Ran out of fuel. |
607 | 02/18/1943 | 12:30 | Seattle, Washington | Private - Boeing Aircraft Company | null | Test flight | Boeing XB-29 | 41-3 | null | 10 | 10 | 20 | Lost altitude, struck power lines and crashed into a packing house after encountering an engine fire on a test flight. |
608 | 02/22/1943 | 06:47 | Lisbon, Portugal | Pan American World Airways | 9035 | New York City - Lisbon | Boeing B-314 (flying boat) | NC18603 | 1990 | 39 | 25 | 0 | Crashed into the Targus River in poor weather while attempting to land. Inadvertent contact of the left wing tip of the aircraft with the water while making a descending turn preparatory to landing. The aircraft was named the Yankee Clipper. Novelist Ben Robertson and singer, actress Tamara Drasin, 34, among those killed. Actress Jane Froman seriously injured. |
609 | 03/11/1943 | null | Luishui, China | China National Aviation Corporation | null | Kunming - Assam | Douglas C-53 | 53 | null | 3 | 3 | 0 | The cargo plane was caught in a downdraft in a mountain pass en route and crashed. |
610 | 03/13/1943 | null | Himalaya, China | China National Aviation Corporation | null | Kunming - Dinjan | Douglas C-53 | 49 | null | 3 | 3 | 0 | Disappeared over the Himalayas. |
611 | 03/27/1943 | 05:15 | Archerfield Aerodrome, Queensland, Australia | Military - Royal Australian Air Force | null | null | Douglas C-47-DL | A65-2 | 6149 | 24 | 24 | 0 | The aircraft, taking off in darkness and poor visibility, crashed in heavy timber and caught fire. |
612 | 04/22/1943 | null | Off Port Moresby, New Guinea | Qantas | null | null | Short S-23 | VH-ADU | S-844 | 13 | 13 | 0 | Stalled and crashed in poor weather into the water during an emergency landing on the open sea. Broke up in heavy seas. |
613 | 06/01/1943 | 11:00 | Off the coast of France | British Overseas Airways | 2L272 | Lisbon - London | Douglas DC-3 | G-AGBB | 1590 | 17 | 17 | 0 | Shot down by the German Air Force over the Bay of Biscay. The last message received from the plane was it was being attacked by an enemy aircraft. The aircraft had a Dutch crew. British actor Leslie Howard, 42, killed. |
614 | 06/07/1943 | 04:00 | Red Springs, North Carolina | Military - U.S. Army Air Forces | null | Pope Field - Maxton | Douglas C-47A-DL | 42-23512 | 9374 | 20 | 20 | 0 | Crashed in thunderstorm activity while attempting to land. |
615 | 06/14/1943 | null | Near Mackay, OLD, Australia | Military - U.S. Army Air Forces | null | null | B-17C Flying Fortress | null | null | 41 | 40 | 0 | The aircraft took off into ground fog and leveled off at an altitude of about 300 feet. In a matter of minutes the plane had caught fire in the air, and as it dived into the trees one of its wings came away leaving a great opening in the fuselage through which most of the passengers were emptied into the bush before the final impact. |
616 | 06/16/1943 | null | Khartoum, Sudan | British Overseas Airways | null | null | Lockheed Hudson VI | FK-459 | null | 17 | 17 | 0 | null |
617 | 06/30/1943 | null | Khartoum, Sudan | British Overseas Airways | null | null | Lockheed Hudson VI | FK-618 | null | 16 | 16 | 0 | null |
618 | 07/04/1943 | 23:00 | Gibraltar | null | null | null | Consolidated Liberator B24 C | A-L-523 | null | 13 | 12 | 0 | The flight, bound for London, crashed into the Mediterranean shortly after takeoff. Wladyslaw Sikorski, prime minister of the Polish government in exile, killed. |
619 | 07/28/1943 | null | Brandon Head, Ireland | British Overseas Airways | null | Lisbon - Foynes - Poole | Short Sunderland 3 (flying boat) | G-AGES | null | 25 | 12 | 0 | null |
620 | 07/28/1943 | 22:43 | Trammel, Kentucky | American Airlines | 63 | Cleveland - Memphis | Douglas DC-3 | NC16014 | 1552 | 22 | 20 | 0 | The aircraft crashed into trees while attempting to land in strong turbulence and violent downdrafts. There was evidence that most of the occupants in the cabin were victims of suffocation or fire, or both, because of their inability to effect an exit from the aircraft. Loss of control of the aircraft due to unusually severe turbulence and violent downdraft caused by a thunderstorm of unknown and unpredictable intensity. |
621 | 08/01/1943 | 15:00 | Ploesti, Romania | Military - U.S. Army Air Forces | null | Bombing run | Consolidated B-24 | null | null | 10 | 10 | 63 | Crashed into a women's prison after being hit by anti-aircraft fire while on a bombing run. |
622 | 08/07/1943 | 05:20 | Off Townsville, Australia | Military - U.S. Air Force | null | Townsville - Brisbane | Douglas C-47-DL | 41-7733 | 4212 | 27 | 27 | 0 | Crashed into the ocean. |
623 | 08/11/1943 | null | Fort Hertz, China | China National Aviation Corporation | null | null | Douglas C-53 | 48 | null | 3 | 3 | 0 | The cargo plane was shot down by Japanese fighters. |
624 | 08/27/1943 | null | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | VASP | null | null | Junkers JU-52/3m | PP-SPD | 5459 | 21 | 18 | 0 | Struck a Naval Academy building while attemptin to take off. The plane then broke in two and fell into the harbor. The plane was named 'City of Rio de Janiero.' |
625 | 09/10/1943 | 16:00 | Off Galveston, Texas | Military - U.S. Army Air Forces | null | null | Boeing B-17F / Boeing B-17F | 42-4621/42-6031 | null | 22 | 22 | 0 | Midair collision over the Gulf of Mexico while flying in formation. Eleven killed on each plane. |
626 | 09/20/1943 | 08:50 | Near Maxton, North Carolina | Military - U.S. Army Air Forces | null | null | Douglas C-53D-DO | 42-68729 | 11656 | 25 | 25 | 0 | Crashed into a wooded area after nearly colliding with a glider being towed by another aircraft. The evasive maneuver caused the aircraft to stall and crash. |
627 | 09/22/1943 | 06:00 | Near Calcutta, India | Military - U.S. Army Air Forces | null | null | Douglas C-53 | 42-6471 | 4923 | 20 | 20 | 0 | Cashed into trees shortly after taking off. |
628 | 10/15/1943 | 23:17 | Near Centerville, Tennessee | American Airlines | 63 | Nashville - Memphis | Douglas DC3-G102 | NC16088 | 1588 | 15 | 15 | 0 | The aircraft struck the ground nose-first in a vertical attitude while en route and was completely demolished by the impact. Inability of the aircraft to gain or maintain altitude due to carburetor ice, propeller ice or wing ice or some combination of these icing conditions, while over terrain and in weather unsuitable for an emergency landing. |
629 | 10/19/1943 | null | St. Donat, Quebec, Canada | Military - Royal Canadian Air Force | null | null | Consolidated B-24 | null | null | 24 | 24 | 0 | The plane crashed in a snowstorm, on a cliff near the summit of Black Mountain, 60 miles north of its destination, Montreal. The wreckage was located three years later. |
630 | 10/22/1943 | null | Hallo, Sweden | AB Aerotransport | null | null | Douglas DC-3 | SE-BAG | 2132 | 15 | 13 | 0 | Shot down by a Ju88, German military aircraft. |
631 | 10/22/1943 | 20:20 | Columbus, Georgia | Military - U.S. Army Air Forces | null | null | Douglas C-47-DL | 42-5677 | 7371 | 20 | 20 | 0 | Stalled when it was making a descending turn during a parachute exercise. |
632 | 11/08/1943 | null | Poona, India | Military - Indian Air Force | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | 1 | 37 | Crashed into a village. |
633 | 11/19/1943 | null | Kunming, China | China National Aviation Corporation | null | null | Douglas C-53 | 59 | null | 3 | 2 | 0 | The cargo plane crashed short of the runway in poor weather conditions. |
634 | 11/19/1943 | null | Kunming, China | China National Aviation Corporation | null | null | Douglas C-47 | 63 | null | 3 | 3 | 0 | A navigational error caused the cargo plane to strike a mountain. |
635 | 11/26/1943 | null | Port Moresby, New Guinea | Qantas | null | null | Lockheed L-18-56 Lodestar | VH-CAB | null | 15 | 15 | 0 | Flew into a hill shortly after talking off from Ward's Strip operated by Qantas for Allied Directorate of Air Transport. |
636 | 12/18/1943 | null | Suifu, China | China National Aviation Corporation | null | null | Douglas C-47 | 83 | null | 3 | 3 | 0 | The cargo plane struck a mountain while attempting a go-around. |
637 | 12/19/1943 | 09:20 | Canal Creek, Australia | Military - U.S. Air Force | null | null | Douglas C-47A-60-DL | 43-30742 | 13893 | 31 | 31 | 0 | null |
638 | 12/29/1943 | 15:00 | Lakeside, Utah | Military - U.S. Army Air Forces / Military - U.S. Army Air Forces | null | Wendover Field - Pocatello AAB | Consolidated B-24 / Consolidated B-24 | 42-7183/42-7408 | null | 25 | 25 | 0 | A midair collision occurred while on a cross-country flight flying in formation. Twelve kiled aboard 4207183 and thirteen aboard 42-7408. Faulty flying technique displayed by the pilot of 42-7183. |
639 | 01/15/1944 | null | Belgrad, Yugoslavia | Deutsche Lufthansa | null | null | Junkers JU-52/3m | D-ADQW | 640610 | 5 | 5 | 0 | Pilot error. |
640 | 02/10/1944 | 23:36 | Memphis, Tennessee | American Airlines | 2 | Little Rock - Memphis | Douglas DC-3 | NC21767 | 2166 | 24 | 24 | 0 | The aircraft crashed into a river and sank ,18 miles southwest of Memphis, in a snowstorm, while en route from Little Rock. Cause undetermined. |
641 | 02/20/1944 | null | China | China National Aviation Corporation | null | null | Douglas C-47 | 75 | null | 2 | 2 | 0 | The cargo plane flew into a mountain |
642 | 02/21/1944 | null | Eubeoa, Greece | Deutsche Lufthansa | null | null | Junkers JU-52/3m | D-ABAS | 6561 | 16 | 16 | 0 | The plane missing and never found. |
643 | 03/22/1944 | null | New Guinea | Military - U.S. Army | null | Port Moreaby - Nadzab | Consolidated B-24 Liberator | null | null | 21 | 21 | null | Disappeared while en route on a non-combat mission. Wreckage found 39 years later on 4/30/1983. |
644 | 04/06/1944 | 15:48 | Near Nome, Alaska | Pan American World Airways | null | Nome - Fairbanks | Pilgrim 100B | NC742N | null | 6 | 6 | 0 | Crashed shortly after takeoff in a snow storm. Failure of the pilot to recognize his proximity to the ground due to heavy snow which entirely covered the terrain. |
645 | 04/17/1944 | null | Belgrad, Yugoslavia | Deutsche Lufthansa | null | null | Junkers JU-52/3m | D-AOCA | 640996 | 7 | 5 | 0 | Shot down by allied fighters. |
646 | 04/21/1944 | null | Frederikstad, Norway | Deutsche Lufthansa | null | null | Douglas DC-3 | D-AAIG | 2095 | 20 | 9 | 0 | Pilot error. |
647 | 04/25/1944 | null | Montreal, Canada | Military - Royal Air Force | null | Montreal, Canada - European air base | Consolidated Liberator | null | null | 16 | 16 | 0 | Crashed into a row of houses shortly after taking off from Dorval Airport. |
648 | 05/26/1944 | null | Between Calcutta to Dinjan, China | China National Aviation Corporation | null | Calcutta - Dinjan | Douglas C-47 | 82 | null | 12 | 12 | 0 | While enroute the crew got lost and crashed into 22,000 foot mountain in Tibet. Bad weather prevented the pilot from getting a bearing on any radio station. |
649 | 05/27/1944 | null | Off Calcutta, India | China National Aviation Corporation | null | null | Douglas DC-3 | null | null | 14 | 14 | 0 | Crashed at sea in poor weather conditions. |
650 | 06/06/1944 | 01:30 | Carentan, France | Military - U.S. Army Air Forces | null | null | Douglas C-47A-DL | 42-101035 | 19498 | 22 | 22 | 0 | Shot down by anti-aircraft fire during the Normandy invasion. |
651 | 06/06/1944 | 02:00 | Flamanville, France | Military - U.S. Army Air Forces | null | null | Douglas C-47A | 42-100905 | 19368 | 22 | 22 | 0 | Shot down by anti-aircraft fire during the Normandy invasion. |
652 | 06/06/1944 | 01:15 | Barneville, France | Military - U.S. Army Air Forces | null | null | Douglas C-47A | 42-93095 | 112969 | 22 | 22 | 0 | Shot down by anti-aircraft fire during the Normandy invasion. |
653 | 06/08/1944 | null | Kunming, China | China National Aviation Corporation | null | Dijan - Kunming | Douglas C-47 | 85 | null | 6 | 6 | 0 | The plane discintigrated in mid-aid. The jack pad had been removed from the right wing root. This left 4 large holes directly under the fuel tanks and directly in line with the exhaust. When the throttles were cut to descend, the flame only went as far back as the holes. There the flames went up around the fuel tank, igniting the fumes and blew the wing off. |
654 | 06/18/1944 | null | Kweilin, China | China National Aviation Corporation | null | Kunming - Chungking, | Douglas C-47 | 71 | null | 4 | 2 | 0 | Diverted to Kweilin after Chunking was below minimums. After holding over Kweilin for 3 hours, the aircraft ran out of gas, hit mountain and was demolished. |
655 | 06/20/1944 | null | Porto Alegre, Brazil | Varig | null | null | Lockheed 10C Electra | PP-VAG | 1008 | 10 | 10 | 0 | Crashed into a river. |
656 | 07/26/1944 | 03:00 | North AtlantiOcean | Military - U.S. Army Air Forces | null | England - Long Island, N.Y. | Douglas C-54A-DO (DC-4) | 42-107470 | 7489 | 26 | 26 | 0 | Disappeared while en route from Iceland to Newfoundland. |
657 | 07/27/1944 | 16:00 | Port Logan, Scotland | Military - U.S. Army Air Forces | null | Bristol - Preswick | Douglas C-47A-DK | 42-93038 | 12905 | 22 | 22 | 0 | As the aircraft approached land, it began a climb but was not able to gain sufficient altitude to clear a cloud shrouded cliff. |
658 | 07/31/1944 | null | Funafuti, Gilbert Islands, PacifiOcean | Pan American Airways | null | null | Consolidated Catalina PB2Y-3R | 7233 | null | 24 | 22 | 0 | While taking off in the dark, the aircraft's wingtip collided with the jackpole mast of an anchored liberty ship which had slipped anchor and drifted, unlighted, into the seaplane area. The aircraft then spun out of control, and crashed into the ocean and sank. |
659 | 08/03/1944 | 20:30 | Naper, Nebraska | Military - U.S. Army Air Forces | null | Bruning, NB - Pierre, SD | Douglas C-47A-DL | 42-23652 | 9514 | 28 | 28 | 0 | Crashed in a severe thunderstorm after possibly being hit by lightning and losing both engines. |
660 | 08/08/1944 | 13:20 | Off Antilla, Cuba | Pan American World Airways | 218 | Antilla - Miami | Sikorsky S-42 (flying boat) | NC823M | 4201 | 31 | 17 | 0 | Crashed during the third attempt to lift from the water and sank into the ocean. Loss of control due to the captain's inexperience in handling the particular type of aircraft. The aircraft was named 'Hong Kong Clipper.' |
661 | 08/12/1944 | 18:20 | Blythburgh, England | Military - U.S. Navy | - | null | Consolidated PB4Y-1 | 32271 | null | 2 | 2 | 0 | Navy lieutenant Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., 29, brother of President John F. Kennedy, was killed while on a flying mission over England during World War II. Kennedy volunteered for operation Aphrodite after completing two full combat tours and was killed when the explosive-laden PB4Y he was flying blew up in air. He was intending to aim the ship and bail out, leaving another aircraft to guide the PB4Y via remote control to a German submarine pen on the French coast; it apparently exploded when he armed the switches. The photographichase plane had President Franklin Roosevelt's son, Elliot Roosevelt, on board. |
662 | 08/23/1944 | 10:45 | Freckelton, England | Military - U.S. Air Force | null | null | Consolidated B-24H | 42-50291 | null | 3 | 3 | 58 | The bomber crashed into a school and a cafe while attempting to land at Warton Air Depot in poor weather. The crash occurred during a thunderstorm with heavy rain and winds. Windshear. |
663 | 08/28/1944 | 01:00 | Preswick, Scotland | Military - U.S. Army Air Forces | null | null | Douglas C-54A-DC (DC-4) | 42-72171 | 10276 | 20 | 20 | 5 | Crashed into a residential area in poor visiblility while attemping to land after a trans-Atlantiflilght. |
664 | 08/30/1944 | null | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Panair do Brasil | null | null | Lockheed 18 Lodestar | PP-PBI | 2114 | 16 | 16 | 0 | Crashed in fog. |
665 | 09/02/1944 | null | Belgrad, Yugoslavia | Deutsche Lufthansa | null | null | Junkers JU52/3m | D-AUAW | 641039 | 5 | 5 | 0 | Shot down by allied fighters. |
666 | 09/07/1944 | null | Near Mossman, Queensland, Australia | Military - Royal Netherlands East Indies Air Force | null | Merauke -- Cairns | C-47 Dakota DT-941 | VH-RDK | null | 20 | 20 | 0 | The plane went missing while en route from Merauke to Cairns. The last radio contact was 15 minutes before ETA. A scientifiexpedition found the wreckage in January 1989, 65 km northwest from Cairns at a height of 1,200 meters. |
667 | 09/18/1944 | 07:42 | Alaska | U. S. Air Force | null | Elmindorf AFB, Anchorage - Ladd Field, Fairbanks | Douglas C-47A-90-DL | 43-15738 | 20204 | 19 | 19 | 0 | Struck the side of a mountain while in full flight. Cause unknown but weather conditions suspected. |
668 | 09/21/1944 | null | Rio Doce, Brazil | Panair do Brasil | null | null | Lockheed 18 Lodestar | PP-PBH | 2113 | 17 | 17 | 0 | null |
669 | 09/27/1944 | 20:30 | Near Dijon, France | Deutsche Lufthansa | null | Stuttgart - Barcelona | Focke-Wulf FW 200 | D-AMHL | 20 | 9 | 9 | 0 | Missing on a flight from France to Spain. Shot down by an American Bristol Beau allied night fighter. |
670 | 06/30/1945 | null | Texas | Military - U.S. Air Force | null | null | Boeing TB-29A Super Fortress | 44-69943 | null | 12 | 12 | 0 | null |
671 | 10/07/1944 | null | Near Sadiya, India | China National Aviation Corporation | null | Dinjan - Suifu | Douglas C-47 | 101 | null | 3 | 3 | 0 | Both wing of the cargo plane separated from the fuselage after the aircraft penetrated a thunderstorm. |
672 | 10/10/1944 | null | Bosnia | Deutsche Lufthansa | null | null | Junkers JU-52/3m | D-AUSS | 641382 | 7 | 7 | 0 | null |
673 | 10/11/1944 | null | Sydney, Australia | Qantas | null | null | Short S-23 (flying boat) | VH-ABB | S-877 | 30 | 1 | 0 | On final approach with one engine shut-down, stalled 10 ft above the water and hull ruptured on impact. |
674 | 10/16/1944 | null | Telemark, Norway | Deutsche Lufthansa | null | null | Junkers JU-52/3m | D-ADQV | 640608 | 15 | 15 | 0 | Crashed into a mountain in poor weather conditions. |
675 | 10/17/1944 | null | Hungary | Deutsche Lufthansa | null | null | Junkers JU-52/3m | D-ASHE | 640601 | 9 | 1 | 0 | Shot down by British Mosquito fighters. |
676 | 10/18/1944 | 15:40 | Birkenhead, England | Military - U.S. Army Air Forces | null | Liverpool - New York | Consolidated B24H | 42-50347 | null | 24 | 24 | 0 | Broke-up in flight either due to an explosion or catastrophistructural failure of the aircraft. |
677 | 11/04/1944 | 17:15 | Hanford, California | Trans Continental and Western Air | 8 | San Francisco - New York City | Douglas DC-3 | NC28310 | 2251 | 24 | 24 | 0 | The wing separated from the aircraft after entering a thunderstorm and encountering severe turbulence. The failure of the airplane's structure as a result of severe turbulence, an important contributing cause was the fact that the airplane was undoubtedly in an abnormal attitude of flight, i.e., inverted, at the instant of structural failure. The cause of the airplane becoming inverted was not determined. |
678 | 11/09/1944 | null | Seljord, Norway | Military - U.S. Army Air Corps | null | null | null | 42-52196 | null | null | null | null | null |
679 | 11/19/1944 | 15:10 | Lewes, England | Military - U.S. Army Air Forces | null | null | Douglas C-47A-DL | 43-15046 | 19512 | 30 | 25 | 0 | Flying in low overcast, the aircraft struck a hill, exploded and burned. |
680 | 11/29/1944 | null | Tegucigalpa, Nicaragua | TACA | null | null | Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor | XH-TAN | null | 16 | 16 | 0 | null |
681 | 11/29/1944 | null | Kenya | BOAC | null | null | Lockheed 18 LodeStar | G-AGBW | null | 15 | 15 | 0 | null |
682 | 11/29/1944 | null | Malmo, Sweden | Deutsche Lufthansa | null | null | Focke-Wulf FW 200 | D-ARHW | 2994 | 10 | 10 | 0 | Shot down by a German patrol boat. |
683 | 11/30/1944 | null | Dinjan, China | China National Aviation Corporation | null | null | Douglas C-47 | 56 | null | 3 | 3 | 0 | The cargo plane flew into Digboi Mountain after losing both engines. |
684 | 12/01/1944 | 00:54 | Van Nuys, California | Trans Continental and Western Air | 13 | San Francisco - Burbank - New York City | Douglas DC-3 | NC17322 | 1965 | 17 | 9 | 0 | The plane crashed and burned 6.5 miles west northwest of the Bubank Airport in dense fog. The pilot's deviation from the standard instrument approach procedure and descent below the established safe minimum altitude. A contributing factor was the company's failure to enforce adherence to company procedures. |
685 | 12/03/1944 | null | AtlantiOcean | Trans-Canada Air Lines | null | null | Avro 683 Lancaster | CF-CMU | null | 5 | 5 | 0 | null |
686 | 12/15/1944 | 14:00 | English Channel | Military - U.S. Army Air Forces | null | Twinwood, England - Villacoublay, France | UC-64A Noorduyn Norseman | 44-70286 | 550 | 3 | 3 | 0 | Disappeared over the English Channel en route from Bedford England to Paris, France. Band leader and musician Glenn Miller, 40, killed along with flight officer John Morgan and Lt. Colonel Norman Baessell. It has been theorized the plane may have been hit by bombs being jettisoned over the English Channel by RAF bombers on their way home from an unsuccessful raid. Wreckage and bodies were never found. |
687 | 01/06/1945 | null | Near Dinjan, India | China National Aviation Corporation | null | Kunming - Tengchung | Douglas C-47 | 77 | null | 4 | 4 | 0 | The cargo plane crashed in strong winds |
688 | 01/08/1945 | 21:16 | Port of Spain, Trinidad | Pan American World Airways | 161 | Miami - Leopoldville | Martin M-130 (flying boat) | NC14716 | 558 | 30 | 23 | 0 | The aircraft crashed 1.25 miles short of the intended landing area in a nose-down attitude at too great a speed and broke up in the water. The first officer's failure to realize his proximity to the water and to correct his attitude for a normal landing and the lack of adequate supervision by the captain during the landing, resulting in the inadvertent flight into the water in excess of normal landing speed and in a nose-down attitude. The aircraft was named China Clipper. |
689 | 01/10/1945 | 04:10 | Burbank, California | American Airlines | 6001 | New York City - Juarez, Mexico - Burbank | Douglas DC-3 | NC25684 | 2215 | 24 | 24 | 0 | The aircraft, lost in fog, crashed into the Verdugo Mountains, while attempting to reach Palmdale Airport, its alternate landing site, after being unable to land at Burbank Airport. The company ground personnel failed to obtain and transmit important weather to the pilot. Improperly executed missed approach by the pilot. Actress Donna Reed was returning from Juarez where she obtained a divorce from her husband but was bumped from the flight just prior to takeoff to make room for a military officer holding a wartime-travel priority pass. |
690 | 01/14/1945 | null | China | China National Aviation Corporation | null | null | Douglas C-47 | 70 | null | 6 | 4 | 0 | The cargo plane struck a mountain. |
691 | 01/16/1945 | null | Near Kunming, China | China National Aviation Corporation | null | Chongqing - Kunming | Douglas C-47 | null | null | 3 | 3 | 0 | null |
692 | 01/23/1945 | null | Timor, Indonesia | Military - Royal Australian Air Force | null | null | Consolidated Liberator | A72-70 | null | 11 | 11 | 0 | null |
693 | 01/31/1945 | null | Redesdale, Australia | Australian National Airways | null | null | Stinson Model A | VH-UYY | null | 10 | 10 | 0 | null |
694 | 02/02/1945 | 10:15 | Near Montieri, Italy | Military - U.S. Army Air Forces | null | null | Douglas C-47-DL | 41-18603 | 4728 | 26 | 23 | 0 | Crashed into a hill after encountering a fog bank and not climbing in sufficient time to avoid the terrain. |
695 | 02/06/1945 | 10:05 | Nunters Burgh, England | Military -Royal Air Force | null | null | Douglas C-47 Dakota | KG630 | 13390 | 23 | 23 | 0 | Struck a mountain while flying in low clouds and poor visibility. |
696 | 02/13/1945 | 06:30 | Off Oakland, California | Military - U.S. Navy | null | null | Douglas R4D-6 | 50765 | null | 24 | 24 | 0 | Crashed into San Francisco bay shortly after taking off. The right wing struck to water as the plane made a wide turn. |
697 | 02/15/1945 | null | Lagoa Santa, Brazil | Navegacao Aerea Brasileira | null | null | Lockheed 18 Loadstar | PP-NAE | 2149 | 11 | 11 | 0 | null |
698 | 02/23/1945 | null | Casablanca, Morocco | Military - United States Army Air Force | null | null | Curtiss C-46A | 42-107377 | 27064 | 30 | 13 | 0 | null |
699 | 02/23/1945 | 02:25 | Marion, Virginia | American Airlines | 9 | New York City - Los Angeles | Douglas DC-3 | N18142 | 2138 | 22 | 17 | 0 | The aircraft flew into the summit of Glade mountain at 3,900 ft., in heavy rain and turbulence while en route. The pilot's failure to properly plan the flight and remain at a safe instrument altitude under existing conditions. A contributing cause of the accident was the company's laxity in dispatching and supervising the flight. |