List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1945–1949): Difference between revisions

 

;10 December:A [[Curtiss R5C-1 Commando]] military transport plane, BuNo ''39528'', c/n 26715/CU355, (ex-USAAF ''42-3582''), of VMR-152, crashed into [[Mount Rainier]]'s [[South Tahoma Glacier]] near the 9,500 foot level,<ref name="Associated Press 1947, page 1">Associated Press, "Plane Crash Scene Found: Transport With 32 Aboard Hit Cliff", ''The San Bernardino Daily Sun'', San Bernardino, California, Friday 25 July 1947, Volume 53, page 1.</ref> killing 32 U.S. Marines.<ref name=historylink>{{cite web |title=HistoryLink: A Curtis Commando R5C transport plane crashes into Mount Rainier, killing 32 U.S. Marines, on 10 December 1946 |url=http://historylink.org/essays/printer_friendly/index.cfm?file_id=7820 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070708042420/http://historylink.org/essays/printer_friendly/index.cfm?file_id=7820 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2007-07-08 |year=2007 |publisher=[[HistoryLink.org]] }}</ref> Wreckage not found until 22 July 1947.<ref>United Press, "Wreckage Sighted", ''The San Bernardino Daily Sun'', San Bernardino, California, Wednesday 23 July 1947, Volume 53, page 1.</ref><ref name="home.att.net">{{cite web |url=http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/thirdseries4.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991023064733/http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/thirdseries4.html |archive-date=23 October 1999 |dead-url=yes |title=US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos--Third Series (30147 to 39998) |accessdate=10 October 2015 |df=}}</ref> "Capt. A. O. Rule, commanding officer of [[NAS Sand Point|Sand Point naval air station]], said that the transport flew directly into the side of a sheer 3,000 foot cliff, exploded and threw parts and personnel over a wide area. 'In view of the nature of the glacier at the foot of this mountainside,' he said, 'little hope is entertained for the recovery of the bodies.'"<ref name="Associated Press 1947, page 1"/> "The ice and deep crevasses of Tahoma glacier high on Mount Rainier may have claimed forever the bodies of 32 Marines who died when their transport plane flew into the mountain last Dec. 10, it was indicated today (27 July) by the Navy and by searchers back from a second climb on the glacier. The climbers said they recovered additional evidence of the identity of the plane and saw much more wreckage that could not be reached, but failed to locate a single body."<ref>Associated Press, "Ice, Crevasses May Have Claimed Bodies", ''The San Bernardino Daily Sun'', San Bernardino, California, Monday 28 July 1947, Volume 53, page 2.</ref>

 

;30 December :{{Main|1946 Antarctica PBM Mariner crash}} A [[U.S. Navy]] [[Martin PBM Mariner|Martin PBM-5 Mariner]] flying boat, BuNo ''59098'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19461230-0 |title=ASN Aircraft accident Martin PBM-5 Mariner 59098 Thurston Island |publisher=Aviation-safety.net |date= |accessdate=2018-09-24}}</ref> supporting [[Operation Highjump]], departs from seaplane tender [[USS Pine Island|USS ''Pine Island'']] on a prolonged reconnaissance flight,<ref>Associated Press, "Search Flight Again Stalled", ''The Spokesman-Review'', Spokane, Washington, Monday 6 January 1947, Volume 64, Number 237, page 6.</ref> crashes during a blizzard in [[Antarctica]]. Three crew members are killed and six others were stranded 13 days before being rescued. The three who died, Ensign Maxwell A. Lopez, ARM1 Wendell K. Henderson, and ARM1 Frederick W. Williams,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navalhistory.org/2010/04/28/casualties-usn-and-usmc-personnel-killed-and-injured-in-selected-accidents-and-other-incidents-not-directly-the-result-of-enemy-action-1946-1989 |title=Naval History Blog |accessdate=9 July 2015}}</ref> were buried at the crash site and their remains have not been recovered.