COLUMBIA ARMY AIR FIELD, SC
ACCIDENT LISTING

USAAF/USAF AIRCRAFT 1918-1955

This list represents aircraft accidents involving aircraft assigned to this station or the vicinity before a permanent airport was built. We have worked to index as many as possible, but there are still many more that are missing, incomplete or erroneous. We will continue to add additional records as time permits. This page contains both minor and major aircraft accidents that occured both on and off of flying fields.

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DATE	PILOT	AC	SN	LOCATION
410519	TIPTON, W D	BC-1A	30-812	LOGAN FIELD, MD
410909	EICHOLZ, JEROME C	O-49	40-229	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
420319	TIRK, ANTHONY JR	B-25B	40-2244	MIAMI, FL
420323	BATES, JAMES P	B-25B	40-2291	EGLIN AUX 3, FL
420404	BAILEY, MALCOM A	B-25B	40-2234	LANGLEY FIELD, VA
420430	WOOD, W R	B-25C	41-12637	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
420517	WILLES, CG	B-25B	40-2289	COLUMBIA AAF 7 MI S, SC
420519	WHITE, THOMAS J	B-25C	41-12683	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
420607	BRANDON, JESS W	B-25B	40-2308	FLORENCE AAF, SC
420610	CAMPBELL, WOODROW R	B-25C	41-12783	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
420610	WILSON, JOHN E	B-25B	40-2269	MIAMI, FL
420611	MACFARLANE, WILLIAM V	B-25C	41-12818	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
420614	ROSENBAUM, BERT S	B-25C	41-12646	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
420617	DRAEMEL, DEAN H	B-25B	40-2295	MYRTLE BEACH AAF, SC
420623	FAIN, ROBERT S	B-25D	41-29669	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
420701	POTTS, DAVID L	B-25C	41-12815	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
420708	PLANT, JAMES A	B-25B	40-2271	WILSON MILLS, NC
420714	GRIFFITH, F J	B-25C	41-12474	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
420714	RUMEAU, HENRY J	B-25C	41-12782	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
420716	DOUGHERTY, KEITH E	B-25D	41-29666	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
420802	NELSON, FRED E	B-25B	40-2296	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
420804	CURTIS, NEAL D	B-25	41-29658	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
420814	RODELY, W E	B-25D	41-12671	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
420814	NONE	B-25C	41-12607	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
420817	LEWIS, K E	B-25D	41-29663	NEWBERRY, SC
420902	KIZZIRE, WILLIAM L	B-25B	40-2300	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
420906	NIXON, DONALD O	B-25C	41-12625	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
420909	DEMUTH, ROBERT D	B-25	41-12692	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
420913	SPARKS, FRANCIS W	B-25B	40-2239	COLUMBIA AAF 2 MI E, SC
420913	PARSONS, LLEWELLYN S	B-25D	41-29665	MYRTLE BEACH RANGE, SC
420913	NONE	A-20A	40-86	MYRTLE BEACH RANGE, SC
420914	VANMANSART, LOUIS J	B-25C	41-12618	MYRTLE BEACH AAF, SC
420918	LIBMAN, ARNOLD P	B-25C	41-12644	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
420919	MACTEER, THOMAS M	B-25	41-29657	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
420921	EVANS CLIFFORD B JR	B-25C	41-12812	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
420929	SYPHERS, VIXTOR K	B-25D	41-29768	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
421005	HAGEST, CHARLES M	B-25C	41-12617	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
421024	PINKERTON, BILLY D	B-25D	41-29655	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
421105	MAGEE, MILFORD M	B-25	41-29668	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
421108	SMITH, VICTOR	B-25C	41-12785	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
421109	WILKERSON, HAROLD H	B-25D	41-29669	RIDGEWAY, IL
421109	SNYDER, JACK W	UC-61A	42-94139	BREWSTER, OH
421114	FRIEND, MARION F	B-25D	41-29656	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
421117	SHEPHERD, JOHN M	B-25C	41-12532	HERBERT SMART AP, GA
421119	ANACKER, LYLE E	B-25D	41-29820	MONROE, GA
421121	EVANS, ROBERT N	B-25B	41-18032	MIDWAY AP, IL
421122	STACEY, WILLIAM A	B-25C	41-12699	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
421124	JOHNSTON, THOMAS A	B-25C	41-12809	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
421125	GILLULY, JOHN W	B-25	41-13234	LAKE MURRAY, SC
421127	MORRIS, ROSS T JR	B-25D	41-29830	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
421203	BRYANT, CLIFFORD B	B-25D	41-29803	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
421207	TRIMMIER, JOHN D	B-25	41-13286	COLUMBIA AAF 9 MI SE, SC
421224	HELVENSTON, HARRY H	B-25C	41-13295	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
421230	MASON, FRANK E	B-25D	41-29855	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
430105	HOPSON, MERRITT M	B-25C	41-13292	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
430105	FERGUSON, LYNN A JR	B-25C	41-13291	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
430106	STREVER, RAYMOND G	B-25D	41-29871	MYRTLE BEACH AAF, SC
430106	UNOCCUPIED	B-25	41-12460	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
430114	KILGORE, MERTON P	B-25C	41-13287	PORT COLUMBUS NAF, OH
430116	JACKSON, NORMAN V	B-25D	41-29819	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
430120	HOCHELLA, MICHAEL F	B-25D	41-29845	CLEVELAND AP, OH
430123	BLADELL, RALPH F	B-25C	42-53453	GREAT FALLS 2 MI S, SC
430125	FRIDGE, BENJAMIN W	B-25D	41-29854	MIAMI, FL
430127	BANKSTON, BUELL A	B-25D	41-29870	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
430127	KUROWSKI, WALTER C	B-25C	41-12454	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
430201	JANOVSKY, JOSEPH R	B-25D	41-29816	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
430209	HOFFMAN, HENRY H	B-25D	41-29802	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
430213	SMITH, BOB	B-25D	41-29865	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
430214	ANACKER, LYLE E	B-25D	41-29869	JACKSON AAF, MS
430221	EXPOSITO, VINCENT J	B-25D	41-29817	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
430223	WESTON, DOAK A	B-25C	41-13289	LAKE MURRAY, SC
430225	HOFFMAN, HENRY H	B-25D	41-29809	JOLIET, IL
430312	WEAVER, JOSEPH S	B-25C	41-12734	MORAVIAN FALLS, NC
430321	STACEY, WILLIAM A	B-25C	42-53473	CAIRO 12 MI S, EGYPT
430323	KENNEDY, JOHN J	OA-14	42-38223	LAKE MURRAY, SC
430324	HUMPHRIES, RUFUS S JR	B-25D	41-29656	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
430404	SITTMAN, WILLIAM L	B-25D	41-29860	LAKE MURRAY, SC
430404	FALLON, WILLIAM C	B-25C	41-12634	LAKE MURRAY, SC
430405	PETERSON, JAMES W	B-25	41-12361	SAPELO ISLAND, GA
430415	PITTS, LEROY G	B-25C	41-12465	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
430415	GIBSON, C P	B-25C	42-53425	ATKINSON FIELD, BG
430421	WILSON, WILLIAM O	B-25C	41-13177	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
430422	FULLER, GORDON C	B-25C	41-13235	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
430508	COOPER, GEORGE L	B-25D	41-30014	CANTON ISLAND
430516	HARTMAN, WILLIAM D	B-25D	41-30334	BORINQUEN FIELD
430527	NICHOLAS, JACK	B-25G	42-32386	MYRTLE BEACH AAF, SC
430604	PIRNIE, ROBERT M	B-25G	42-32385	LAKE MURRAY RANGE, SC
430605	SIECK, ALBERT S	B-25C	41-13068	ADAMS FIELD, AR
430608	BAXTER, WILLIAM T	B-25G	42-64558	BORINQUIN FIELD, PR
430613	MILLER, EDWARD L	B-25C	42-32327	COLUMBIA AAF 6 MI SE, SC
430615	PANICH, MICHAEL	B-25	41-12613	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
430619	GRAZIER, FLOYD C JR	B-25C	41-13177	LAKE MURRAY, SC
430627	VAN FLEET, DORANCE L	B-25D	41-29864	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
430627	FELDOTT, EUGENE W	B-25C	42-32373	AUGUSTA 20 MI NE, GA
430627	JOHNSON, GILBERT P	B-25C	41-12493	SOUTH CAROLINA
430704	DIXON, ROBERT T	B-25C	42-32359	MYRTLE BEACH AAF, SC
430719	HUGHES, LOGAN W	B-25D	41-30289	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
430719	WHITMER, DONALD E	B-25C	41-13235	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
430721	KANOWSKY, BENJAMIN L JR	B-25C	41-12456	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
430722	WOODARD, HARLAN A	B-25D	41-29856	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
430722	CHAMER, STEPHEN A	B-25	41-29872	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
430726	OWENS, GLENN	B-25D	41-13293	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
430807	WILSON, ROLLIN N	B-25C	41-12602	COLUMBIA AAF 11 MI E, SC
430830	FISHER, EARL	A-24A	42-60838	CONGAREE AAF, SC
430907	POLANSKY, EDWIN S	B-25C	41-12681	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
430923	JONES, KENNETH J	B-25C	42-32366	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
431005	SNYDER, WILLIAM R	B-25D	41-29662	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
431014	TEMPLETON, JAMES R	B-25	42-87151	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
431015	CARTER, JAMES B	B-25C	41-13216	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
431018	LAMB, ROLAND F JR	B-25D	42-87148	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
431021	PRICE, WILLIAM G	P-39Q	42-20837	CONGAREE AAF, SC
431022	LITTLEFIELD, CARL E	B-25C	41-12465	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
431025	PRICE, WILLIAM G	P-39Q	42-19627	CONGAREE AAF, SC
431213	WHEELER, WILLIAM A	B-25C	42-53346	BARNWELL, SC
440122	GASSETT, DOUGLAS H	B-25G	42-64671	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
440123	GILSTRAP, TOMMY O	B-25H	43-4153	BAER FIELD, IN
440125	KIRK, THEODORE	B-25G	42-32364	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
440130	LA VALLEY, DONALD R	B-25H	43-4241	MYRTLE BEACH AAF 9 MI S, SC
440216	EDGE, DAVID B JR	B-25G	42-64959	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
440227	DAMM, JULIUS W JR	B-25G	42-64697	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
440320	JARMAN, THEODORE J	L-2M	43-26726	NORTH, SC
440328	STRITTMATTER, WILLIS C	B-25G	42-64969	OWENS FIELD, SC
440427	SOUTWARD, THOMAS H	P-39N	42-9719	CAYCE 3 MI SE, SC
440428	BAGLIETTO, JOHN E	L-2M	43-26719	COLUMBIA AUX 4, SC
440522	HAMON, CLAYBOURNE N	B-25C	42-32377	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
440522	MOORE, ROY R	B-25H	43-4439	MYRTLE BEACH RANGE, SC
440617	CAPALETY, THOMAS A	L-2M	43-26719	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
440718	LAVERS, JACK W	B-25D	42-87152	SOUTH CAROLINA
440726	JENSEN, LOYD E	B-25J	43-27583	SOUTH CAROLINA
440728	HARNETT, JAMES J	B-25J	43-27856	SOUTH CAROLINA
440823	BROSNAN, CORNELIUS G	B-25D	42-87145	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
440823	HARNETT, JAMES J	B-25J	43-36083	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
440824	ELWELL, FRED S	B-25G	42-64982	MYRTLE BEACH AAF, SC
440825	MCCULLIN, BENJAMIN N	BT-13A	41-21253	CORONACA AAF, SC
440914	POUND, JACK K	B-25J	44-29139	SOUTH CAROLINA
440923	GEERS, THOMAS J	B-25J	43-27853	SOUTH CAROLINA
441019	MEEHAN, JOHN D	AT-6D	42-85957	SOUTH CAROLINA
450121	RUSH, BARTON D	B-25J	43-27859	SOUTH CAROLINA
450130	MUHEONEN, EIMAR F	B-25J	44-28834	SOUTH CAROLINA
450201	COTTINGHAM, WILLIAM O	P-40N	44-7814	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
450202	THOMPSON, EVERETT	B-25J	44-28826	GASTON 2 MI W, SC
450217	SILVIUS, RAY	B-25H	43-4538	SOUTH CAROLINA
450219	TUSKEY, ROBERT B	B-25H	43-4433	SOUTH CAROLINA
450302	BOETTCHER, ROBERT L	B-25J	44-28854	SOUTH CAROLINA
450314	SMITH, LEO E	A-26C	43-22701	SOUTH CAROLINA
450314	JENSEN, ROBERT E	B-25J	44-28834	SOUTH CAROLINA
450314	PARSONS, ALTON R	A-26B	41-39522	SOUTH CAROLINA
450316	HOWELL, CHARLES G	A-26B	43-22443	SOUTH CAROLINA
450329	FULLER, THEODORE B	A-26B	41-39507	SOUTH CAROLINA
450405	STEPHENSON, CLAY C	A-26C	43-22700	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
450405	REIHL, JAMES H	A-26B	44-34185	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
450408	RUSSELL, MICHAEL	A-26B	44-34161	NORTH, SC
450409	MILLER, JOHN C	A-26B	41-39439	MCBEE 10 MI N, SC
450412	HICKS, DONALD J	A-26B	44-34209	COLUMBIA AAF 8 MI SW, SC
450516	BRANNAN, RAYMOND E	A-26C	44-35254	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
450518	MCGRAW, JOHN	A-20H	44-022	INNSBORO 1 MI N, SC
450530	FLOWERS, WILLIAM F	A-20J	42-22080	BATESBURG 8 MI SW, SC
450605	JOHNSON, CHARLES W	A-20K	44-009	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
450608	BARRY, JULIAN P	A-20J	43-22085	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
450610	WERNER, FRANCIS C	A-20J	43-22083	GREAT FALLS, SC
450720	STROM, KENNETH W	A-26C	43-22708	CORONACA AAF, SC
450829	LEHARDY, ARNOLD	BT-13B	42-89905	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
451008	RUTE, JACK H	B-25J	43-27615	NORTH, SC
451017	LAUDERBAUGH, JEROME A	L-5	42-99319	COLUMBIA AAF, SC
470215	NEWTON, HARMON W JR	AT-6C	41-32939	LEXINGTON CO AP, SC
470221	BIRD, JOSEPH W	P-51D	44-72801	WEST COLUMBIA 10 MI SW, SC