TOPEKA ARMY AIR FIELD, KS
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
421011	DIENST, RALPH M	B-24D	41-23647	TOPEKA AAF 3 MI W, KS
421019	GODLEWSKI, JOHN T R	B-24D	41-11771	CARTERS LAKE, NE
421030	INGLE, ROBERT C	B-24D	41-11833	OLATHE NAS, KS
421114	MCDONALD HARRY L	B-24D	41-11855	KANSAS CITY, MO
421125	SCHIRMER, HAROLD P	B-17E	41-9130	BIGGS FIELD, TX
421127	PETERSON, NEAL J	B-17F	42-5182	TOPEKA AAF, KS
421212	JOHNSON, ODELL H	B-24D	41-1139	GARNETT, KS
421215	MCDONALD, WILLIAM P	B-24D	41-11873	LAMBERT FIELD, MO
430106	CLYNE, ROBERT	B-24D	41-23961	WHITE CITY, KS
430120	ROSE, SAMUEL D	B-24	40-699	TOPEKA AAF, KS
430120	HAINES, FRANKLYN W	B-24D	40-2356	ADMIRE 3 MI N, KS
430124	STEPHENSON, WILLIAM L	B-24D	41-24216	TOPEKA AAF 1 MI S, KS
430124	BROCK, MERLE C	B-24D	41-24038	ALAMOGORDO AAF 40 MI N, NM
430130	TINKER, FRANK A	B-24D	42-41247	ORLANDO AAF, FL
430202	WESTLY, ROY M	B-24D	41-11885	ARNOLD, KS
430208	PROPST, HALBERT W	B-24D	41-1130	TOPEKA AAF, KS
430307	KELLEY, JOESEPH B	B-24D	41-24280	WENDOVER FIELD, UT
430718	RIDENOUR, HERMAN F	B-24D	42-40852	RIYAN, SAUDI ARABIA
430731	MEEKER, MELVIN S	B-24E	41-29052	BOONE 10 MI SW, IA
430822	MCCORKLE, ROBERT D	B-24H	42-7473	TOPEKA AAF, KS
430823	COOPER, JAMES C	L-3C	43-1523	TOPEKA 3 MI W, KS
430824	PORTZLINE, WOODROW E	UC-78	42-58417	TOPEKA AAF, KS
430825	MCCORKLE, ROBERT D	B-24H	42-7528	LECOMPTON 2 MI N, KS
430904	KELLER, D H	B-17G	42-37733	BUFFALO AP, NY
430917	LEWIS, FRANK L	B-24D	42-72882	TOPEKA AAF, KS
431014	BOLES, JOHN R	B-24D	42-72830	MCCOOK AAF, NE
431119	FISH, BENJAMIN F	A-25A	42-79736	TOPEKA AAF, KS
431229	TERPNING, JOHN E	B-24J	42-100182	TOPEKA AAF, KS
440404	CASNER, JACK T	B-24E	41-29083	KANO, NIGERIA
440408	SNEDIGAR, PAUL D	B-24H	41-28983	MILLINGTON 5 MI W, TN
440428	VARNER, BENJAMIN R, JR	B-24G	42-78274	TOPEKA AAF, KS
440505	BONETTI, EDWARD J	B-24G	42-78290	ADJACENTO FIELD, BRAZIL
440526	HOLMES, HENRY T, JR	B-24H	42-51210	TOPEKA AAF, KS
440715	NELSON, LEVINE S	B-24J	42-50871	ASHVILLE 1 MI NW, NY
440726	LEICHMAN, WILLIAM W	B-24J	42-51348	KANSAS
450113	TARVIS, WARREN F	B-29	42-93892	AMARILLO AAF, TX
450725	TURNER, HAROLD B	UC-45F	43-35905	TOPEKA AAF, KS
450930	WINDSOR, JULIUS G	C-47A	42-81789	KIRTLAND AAF, NM
460202	MADIGAN, WALTER J	C-47A	43-15755	LOWRY FIELD, CO
460319	YOUNG, RICHARD K	C-47B	45-1085	HOBART MILLES 3 MI S, CA
460418	MUSE, LINUS E	UC-45F	44-86946	TOPEKA AAF, KS
460611	FLOYD, DICK W	P-38L	44-53132	SMYRNA AAF 1 MI NE, TN
460611	SORENSON, CHESTER W	P-38L	44-53219	LASCASSAS 3 MI SE, TN
460622	KRUCKMEYER, FREDERICK J	P-51H	44-64526	MCCLELLAN FIELD, CA
460701	MANSELL, MORRIS E	AT-6C	41-32334	TINKER FIELD, OK
460712	ARONSON, LLOYD H	C-54G	45-543	BARKSDALE AAF, LA
460712	NONE	A-26B	44-34725	BARKSDALE AAF, LA
460718	BELL, HILLYARD F	C-47B	45-930	GOODLAND AP 4 MI NW, KS
460724	SEAGRAVES, JACK W	P-61B	42-39551	TOPEKA AAF, KS
460730	MILLER, CECIL A	B-17G	44-83781	TOPEKA AAF, KS
460731	MICHAEL FREDERICK H	P-80A	45-85311	TOPEKA AAF, KS
460912	PARKED	AT-6D	41-32977	SAN BERNADINO AAF
460913	STENROSE, ARNOLD W	AT-6C	42-3965	SANTA ANA 3 MI S, CA
460921	ROWE, EDWARD J	C-54G	45-548	FAIRFIELD-SUISUN AAF, CA
470109	PATTERSON, ALFRED K	AT-6D	44-81050	TOPEKA AAF, KS
470708	LENNON, ARTHUR T	AT-11	42-37703	TOPEKA AAF, KS