about . It went down about 50 miles from regular patrol routes. Eighteen people were killed, and eight survived; surface vessels rescued the survivors from life rafts. Twenty-one passengers and six crew were aboard, including two women (one civilian and one WAC); one of the women was rescued. Seven bodies were recovered. Seven ships, including aircraft carriers, were involved in the search. On 11 January 1946, commanding general of the Pacific division headquarters in Honolulu announced the conviction of John R. Patrick, 27, of Tulare, California, on a charge of involuntary manslaughter for failing to "determine positively" whether the plane had been refueled before takeoff. Public-relations officers said that the court-martial which tried Patrick also convicted him of destruction of government property through "wrongful neglect". Patrick, a civilian, was one of the eight survivors. His defense, according to the public-relations office, was that he took precautions. Patrick was sentenced to six months of confinement and fined $2,000. 6 November Ensign J. C. West took off from in a Ryan FR-1 Fireball, of VF-41, a combination prop-jet design, and soon experienced problems with the Wright R-1820-72W Cyclone radial engine. Before the reciprocating power plant failed completely, West started the General Electric I-16 jet engine and returned to the ship (making the first-ever landing by jet power alone on a carrier). The escort carrier was operating off San Diego for pilot qualifications in the FR-1. 9 November Disregarding advice from Eric "Winkle" Brown of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) to treat the rudder of the Heinkel He 162 with suspicion due to several in-flight failures, RAF pilot Flt. Lt. R. A. Marks began a low-level roll in He 162A-2 (Wrk. Nr. 120072, AM61 during the Farnborough Air Show. One of the fin-and-rudder assemblies breaks off and the aircraft crashed in Aldershot before its ejection seat could be deployed, killing Marks. 11 November A Short Stirling C.5 operated by No. 158 Squadron RAF was departing for the United Kingdom when it crashed on take-off from RAF Castel Benito in Libya after the wing caught fire. Twenty-one soldiers and five crew members were killed, and one person survived. 17 November A USAAF Republic P-47N-15-RE Thunderbolt 44-88938, crashed between two houses on Windsor Parkway in Hempstead, New York shortly after take-off from Mitchel Field, setting both houses on fire. The morning accident killed pilot 1st Lt. Daniel D. A. Duncan, 24, of New Iberia, Louisiana.