piloted by Louis L. Jernigan, was listed as missing near . 26 May "Jacksonville, Fla., May 26 (AP) - At least four persons were killed when a Navy C-47 transport plane made a forced landing near Flagler Beach, the Florida state highway patrol reported tonight. The plane's four other passengers were injured, one critically, the patrol reported. The injured men were taken to a hospital at Daytona Beach. The plane was en route from the Jacksonville naval air station to Miami. W. H. Courtney of Daytona Beach, who said he was at Flagler Beach when the plane went down, reported the craft burst into flames while still in the air and that a 'sheet of flame' went up from the wreckage when it struck." R4D-5, BuNo 17144 (c/n 12334), was involved. 3 June "San Diego, June 3 (AP) - Two Navy pilots were believed killed today when their Fireball pursuit planes collided five miles off the coast near San Clemente, 60 miles north of here. The Navy in reporting the crash said the accident occurred when the wing of one of the planes broke off and the other craft rammed the damaged plane. The two planes fell into the sea. The bodies were not recovered." FR-1s BuNo 38696 and 39677 were involved. "Honolulu, T. H., June 3 (UP) - The Navy announced today that a B-17 Flying Fortress with 10 men aboard has disappeared between Kwajalein and Guam during an aerial search for a C-54 transport which has been missing with five aboard in the same area since May 25." "Manila, June 3 (AP) - Philippine army headquarters reported today that eight persons were killed and six seriously injured in the crash of one of its C-47 transport planes, one mile north of Legaspi, southern Luzon." 20 June A Vought F4U Corsair of Marine VMF-223 crash-landed at MCAS El Toro in California when the pilot apparently reached for the flaps lever and pulled the landing-gear lever, retracting the undercarriage. July–December 1946 4 July Pacific theatre pilot Lt. Col. John C. "Pappy" Herbst (18 credited victories) was fatally injured at age 36 in front of 30,000 spectators at the San Diego County Fair when his Lockheed P-80A-1-LO Shooting Star 44-85083 of the 445th Fighter Squadron, 412th Fighter Group, March Field in California crashed after failing to pull up in a dive just west of the Del Mar Fairgrounds while flying with