First reports given to Coroner Williams indicated that only one body had been found at the time." "March field [sic] authorities yesterday (2 June) announced the names of three Army men killed when their two-engine bomber crashed Thursday night in Lucerne valley while on a combat training flight. The three killed were: Second Lt. August P. Marks, 21; mother, Mrs. Veronica Marks, Detroit. Flight Officer Charles F. Cizek, 20; father Charles J. Cizek, Berwyn, Ill. Sgt. Orville B. Barton, 28; mother Mrs. Florence Barton, Tieton, Wash." 4 June Aichi E13A "Jake" floatplane, c/n 41116, of 634 Kōkūtai-Teisatsu, 302 Hikōtai, crashed into the sea during a nighttime search mission. Salvaged off Kaseda city, Kagoshima prefecture on 22 August 1992, it is displayed unrestored at the Kasedo Peace Museum in Kyūshū, Japan. 6 June The Boeing B-29-40-BW Superfortress that led the first B-29 raid on Tokyo on 24 November 1944 (42-24592), nicknamed "Dauntless Dotty", of the 869th Bomb Squadron, 497th Bomb Group, 73rd Bomb Wing, 20th Air Force, left Kwajalein at 3:06 am for the second leg of a ferry flight back to the United States, commanded by Capt. William A. Kelley of Tifton, Georgia. Forty seconds after takeoff the aircraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean and sank, killing 10 of the 13 aboard instantly. Co-pilot 1st Lt. John Neville of Bradley, Illinois, tailgunner S/Sgt. Glenn F. Gregory of Waldron, Illinois, and left gunner S/Sgt. Charles McMurray (spelt McMurry in one source) of Memphis, Tennessee were thrown from the wreckage and recovered by a rescue boat after about 45 minutes in the water. A search for the lost airframe by the Australian National Underwater and Marine Agency was proposed in 2015. 13 June USAAF Consolidated B-24H-25-FO Liberator 42-95095 of the 66th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group, returning to the United States from Prestwick Airfield, crashed in Shieldaig in the remote Fairy Lochs in Wester Ross, Scotland; its crew of nine, from the 66th Bombardment Squadron, were killed. Also on board were six crewmen from Air Transport Command, and the pilot was Jack B. Ketcham. A memorial has been erected at the site. 14 June "Vicksburg, Miss, June 15 (AP) - Seventeen naval personnel, including two WAVES, were killed and a Navy lieutenant seriously injured yesterday (14 June) when a big transport plane exploded and crashed in a wooded area 16 miles northeast of here." The account misstated the casualties' branch of service.