("Overexposed") of the 16th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 91st Reconnaissance Group, 311th Air Division, Strategic Air Command, USAF, crashed on Shelf Moor, Bleaklow, between Manchester and Sheffield, while descending through cloud. All 13 crew were killed. It is doubtful that they ever saw the ground, and the crash time was ascertained from a crew member's wristwatch. The plane, piloted by Captain L. P. Tanner, was on a short flight carrying mail and the payroll for American service personnel based at USAF Burtonwood. The flight was from Scampton (near Lincoln) to Burtonwood (near Warrington), less than an hour. Low cloud hung over much of England, which meant the plane had to be flown on instruments. The crew descended after having flown for the time the crew believed it should have taken them to cross the hill. The aircraft had not quite passed the hills, crashed near Higher Shelf Stones, and was destroyed by fire. 4 November A twin-engine Neptune patrol plane smashed into the snow-covered base of a Vancouver Island mountain. After the discovery of the wreckage in 1961, the US Navy erected a memorial plaque at the site the following year. In 1990, the remains of the nine Navy airmen were recovered and buried in a single grave at Arlington National Cemetery. 5 November Boeing DB-17G Flying Fortress 44-83678, returning to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida from Fort Wayne, Indiana, crashed in woods southeast of Auxiliary Field 2 of Pierce Field and burned northeast of the runway at Eglin main base. All five on board were killed: Lt. Col. Frederick W. Eley, 43, of Shalimar, Florida, staff judge advocate at Eglin for nearly three years, returning from his grandmother's funeral in Portland, Indiana; Maj. Bydie J. Nettles, 29, of Shalimar, Florida, group adjutant for the 3203rd Maintenance and Supply section; Capt. Robert LeMar, 31, Ben's Lake, Eglin AFB, test pilot with the 3203rd; crew chief M/Sgt. Carl LeMieux, 31, of Milton, Florida; and Sgt. William E. Bazer, 36, assistant engineer, of Destin, Florida. Bazer's wife was the Eglin base librarian. 7 November Second prototype Republic XR-12 Rainbow 44-91003 crashed at 13:00 while returning to Eglin AFB. The number-two (port inner) engine exploded as the aircraft was returning from a photographic-suitability test flight. The pilot, unable to maintain control due to violent buffeting, ordered the crew to bail out. Five of the seven crew escaped safely, including pilot Lynn Hendrix, and