lose a wing after they heard an explosion. The trainer came down in a field west of Cedar Lake, Indiana and west of Lowell, Indiana; Cedar Lake is north of Lowell. 17 May Former Our Gang actor Bobby Hutchins was killed in a mid-air collision while trying to land a North American AT-6D Texan, 42-86536, of the 3026th Base Unit when it hit a North American AT-6C Texan (42-49068, of the same unit) at Merced Army Air Field in Merced, California during a training exercise. The other pilot, Edward F. Hamel, survived. 27 May The third prototype Curtiss XP-55 Ascender, 42-78847, was destroyed in a crash during an air show at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, killing pilot Capt. William C. Glasgow and two civilians on the ground. The pilot attempted a slow roll after a low pass in formation with a P-38 and a North American P-51 Mustang on each wing, crashed at the end of the runway, and plowed through a line of cars on Alternate State Route 4. Dick Bong was flying the Lightning, and Don Gentile was the Mustang pilot. Bong died in a P-80 crash on 6 August, and Gentile was killed in a Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star crash on 28 January 1951. 28 May Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver, BuNo 19866, had a stalled engine during a target run and crashed into Lower Otay Reservoir near San Diego, California. Navy pilot E. D. Frazar of Richmond, Texas and United States Army gunner Joseph Metz of Youngstown, Ohio survived, swam ashore, and hitchhiked back to Ream Field. The plane was raised from the reservoir on 20 August 2010, and will be transported to Pensacola, Florida, for restoration by the National Museum of Naval Aviation. 31 May North American B-25H-5 Mitchell, reported as 43-4643, of the 420th AAF Base Unit, March Field, California, crashed southeast of Victorville, California. Three crew members were killed. Joe Baugher lists that airframe as having survived the war, however, and was sold to Paul Mantz on 19 February 1946 for use as a camera platform (registered as NX1203). "At least three men were killed Friday night when a B-25 out of March field [sic] crashed on a hillside in the Lucerne valley, according to a report received by Coroner R. E. Williams from officers at the Victorville Army Air field. [sic] Details of the bomber crash were not immediately learned, the coroner said.