midair with PB4Y-2 BuNo 59721 (also of VB-4) while in formation over Munson, Florida during joint training with an F6F Hellcat. As the fighter dove at the patrol bombers, they manoeuvered into a turn; the plane flying wing collided with the leader, knocking out one of the leader's engines. The lead plane went into a spin and crashed; the second PB4Y flew straight and level for a short time before it also spun in and crashed. The wreckage came down about eight miles north of Munson. The F6F notified nearby Whiting Field about the accident, and landed safely. Fourteen were killed on 59721, and 13 on 59437; one body in an unopened parachute was also found. 16 May B-17G-95-VE Flying Fortress 44-85510 of the 234th AAFBU at Clovis Army Air Field in New Mexico crashed into White's Hill near Fairfax, California, en route to Hamilton Field in Marin County after running out of fuel. Two crew members were killed. A United Press account reported, "Seven Army men rescued from the twisted fuselage of a B-17 Flying Fortress fought for life tonight after the plane crashed into the rugged foothills of Mt. Tamalpais. Two others were killed. Two men, believed to have been the pilot and co-pilot, were thrown clear of the wreckage. Only semi-conscious, they walked and crawled four miles to a private residence. Hamilton field officials said all seven men's injuries were listed as critical and that they were being moved to Letterman General hospital, San Francisco, for treatment. Army salvage crews and hospital corpsmen cut their way through the metal fuselage to four men trapped in the pilot's compartment. The radio operator, semi-conscious and moaning for more than seven hours, was freed from the body of the plane at 9:30 a.m. He was the last man out." The pilot was listed as Warder H. Skaggs. 17 May "Calcutta, May 22 (UP) - An American C-47 transport plane with 10 persons aboard and carrying 36 American war dead for reinterment has been missing between Akyab and Calcutta since May 17, it was revealed today." Douglas C-47B-1-DK 43-48308 (c/n 25569/14124), with three crew and eight passengers, struck a wooded hillside in Birmanipara, Tripura in a heavy storm while carrying the remains of Allied prisoners of war from Rangoon to Calcutta-Barrackpore. The wreckage was discovered on 16 December 2011 by 34 Battalion of the Indian paramilitary Assam Rifles. The site was