Coast Guard Air Tragedies 

Compiled By Ken Freeze

"Each story is a work in progress. About every two weeks or so I get an email from someone with some additional info on one of the "completed" stories. So each story will continue to evolve. Exactly when and by how much is anyone's guess.

I'm also in the process of researching each and every crash for a write-up. For instance I just discovered another fatal CG crash this week from 1934. I haven't placed it on the site yet because I'm still checking out some details." - Ken Freeze

• The Last Flight of Charles T. Thrun© By Ken Freeze - A Coast Guard Air Tragedy Reprinted By Permission

• A Deadly Training Crash© Army Air Corps BC-1 ACTS Training September 14, 1938 By Ken Freeze - Reprinted By Permission.

• Tragedy At The Farallons© - August 5, 1941 By Ken Freeze - Reprinted By Permission - A Coast Guard Aviation Tragedy.

• Death On Blyn Mountain© - April 6, 1943 By Ken Freeze - Reprinted By Permission - A Coast Guard Aviation Tragedy.

• Mercy Flight Ends In Death© - July 15, 1939 By Ken Freeze - Reprinted By Permission - A Coast Guard Aviation Tragedy.

• Kingfisher Crash Off San Francisco© May 9, 1943 By Ken Freeze - Republished By Permission - A Coast Guard Air Tragedy

• Adak Crash Of PBY-5A© - July 18, 1943 By Ken Freeze - Reprinted By Permission - Coast Guard Aviation Tragedies

• Crash In Greenland© - Northland's J2F Duck #1640 By Ken Freeze - Reprinted By Permission - A Coast Guard Aviation Tragedy

• Eastwind's J2F-6 Crash© December 15, 1945 By Ken Freeze - A Coast Guard Aviation Tragedy.

• PBY Mountain Crash© - February 11, 1947 By Ken Freeze - Reprinted By Permission - A Coast Guard Aviation Tragedy.

• Beechcraft C-45B - USAF Training© - July 6, 1953 By Ken Freeze- Reprinted By Permission - A Coast Guard Aviation Tragedy.

• Air Station Salem Armed Forces Day Crash© - May 18, 1957 By Ken Freeze- Reprinted By Permission - A Coast Guard Aviation Tragedy.

• Funeral Plane Crashes in Snow Storm© - January 22, 1957 By Ken Freeze - Republished By Permission - A Coast Guard Aviation Tragedy

• Rescue off China© -Crash of CG PBM-5G 84738 - January 18, 1953 By Ken Freeze - Republished By Permission - A Coast Guard Aviation Tragedy

• Crash of Jolly Green 23© - June 9, 1968 By Ken Freeze - Republished By Permission - A Coast Guard Aviation Tragedy

• MT. Mars USCG HU-16E Crash© - August 7, 1967 By Ken Freeze - Republished By Permission - A Coast Guard Aviation Tragedy

• The Loss of HH-3F 1471 and Its Crew - August 7, 1981 By Ken Freeze - Republished By Permission - A Coast Guard Aviation Tragedy.