;11 October : Consolidated B-24D-1-CO Liberator, 41-23647, c/n 442, the eighth block 1 airframe,Andrade, John M., "U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909", Midland Counties Publications, Earl Shilton, Leicester, UK, 1979, , p. 46. of the 469th Bomb Squadron, 333d Bomb Group, based at Topeka Army Airfield, Kansas, piloted by Ralph M. Dienst, suffers engine failure and crashes into a hillside three miles W of the base, killing eight and critically injuring one. "The plane was on a routine flight, army officers reported. Lt. H. R. Rubin of the Topeka base said the dead included: Lieut. Ralph M. Dienst, 26, Pasadena, California; Second Lieut. James H. Edwards, 24, Berkeley, California, and Second Lieut. James L. Holmes, 24, Fort Bragg, California."Associated Press. "Eight Killed as Bomber Crashes", The San Bernardino Daily Sun, San Bernardino, California, Monday 12 October 1942, Volume 49, p. 2.
