MARFA ARMY AIR FIELD, TX
ACCIDENT LISTING

USAAF/USAF AIRCRAFT 1918-1955

This list represents aircraft accidents involving aircraft assigned to this station or the vicinity before a permanent airport was built. We have worked to index as many as possible, but there are still many more that are missing, incomplete or erroneous. We will continue to add additional records as time permits. This page contains both minor and major aircraft accidents that occured both on and off of flying fields.

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DATE	PILOT	AIRCRAFT	SERIAL_NO	LOCATION
421216	NADER, ED B	AT-17B	42-39077	MARFA AAF, TX
430112	SEKKI, EVERETT	AT-17B	42-39079	MARFA AAF, TX
430112	NONE	AT-17B	42-39064	MARFA AAF, TX
430114	GOSIN, JOHN D	AT-17B	42-38839	MARFA AUX 1, TX
430213	WALECH, JOHN V	AT-17B	42-39003	MARFA AAF, TX
430218	FAGGETTI, MARTIN A	AT-17B	42-39100	MARFA AAF, TX
430219	PELLETIER, CAMILLE J	AT-17B	42-39078	MARFA AAF, TX
430219	CHILD, GLENN H	AT-17	42-137	MARFA AAF, TX
430225	MARSHALL, GORDON R	AT-17B	42-39097	MARFA AAF, TX
430310	MARTUKANITZ, JOHN J	AT-17	42-150	MARFA AAF, TX
430319	THAMES, JACK P	AT-17B	42-39005	MARFA AAF, TX
430322	FIELD, PHILIP J	AT-17B	42-38750	MARFA AAF, TX
430329	HOOVER, WILLIAM F	AT-17	42-14	MARFA AAF, TX
430330	GATES, ANTHONY G	AT-17B	42-39091	MARFA AAF, TX
430403	GOSIN, JOHN D	AT-17B	42-39087	MARFA AAF, TX
430403	QUILLIN, DONALD E	AT-17	42-39089	MARFA AAF, TX
430408	HARWELL, EVERETT E	AT-17B	42-39092	MARFA AAF, TX
430421	WAINWRIGHT, LYLE R	UC-78B	42-71642	MARFA AAF, TX
430423	BECK, WILLIAM A	UC-78B	42-71625	MARFA AAF, TX
430428	LARSON, DONALD E	AT-17B	42-39006	MARFA AAF, TX
430429	GRANT, HAROLD E	UC-78C	42-14029	MARFA AAF, TX
430429	TRUNNELL, WILLIAM O	AT-17B	42-39089	MARFA AAF, TX
430511	FIELD, PHILLIP J	AT-17B	42-39044	MARFA AAF, TX
430514	STRICKLAND, DANIEL P	AT-17B	42-39077	MARFA AAF 17 MI SW, TX
430525	SZYCHER, EDWARD J	UC-78B	42-71505	MARFA AAF 1 MI SW, TX
430529	WELLER, ROBERT B	UC-78B	42-71798	ARAGON AUX, TX
430606	YEOMAN, JOHN W	UC-78B	42-71773	MARFA AAF, TX
430612	RANDALL, WARREN T	UC-78B	42-71795	MARFA AAF, TX
430625	GERMAN, WILLIE W	AT-17B	42-38836	MARFA AAF, TX
430630	BRIDGEWATER, JAMES D	AT-17	42-39080	MARFA AAF, TX
430709	HATCHER, ORMONDE D	AT-17	42-38839	MARFA AAF, TX
430709	ERWIN, OLEN E	AT-17B	43-39003	MARFA AAF, TX
430717	BLOOM, HOWARD H	UC-78	42-14075	WINK AP, TX
430717	BYRD, REEVES H	UC-78	42-71484	WINK AP, TX
430726	GRIFFITH, JAMES C	UC-78C	42-14089	MARFA AAF, TX
430729	RENALD, ROBERT B	AT-17B	42-39052	MARFA AAF, TX
430801	BOYNTON, JOHN B	AT-17B	42-39088	MARATHON 50 MI SE, TX
430805	CANTER, DARUS A	UC-78B	42-71671	RYAN AUX 3 MI S, TX
430806	GALLAGHER, RAYMOND J	UC-78B	42-71689	MARFA AUX S, TX
430806	STANLEY, EDWIN G	UC-78C	42-10487	MARFA AUX S, TX
430810	DOUGHERTY, JOHN R	AT-17B	42-39082	MARFA SOUTH AUX 5 MI SW, TX
430812	WARREN, HARRY L	UC-78C	42-14071	MARFA AAF, TX
430814	ROSE, WAYLAND	AT-17B	42-38838	MARFA AAF, TX
430817	CENAD, BENJAMIN M	UC-78B	42-7283	MARFA AAF, TX
430821	TOFTNESS, FRANK B	UC-78	42-14050	MARFA AAF, TX
430821	THOMPSON, GLEN O	AT-17B	42-38735	MARFA AAF, TX
430823	SELLING, HARRY H	UC-78B	42-71809	MARFA AUX S, TX
430827	FARGASON, BILL	AT-17B	42-39074	CHANCELLOR 5 MI SE, TX
430830	JAMES, DONALD R	AT-17B	42-39010	ALPINE AP, TX
430831	TOLIVER, JOHN M	AT-17B	42-39097	VALENTINE 2 MI N, TX
430831	TOLIVER, JOHN M	AT-17B	42-38722	VALENTINE 2 MI N, TX
430906	LINFORD, GRANT H	UC-78B	42-72068	MARFA AAF, TX
430906	JOHNSON, WILLIAM A	AT-17B	42-39088	MARFA AAF, TX
430907	HUNT, W L	AT-17B	42-39010	MARFA AAF, TX
430909	SCOTT, BERT L	AT-17B	42-38746	MARFA AAF, TX
430909	PAOLI, PETER	AT-17	42-205	MARFA AAF, TX
430911	SHOBE, JOSEPH N	AT-17	42-162	RYAN AUX, TX
430920	JOHNSON, BRUCE D	UC-78B	42-71771	MARFA AAF, TX
430920	GUY, ERNEST F	AT-17B	42-38853	VALENTINE 16 MI NW, TX
430921	TOFTNESS, FRANK B	AT-17B	42-39095	ALPINE 6 MI NW, TX
430930	SIMMENDINGER, FREDERICK	AT-17B	42-39068	KENT 13 MI NW, TX
431014	SMALLEY, RICHARD A	AT-17B	42-39080	RYAN AUX 5 MI S, TX
431014	BEAN, DONALD W	AT-17	42-38857	MARFA AUX, TX
431014	SMALLEY, RICHARD A	UC-78B	43-8041	RYAN AUX 5 MI S, TX
431023	PRELLER, ROBERT H	AT-17B	42-38707	MARFA AAF, TX
431030	HEATON, JOHN B	AT-17B	42-39063	MARFA AAF, TX
431102	STEARNS, NEWTON A	UC-78B	43-8061	MARFA AUX S, TX
431114	LIVINGSTON, JOHN H	UC-78B	43-8017	RYAN AUX, TX
431115	WALLACE, WILLIAM B	UC-78	42-71793	MARFA AAF 4 MI W, TX
431121	GOODNIGHT, ELMER K	AT-17D	42-14068	MARFA AAF, TX
431205	MCCRAY, ERNEST A	UC-78B	43-32482	MARFA AAF, TX
431205	MOSS, CHARLES L	UC-78B	43-32482	MARFA AAF, TX
431206	COLE, ROBERT W	UC-78B	43-8067	MARFA AAF, TX
431208	MATHEWS, JOHN J	AT-17B	42-38839	MARFA AAF, TX
431209	HOBBS, CHARLES P	UC-78B	43-32340	MARFA AAF, TX
431211	MALMQUIST, BERTIL E	UC-78C	42-14089	ARAGON AUX, TX
431216	CAMPBELL, WILSON E	AT-17B	42-38855	MARFA AAF, TX
431217	KERR, EDWARD T	UC-78B	43-32504	MARFA AAF, TX
431217	IZARD, EDGAR R	UC-78B	43-32330	MARFA AAF, TX
431218	SIMPSON, WILLIAM B	UC-78B	42-71798	MARFA AAF, TX
431219	TAYLOR, BRUCE	AT-17B	42-38746	ALPINE AP, TX
431221	MATOUR, JAMES J	UC-78B	42-72083	MARFA AUX, TX
431226	REUSCH, RICHARD U	AT-17B	42-38729	MARFA AAF, TX
431227	ELLIS, ROBERT T	AT-17	42-403	MARFA AAF, TX
431227	GUPTILL, KENNETH E	UC-78B	43-32510	MARFA AAF, TX
431228	LORD, TRUMAN R	AT-17B	42-39076	MARFA AAF, TX
431229	NELSON, JOE D	AT-17B	42-39010	MARFA AAF, TX
431230	BOURLIER, JOHN C	UC-78B	42-72083	SANDERSON 15 MI N, TX
431231	LAX, JOHN S	AT-17B	42-38725	MARFA AAF, TX
431231	HANSON, HARLEY H	UC-78B	43-32342	ARAGON AUX, TX
440103	BALDWIN, THANE H HR	UC-78	42-72068	MARFA AAF 2 MI W, TX
440104	DAMUS, VICTOR M	UC-78B	42-71775	MARFA AAF, TX
440104	REAMEY, ELVIN D	AT-17B	42-38875	MARFA AAF, TX
440111	GLOVER, WALTER J	AT-17B	42-38983	SALT FLATS AUX, TX
440114	MANN, ELTON F	UC-78B	43-8010	MARFA AAF, TX
440117	CUMMINGS, CARL M	AT-17B	42-39047	MARFA AAF, TX
440117	ZACRISON, ERIC J	AT-17B	42-38870	MARFA AAF, TX
440120	LONGBOTTOM, CONRAD A	AT-17	42-93	MARFA AAF, TX
440122	TRACY, WILBUR L	AT-17	42-558	MARFA AAF, TX
440124	NELSON, FRANCIS E	AT-17	42-31	MARFA AAF, TX
440124	BERNARDO, PETER R	UC-78C	42-14072	MARFA AAF, TX
440127	GOELLER, GEORGE J	AT-17B	42-39100	DELAWARE SPRINGS AP, TX
440128	GATES, CECIL J	UC-78B	43-32511	MARFA AAF, TX
440129	SINEATH, W B	UC-78	42-72060	MARFA AAF, TX
440129	MONTGOMERY, WAYNE C	AT-17	42-130	ARAGON AUX, TX
440202	O EHME, DAVID G	UC-78B	42-71796	ARAGON AUX, TX
440203	ROJAS, RODNEY G	UC-78B	43-32339	MARFA AAF 4 MI S, TX
440203	RUTHERFORD, WILLIAM R	AT-17B	42-39064	MARFA AAF 4 MI S, TX
440207	TAYLOR, WALTER E	UC-78B	43-32511	MARFA AAF, TX
440209	WIEGNER, JOHN M	AT-17B	42-39028	MARFA AAF, TX
440216	JERNIGAN, HARVEY R	UC-78B	43-8071	RYAN AUX, TX
440218	DILLWOOD, HOWARD M	UC-78B	43-32366	ARAGON AUX, TX
440218	GARDNER, ROBERT D	UC-78B	43-32362	MARFA AAF, TX
440221	FLOOD, CHARLES M	AT-17B	42-39090	MARFA AUX S, TX
440222	DULANEY, ROBERT T	UC-78	43-8024	ARAGON AUX, TX
440222	CNATLON, JOHN E	AT-17B	42-38720	MARFA AAF, TX
440223	OELRICH, GEORGE C	UC-78B	42-72065	ARAGON AUX, TX
440223	WARD, DOUGLAS T	UC-78B	42-71692	MARFA AAF, TX
440224	HOPKINS, WILLIAM L	UC-78B	42-71813	LAUGHLIN FIELD, TX
440224	SMITH, HARVEY M	UC-78B	43-32504	RYAN AUX 10 MI N, TX
440224	HOWELL, DWIGHT, L	AT-17B	42-39002	VALENTINE 18 MI NE, TX
440226	MACE, MABREY C	UC-78B	43-32363	MARFA AAF, TX
440226	WEINRICH, FRANCIS R	AT-17	42-43	MARFA AUX S, TX
440228	JASO, JOSEPH D	UC-78B	43-32358	MARFA AAF 10 MI SE, TX
440301	HITSON, WILLIAM D	UC-78B	43-32361	DRYDEN AUX, TX
440302	SCHIFFER, JOHN S	AT-17	42-149	MARFA AAF, TX
440309	CURTIS, CURTIS D	AT-17B	42-39041	ARAGON AUX, TX
440315	DOMINIQUE, POPTIO P	AT-17	42-019	BIGGS FIELD, TX
440318	WARD, DOUGLAS T	UC-78B	43-32712	RYAN AUX 5 MI S, TX
440320	HAHN, WILLIAM	AT-17B	42-39028	ARAGON AUX, TX
440324	BRYJA, EDWARD	AT-17B	42-39046	ARAGON AUX 6 MI W, TX
440324	ADAMS, FAY G	AT-17B	42-38821	MARFA AAF, TX
440325	SMITH, WILLIAM E	UC-78B	43-8068	MARFA AAF, TX
440327	THORNOCK, LAWRENCE R	UC-78B	43-32364	MARFA AAF, TX
440327	KOPLOWITZ, ABRAHAM	UC-78B	43-8037	RYAN AUX, TX
440328	POTTERS, ROBERT	UC-78B	42-72063	PYOTE AAF, TX
440329	EASTON, FRED W	AT-17B	42-39076	MARFA AAF, TX
440401	DAVIS, THADDEUS W	UC-78B	43-32366	ARAGON AUX, TX
440401	MCLAUGHLIN, TANDY V	UC-78B	43-32559	ARAGON AUX, TX
440413	LENNOX, WILLIAM H	AT-17B	42-38838	MARFA AAF, TX
440426	BUCKINGHAM, MERVIN B	AT-17	42-378	ARAGON AUX, TX
440428	EDMONSON, LAWRENCE D	UC-78C	42-14036	VAN HORN AUX, TX
440429	MCKENNA, FRED V	AT-17B	42-39100	ARAGON AUX, TX
440429	DUBOIS, THOMAS A	AT-17	42-244	RYAN AUX, TX
440504		UC-78B	43-8041	TEXAS
440505		UC-78B	43-32550	TEXAS
440506	ALLEN, TATE M	AT-17B	42-38755	MARFA AAF, TX
440513	SHUMATE, FRANK E	UC-78B	43-32510	DELAWARE SPRINGS AP, TX
440513	DRAGAN, WILLIAM	UC-78B	43-32708	DELAWARE SPRINGS AP, TX
440522	GRIFFIN, ROSCOE C, JR	AT-17	42-19	MARFA AAF 1 MI E, TX
440524	BICKFORD, EARLE H	AT-17B	42-38839	MARFA AAF, TX
440526	WILSON, ALAN R	AT-17B	42-39062	MARFA AAF, TX
440608	WHITSITT, ROBERT D	AT-17	42-39094	MARFA SOUTH AUX, TX
440609	GOODMAN, IRVING W	AT-17	42-64	MARFA AAF, TX
440613	SHANDOR, GEORGE M	AT-17	42-422	MARFA AUX, TX
440628	MUTZEENBERGER, EDWIN J	UC-78A	42-14073	SALT FLATS AUX, TX
440630	FRIEDRICHSEN, DELBERT W	AT-17B	42-39041	MARFA AAF 35 MI S, TX
440706	NIVENS, EUGENE A	UC-78B	43-8032	TEXAS
440712	SMITH, KAROLD M	UC-78	43-32360	TEXAS
440713	FOSTER, JIMMIE L	UC-78B	43-8063	TEXAS
440715	CAPPS WILLIAM E	AT-17	42-369	TEXAS
440718	WARREN, RAY L	UC-78B	43-32365	TEXAS
440719	WILLIAMS, ROBERT W	AT-17	42-286	TEXAS
440720	FRALEY, BILL O	AT-17B	42-38950	TEXAS
440725	KRENZ, DUDLEY I	AT-17	42-224	TEXAS
440805	TAYLOR, KENNETH D	UC-78B	43-32364	MARFA SOUTH AUX, TX
440819	REIF, WILLIAM R	AT-17B	42-38870	MARFA AUX, TX
440820	WILLIAMS, LEONARD B	AT-17B	42-38873	MARFA AUX, TX
440821	WELK, ROBERT	AT-17B	42-39083	MARFA AAF 3 MI S, TX
440829	MARCHESE, ANTHONY M	AT-17B	42-39092	MARFA AUX, TX
440831	RZESZUT, THEODORE W	UC-78B	43-32461	MARFA AAF, TX
440927	GAAL, CHARLES K JR	AT-17	42-39047	TEXAS
441003	HARRISON, THOMAS G	UC-78B	43-32555	TEXAS
441007	MACGREGOR, ROBERT L	UC-78C	42-14051	TENNESSEE
441014	KIRK, HALFORD T	AT-17B	42-39145	TEXAS
441026	SHEN, ROEY LIN	AT-17B	42-38870	TEXAS
441027	ARSENAULT, LLOYD L	UC-78	43-32718	TEXAS
441027	BRANUM, MANSELL W	AT-17B	42-39079	TEXAS
441027	BROWN, ROBERT E	UC-78	42-71811	TEXAS
450106	NONE	UC-78B	43-8050	LUBBOCK AAF, TX
450112	LABUTE, DEO T	AT-17B	42-38945	MARFA AAF 8 MI NW, TX
450118	JARRETT, GRANVILLE S	AT-17B	42-38743	MARFA AAF, TX
450118	NONE	AT-17C	42-38715	MARFA AAF, TX
450201	GRIFFIN, JOHN H	AT-17B	42-39063	TEXAS
450207	HAINS, LUKE E	AT-6C	41-32956	TEXAS
450207	WENDT, KENNETH O	AT-17B	42-39071	TEXAS
450216	TOLLESON, DOANE	AT-11	41-9582	TEXAS
450312	WEBER, LLOYD S	AT-17B	43-39145	TEXAS
450404	HARDIN, JOHN A	AT-17	42-39003	MARFA AAF 35 MI NNE, TX
450429	GILL, WILFRED T	UC-78B	43-32511	MARFA AUX 8 MI W, TX
450429	PARKED	UC-78B	43-38723	MARFA AUX 8 MI W, TX
450530	LEAN, FREDRICK D	AT-6C	42-4013	MARFA AAF, TX