Killed, Mid-Air Collision (KMAC): On 17 June 1940, a squadron of twin-engine B-18 medium bombers took off from Mitchel Field on Long Island. While gaining altitude, two of the planes collided over a block of homes in the town of Bellerose, Queens Boro. They fell from the air spreading metal, glass, and flaming fuel all over the area. Twelve people (11 in the planes and one on the ground) died.

1st Lieut. Paul Burlingame, Jr. - Louisville, Kentucky (West Point Class of 1934; flight training at Randolph Field and Kelly Field, near San Antonio, Texas; then Mitchell Field, New York).

2nd Lieut. James Frederick Dow - Aroostook County, Maine (Advanced Pilot Class 40-A Kelly Field 23 March 1940)

2nd Lieut. Hugh Palmer Bedient - Falconer, New York (Advanced Pilot Class 40-A Kelly Field 23 March 1940)

2nd Lieut. Richard Murray Bylander - Little Rock, Arkansas

2nd Lieut. James Herbert Hail - Kansas

2nd Lieut. Paul Moffett Lambert - Massachusetts

SSgt. Martin J. Costello - born 1909 Yorkshire, England

SSgt. Claude Arthur Shelbaer - Pennsylvania

Corp. Thaddius P. Kraszewski - New Jersey

Corp. Frank X. Deeley - Florida

Pvt. Clinton O. Rhodes - New Jersey

Rrichard Murray Bylander