On December 7, 1943, Frank Adams and other pilots were practicing take-offs and landings in twin-engine Anson aircraft. Adams and another pilot lost sight of each other and landed at the same time, with Adams’ plane settling on top of the other. Neither pilot was injured. Adams also survived a crash two months earlier, when he stalled a single engine Cornell at 30 feet and plummeted to the ground. Adams was fine, but the plane was wrecked.