1953 Pacific typhoon season

Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	May 28 – June 7
Peak intensity	220 km/h (140 mph) (1-min)  940 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Judy struck the Southern Japanese island of Kyūshū. 37 people were killed and 15 were missing.[1]

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	August 8 – August 18
Peak intensity	295 km/h (185 mph) (1-min)  885 hPa (mbar)

Nina was a major storm. It made landfall in China as a Category 4 tropical cyclone.

Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	September 15 – September 20
Peak intensity	205 km/h (125 mph) (1-min)  970 hPa (mbar)

Susan hit Hong Kong.[2]

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	September 17 – September 27
Peak intensity	280 km/h (175 mph) (1-min)  900 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Tess struck the Central Honshū Island in Japan. 393 people were killed and 85 were missing.[3]

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	December 9 – December 22
Peak intensity	280 km/h (175 mph) (1-min)  935 hPa (mbar)

A rare late-season Super Typhoon. Did not affect land.

The Lost Hurricane Hunters 3: December 15, 1953

The third typhoon hunter mission lost occurred on December 16, 1953, during a penetration by a Navy PB4Y-2S (Bu No 59176) into Typhoon Doris. The aircraft was part of a six plane squadron, VJ-1/VW-3, COMFAIRGUAM, based at the Naval Air Station in Agana, Guam (VJ-1 was formed in 1952 at NAS Sand Point, Seattle, Washington, and the name later changed to VW-3). The PB4Y-2S aircraft made its initial penetration into Doris' eye at 200–300 feet. As the aircraft radioed back a report at 2245Z, the transmission suddenly ceased. The plane was never heard from again. At the time, Doris was a Category 2 typhoon with sustained winds of 95 knots (110 mph). Again, given the low penetration altitude of the aircraft, it is likely that a downdraft carried the plane into the sea. It's pretty common to get downdrafts that will cause a 300-foot loss of altitude, despite the attempts of the pilot to climb with full power to the engines.

A nine-day long search and rescue operation failed to find any trace of the missing aircraft. Tragically, two aircraft involved in the search and rescue mission crashed, killing 39 more people. The first of these planes was a R4D (DC 3) that crashed into the crater of Agrihan Island, Mariannas, killing all ten crew members. This aircraft was not from the NAS Agana, Guam group. In addition, a B-29 based at Anderson AFB had an engine fail while looking for the missing typhoon hunter aircraft, and crashed during landing into an officer's housing area on Guam. A total of 29 people died in the crash, including at least 11 of the 16 crew members on the aircraft.

The nine crewmen lost during the flight into Typhoon Doris were:

Pilot J. W. Newhall age 39

Co-pilot S. B. Marsden, age 29

Lt. Cmdr. D. Zimmerman Jr., age 35

Ltjg. F. Troescher Jr., age 26

AL1 F. R. Barnett, age 26

AD1 J. N. Clark, age 32

AD3 E. L. Myer, age 20

AL2 N. J. Stephens, age 23

AO3 A. J. Stott, age 23

https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/hunter3.asp