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Consolidated B-24E-25-FO Liberator, 42-7237, c/n 261, [citation needed] of the 703d Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group, crashed on a routine training flight, killing all 10 crew members. The crash occurred 5 miles (8 km) from Sioux City air base according to the Associated Press, [ 24 ] and 1 mile east of the base according to the crash report.
On 23 August 1944, a United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Consolidated B-24 Liberator crashed during a test flight into the centre of the village of Freckleton, Lancashire, England, killing all three crewmen aboard the aircraft and 58 individuals on the ground, including 38 children aged four to six. [2]
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Consolidated B-24 Liberator" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California.It was known within the company as the Model 32, and some initial production aircraft were laid down as export models designated as various LB-30s, in the Land Bomber design category.
"Little Eva" was a USAAF Consolidated B-24 Liberator which crashed north-west of Burketown, Queensland (near the Gulf of Carpentaria) on 2 December 1942. The aircraft was returning from a bombing mission when its crew became lost. As the fuel supply approached exhaustion some of the crew took to their parachutes.
Four years later, the American Graves Registration Service found the remains of what were thought to be eight people involved in a potential B-24 Liberator crash near Yodayadet, Burma, according ...
The remains of the 31-year-old Army Air Force tail gunner aboard a B-24J Liberator bomber, ... they believed to be eight individuals involved in a potential B-24 Liberator crash near Yodayadet ...
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American four-engine heavy bomber used by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) and other allied air forces during World War II.Of the 19,256 B-24, PB4Y-1, LB-30 and other model variants in the Liberator family produced, thirteen complete examples survive today, two of which are airworthy.