Date & Time:
Mar 2, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Operator:
Registration:
42-109821
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
3518
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
6
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The crew was conducting a combined training exercise with another USAAF Consolidated B-24J Liberator registered 42-100369 and carrying a crew of 11. In flight, in unknown circumstances, both aircraft collided. The first Liberator went into a spin and crashed in a field, killing all six crew members. On board the second aircraft, ten crew were able to bail out before the aircraft crashed in a prairie, killing the last occupant.
