Crash of a Consolidated B-32-2 Liberator II in Charlottetown: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 21, 1946
Operator:
Registration:
G-AGEM
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
London – Shannon – Keflavik – Gander – New York
MSN:
26
YOM:
1942
Country:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
8
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
While cruising along the east Canadian coast, the crew informed ATC about severe icing conditions and obtained the permission to divert to Charlottetown Airport. The aircraft passed the runway threshold at a height of 7 meters and then stalled and crashed in flames on the runway. The copilot was killed while 13 other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.
Probable cause:
The exact cause of the crash was not determined. However, it is believed that the plane would have stalled during the last segment due to the combination of an excessive accumulation of ice and frost and an insufficient approach speed.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24J-20-CO Liberator near Ryderwood: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 1, 1945
Operator:
Registration:
42-73191
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
McChord - Oklahoma City
MSN:
2761
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While flying in a thunderstorm, the aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a hilly terrain. All five crew members were killed. It appears there were severe turbulence in the area at the time of the accident.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24J-5-CF Liberator near Ryderwood: 5 killed

Date & Time: Nov 1, 1945
Operator:
Registration:
42-64160
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
McChord - Oklahoma City
MSN:
409
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
While flying in a thunderstorm, the aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a hilly terrain. All five crew members were killed. It appears there were severe turbulence in the area at the time of the accident.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24M-25-FO Liberator in Agana: 8 killed

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1945 at 0334 LT
Operator:
Registration:
44-51318
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Agana – Kwajalein
MSN:
6173
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Agana-Harmon Field, in initial climb, the aircraft hit tree tops and crashed in flames about 2 km from the airport. All eight occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, weather conditions were good.
Crew:
S/Sgt Andrew G. Macro,
1st Lt John E. Schmidt 6.
Probable cause:
The exact cause of the accident could not be determined.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24D-CO Liberator in London-Gatwick

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1945
Operator:
Registration:
FL966
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
150
YOM:
1941
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The nose gear collapsed on landing. The aircraft skidded on runway and came to rest. There were no casualties.
Probable cause:
Nose gear collapse.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24J Liberator VI in Blackbushe: 23 killed

Date & Time: Oct 5, 1945 at 1245 LT
Operator:
Registration:
KG867
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Blackbushe – Prague
MSN:
963
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
18
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
23
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Blackbushe, while in initial climb, the engine number two caught fire. The aircraft stalled and crashed in a huge explosion in a field located 2 miles from the airport. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all 23 occupants were killed. All of them were Czech citizens being repatriated to their country at the war's end, among them 5 kids.
Crew (311th Squadron):
P/O Jaroslav Kudlácek, pilot,
W/O Antonin Broz, copilot,
P/O Karel Rybnícek, navigator,
F/Sgt Zdenak Sedlák, flight engineer,
F/O Bohumil Vaverka.
Passengers:
Ruzena Lichtensteinová,
Marta Obrazová,
Marina Paulinyová
Michal Richter,
Anna Rosenblumová,
Jiři Rosenblum,
Antonie Šafranek,
Eva ŠafrankovÁ,
Otto Schwarz,
Ladíslav Spbeslavsky,
Margita Sobeslavská,
Marenka Sobeslavská,
Ota Trinks,
Irma Trinksová,
Helena Wodaková,
Greta Žaldová,
Helena Žaldová.
Source:
https://fcafa.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/blackbushe-5-october-1945/
Probable cause:
It was determined that a flexible fuel pipe ruptured in the engine number two, causing the fluid to spill into the nacelle and to ignite in contact with some elements of the engine that were

Crash of a Consolidated B-24J-5-NT Liberator in Amberley: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 14, 1945 at 1542 LT
Operator:
Registration:
A72-313
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Amberley - Amberley
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a training mission from Amberley when he encountered problem with a propeller. From the ground, it appeared to everyone else that the problem was rectified satisfactorily and after completing a circuit of the airfield, the pilot advised that he would be returning to land but kept losing height until the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed 8 km from the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all 5 occupants were killed.
Crew (99th Squadron):
Lt G. A. Hendy, pilot,
F/O R. F. Pullin, copilot,
F/Sgt V. J. Quinn, navigator,
Sgt Dureau, wireless operator,
F/O J. H. Mutton.
Source: http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/
Probable cause:
One of the propeller went into overspeed after takeoff.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24M-15-CO Liberator near Taitung: 25 killed

Date & Time: Sep 10, 1945
Operator:
Registration:
44-42052
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Naha - Nichols
MSN:
5988
YOM:
1944
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
20
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
25
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a flight from Naha, Okinawa, no the airbase of Nichols, in the suburb of Manila. Enroute, while flying away from a cyclone in marginal weather conditions, the four engine aircraft christened 'Liquidator' hit the slope of a mountain located in the Seaboard Mountain Range, northeast of Taitung, Taiwan. All 25 occupants, among them PoW recently released by the Japanese troops, were killed.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator VI in Kuala Pilah: 8 killed

Date & Time: Aug 23, 1945
Operator:
Registration:
KL654
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a mission to drop special agents and supplies when, overflying the drop zone at a too low altitude, the aircraft christened 'Snake' hit trees and crashed in a dense wooded area. The wreckage was found in 1996 in an isolated area. All eight crew members have been killed.
Crew (356th Squadron):
F/Lt John Selwyn Watts, pilot,
F/O Edward Donald Mason, copilot,
F/O William Kenneth Dovey, navigator,
Sgt Jack Blakey, flight engineer,
F/Sgt William Ross, air gunner,
F/Sgt Raymond Arthur Towell, air gunner,
F/O John Trevor Bromfield, bombardier,
F/Sgt Arthur Turner, radio operator.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24J-5-NT Liberator in Amberley: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 16, 1945 at 1540 LT
Operator:
Registration:
A72-306
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Amberley - Brisbane
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
11
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Crashed during takeoff from Amberley Airfield. Unfortunately the B-24 Liberator's brakes were applied too soon before the aircraft was safely in the air. As a consequence the nose of the aircraft dipped heavily into the runway causing the nose wheel assembly to collapse and also shearing the hydraulic lines for the engine controls. The aircraft subsequently skidded off the south east end of the runway into a 60 feet deep gulley and broke in half.
Crew (99th Squadron):
S/Ldr William Lloyd Milne, pilot
W/O Eric Ferdinand Carlson, copilot, †
F/Sgt Jack Grant Watson, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Marcel Kingsley Doolan, radar operator,
F/Sgt Warwick Manning Lane, air gunner,
F/Sgt Andrew Keith Cochrane, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt Allan Charles Annetts, air gunner,
F/Sgt Arthur Henry Clausen, navigator. †
Passengers:
Sgt John Raymond Slennett
Sgt John Knyvett
Cpl Jacqueline Ruth Row, †
Cpl Edith Tansley Sharpe, †
Acw Ruth Beryl Burcher,
LAC Waterman James Albert
LAC William Angus Ludbey,
AC1 Keith William Carlier,
LAC Douglas Charles Mighell,
LAC Leslie Arthur White,
LAC Mervyn John Edward Thornberry.
Source: http://www.ozatwar.com/ozcrashes/qld245.htm