ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339726
| Date: | Tuesday 25 July 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-11706 |
| MSN: | 202 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 27 / Occupants: 27 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | N of Gaeta Village, Florida Island -
 Solomon Islands
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Canton Island Airport (CIS/PCIS) |
| Guadalcanal Airport (GSI) |
The Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express was destroyed in an accident on Florida Island, Solomon Islands. All 27 on board were killed.
The airplane was operated by a Consairways crew on behalf of the USAAF's Air Transport Command (ATC), flying 21 high ranking passengers from the U.S to Guadalcanal and Brisbane, Australia.
It crashed in a jungle on a mountain top while approaching the airport at Guadalcanal.
Sources:
archaehistoria.org
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