ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 157730
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated Liberator Mk II modified |
| Owner/operator: | 45 Gp CS RAF |
| Registration: | AL504 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near the Azores -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | RAF Northolt, Middlesex |
| RCAF Ottawa |
RAF Liberator AL504 was one of the best-known individual aircraft of WW II. Named 'Commando' the plane was fitted out as a VIP transport. It had carried many high ranking officials, including Prime Minister Churchill.
On the 27th of March, 1945 the plane went missing over the Atlantic in the vicinity of the Azores, while on a flight to Canada.
No trace of the aircraft was ever found and the cause of the disappearance was never able to be determined.
Among the officials on board was Commander Rupert Brabner DSO DSC RNVR, Member of the House of Commons and Under-Secretary of State for Air.
In 1941/1942 Rupert Brabner had become a Fleet Air Arm fighter ace, shooting down 5 enemy aircraft in battles over the Mediterranean Sea.
According to Wikipedia article on missing plane: RAF Coastal Command spotted 150-200 miles {130-170 nmi; 240-320 KM} northwest of the Azones yellow dinghies; a small amount of wreckage and a oil slick-but no survivors
Sources:
Royal Navy Casualties, killed and died-1945
http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/19223-raf-australians-killed-ww2-who-and-what-i-have-found-so-far/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jul-2013 09:46 | angels one five | Added |
| 26-Jul-2013 16:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2013 09:14 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 09-May-2015 13:12 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 17-Nov-2016 18:00 | Nomann | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Nov-2019 22:43 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-Nov-2020 17:39 | gusharris978 | Updated [Date, Aircraft type] |
| 22-May-2021 10:02 | angels one five | Updated [Date, Narrative] |
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