ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341159
| Date: | Monday 18 January 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-11708 |
| MSN: | 204 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Natal, Brazil -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Accra-Kotoka Airport (ACC/DGAA) |
| Natal Airport, RN (NAT/SBNT) |
The aircraft disappeared off Brazilian coast while enroute from Accra, Ghana to Natal, Brazil.
A wide search for the plane was conducted and was abandoned January 29. On February 4, 1943 a life raft was found at sea by the U.S. Destroyer Kearney about 60 miles due East of Recife, Brazil with the body of one passenger.
On February 5, 1943 another life raft was found on the beach of Ponte Negra, Brazil. It contained the remains of Major Arthur Mills. Six life jackets were found in the raft indicating that there were originally six men in the raft.
Sources:
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
Findagrave.com
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