Accident Consolidated B-24 Liberator AM913,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155923
 
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Date:Friday 29 January 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic B24 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Owner/operator:511 Sqn RAF
Registration: AM913
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 19
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Talbenny, Pembrokeshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Unknown
Destination airport:RAF Talbenny
Narrative:
On final approach the pilot lost control of the aircraft as the result of an engine's explosion. Aircraft came down in a field few miles from the runway threshold. Quickly on the spot, rescue teams were able to evacuate eight occupants seriously injured, while eleven others were found dead.

According to the Royal Air Force an engine exploded on approach and broke off, putting the aircraft in a situation that the pilot was unable to control.

The pilot F/O K.C.R Maskell (114382) & Brigadiers G.M Stewart &V.Dykes were among those killed

Sources:

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New Link: https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-consolidated-b-24a-co-liberator-raf-talbenny-11-killed
Pembrokeshire Aviation Group
https://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/23768012.family-retrace-fatal-liberator-plane-crash-talbenny/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
13-May-2013 06:57 ryan Added
08-Feb-2017 06:48 ORD Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
12-Feb-2018 17:05 Nepa Updated [Operator]
14-Aug-2018 20:15 Anon. Updated [Source]
13-Jan-2020 05:37 angels one five Updated [Narrative]
05-Sep-2023 11:16 gerard57 Updated [[Narrative]]

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