Accident Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator 38753,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 81517
 
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Date:Thursday 24 August 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic B24 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator
Owner/operator:VB-110 US Navy
Registration: 38753
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Moel Feity, Brecon Beacons -   United Kingdom
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Dunkeswell
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Flew into mountain Breconshire, Mid Wales, Moel Feity, UK. 6 killed.
Lt J.G Byrnes
Lt J.N Hobson Jnr
Ens A.Manelski
A1 H.P Holt Jnr
A2 F.R Shipe
A3 D.F Keister

Sources:

http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/navyserials.html
ystradgynlais-history.co.uk

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Nov-2010 11:55 ASN archive Added
26-Aug-2014 08:26 Anon. Updated [Narrative]
08-Feb-2017 06:48 ORD Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
23-Apr-2020 15:59 Reno Raines Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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