ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25042
Last updated: 3 January 2021
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| Date: | 14-AUG-1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated YB-24/LB-30A Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force (RAF) |
| Registration: | AM260 |
| C/n / msn: | 169 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 22 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Heathfield AD *, Ayr, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Heathfield, Ayr |
Crashed and burned on takeoff during operation for Return Ferry Service. Veered off runway across the grass and past the control tower, struck a small building and then an embankment. It then plunged over the embankment to the railway line, where it burst into flames.
22 onboard killed.
* Heathfield aerodrome is located south of the current Prestwick airport. Remains of three runways and some perimeter track can clearly be seen amongst housing on Google Earth, just ca. 500 m WSW of threshold RWY 03 of today's Prestwick airport.
Sources:
- Air-Britain Archive, September 2012, p. 101
- JF Baugher
- https://www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=arranart&e=com
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Jun-2013 11:15 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jun-2013 11:35 | Uli Elch | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Dec-2017 12:40 | paddy | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2020 11:18 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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