Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 25 July 1944
Aircraft Type: Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express
Owner/operator: United States Army Air Force – USAAF
Registration Number: 41-11706
Location: N of Gaeta Village, Florida Island –
ÿ Solomon Islands
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 27 / Occupants: 27
Component Affected: Aircraft engine and control systems.Aircraft engine and control systems.
Category: Accident
A Consairways C-87 Liberator Express crashed in a jungle on a mountain top near Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, resulting in the deaths of all 27 on board. The aircraft was operated by a Consairways crew flying passengers from the U.S to Australia.A Consairways C-87 Liberator Express crashed in a jungle on a mountain top near Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, resulting in the deaths of all 27 on board. The aircraft was operated by a Consairways crew flying passengers from the U.S to Australia.
Description
The Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express was destroyed in an accident on Florida Island, Solomon Islands. All 27 on board were killed. The airplane was operated by a Consairways crew on behalf of the USAAF’s Air Transport Command (ATC), flying 21 high ranking passengers from the U.S to Guadalcanal and Brisbane, Australia. It crashed in a jungle on a mountain top while approaching the airport at Guadalcanal.
Source of Information
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Mechanical failure during approach to the airport.Mechanical failure during approach to the airport.Share on:
