Incident Overview
Date: Friday 26 November 1943
Aircraft Type: Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express
Owner/operator: United States Army Air Force – USAAF
Registration Number: 41-11800
Location: –
ÿ China
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: Aircraft enginesAircraft engines
Category: Accident
A C-87 aircraft, Liberator Express, crashed in China after two engines failed during its flight to India. Two crew members, Hays Bigelow Mast and Leon A. Greenspahn, perished in the incident.A C-87 aircraft, Liberator Express, crashed in China after two engines failed during its flight to India. Two crew members, Hays Bigelow Mast and Leon A. Greenspahn, perished in the incident.
Description
Consolidated C-87 #41-11800 Liberator Express took off from Kunming airfield in China. En route to India, two engines failed and the plane crashed at an unspecified place inside China. Two crew members, Hays Bigelow Mast and Leon A. Greenspahn, were killed.
Source of Information
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/958085/hays_bigelow_masthttp://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/958085/hays_bigelow_mastPrimary Cause
Engine failure during flight.Engine failure during flight.Share on:
