Ayr – Montreal

On August 14, 1941 at 08:40 PM, Ayr – Montreal experienced a crash involving Consolidated LB-30 Liberator, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Ayr Ayrshire.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

22 people were known to be on board, 22 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 18, passenger fatalities: 18, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The pilot started the take off procedure from runway 06. The aircraft did not take off, overrun and hit a first bank, bounced and crashed in a huge explosion on a second embankment. All 22 occupants were killed. Crew (BOAC & ATA): Cpt Richard Charles Stafford, pilot, F/O Earl Wellington Watson, Richard Coates, radio officer, Roland Folford Davis, flight engineer. Passengers: F/O Elbert Beard Anding, Joseph Culbert, radio officer, Cpt Murray Benjamin Dilley Jr., pilot, Robert Arnold Duncan, radio officer, Cpt Alton Chester Earle, pilot, Wesley Francis J. Goddard, radio officer, Cpt Edward Hamel, pilot, Donald Norman Hannant, radio officer, Cpt Gerald Hull, pilot, Cpt John Joseph Kerwin, pilot, Philip Francis Lee, first officer, Glenwood McKay, radio officer, John Joseph MacDonald, radio officer, Cpt James John Moffat, pilot, Mr. Arthur Blakie Purvis (civilian), Albert Tamblin, radio officer, Walter Lee Trimble, first officer, Martin Joseph Wetzel, first officer. Source and photos: http://www.aircrashsites-scotland.co.uk/liberator_lb-30a_heathfield.htm

Aircraft reference details include registration AM260, MSN 169.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.4628°, -4.6303°.