KL654

On August 23, 1945 at 12:00 AM, KL654 experienced a crash involving Consolidated B-24 Liberator, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Kuala Pilah Negeri Sembilan.

The flight was categorized as supply and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 8, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was performing a mission to drop special agents and supplies when, overflying the drop zone at a too low altitude, the aircraft christened 'Snake' hit trees and crashed in a dense wooded area. The wreckage was found in 1996 in an isolated area. All eight crew members have been killed. Crew (356th Squadron): F/Lt John Selwyn Watts, pilot, F/O Edward Donald Mason, copilot, F/O William Kenneth Dovey, navigator, Sgt Jack Blakey, flight engineer, F/Sgt William Ross, air gunner, F/Sgt Raymond Arthur Towell, air gunner, F/O John Trevor Bromfield, bombardier, F/Sgt Arthur Turner, radio operator.

Aircraft reference details include registration KL654.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 2.6008°, 102.2638°.