Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express

Boliviana de Aviación

Suffered an accident at La Paz-El Alto Airport.

Boliviana de Aviación

Crashed in unknown circumstances at La Paz-El Alto Airport. There were no casualties.

United States Army Air Forces - USAAF

On touchdown at Dübendorf Airport, the right main gear collapsed, causing the engine number four to hit the runway surface. The captain increased power and decided to go around. During initial climb, the aircraft stalled and crashed in flames in a wooded area located some 550 meters northwest of the Hangar #2. Apparently, four crew members were killed while two others were injured. Crew: Cpt Robert Percy Neisser 5.

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Crashed in unknown circumstances in Htawgaw, near Chipwi, killing bot crew members, F/O William J. Montgomery and Pfc Warren J. Tharp.

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Crashed in unknown circumstances near Golaghat, killing all four crew members. Crew: Pvt Michael J. Bak, 1st Lt Richard J. Beckett, 1st Lt Richard H. Beckwith, Pfc Willie C. Weaver Jr.

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Crashed in unknown circumstances 8 km north of Tingkawk Sakan. Both crewmen were killed. Crew: 1st Lt William H. Davis Jr., 1st Lt Samuel R. Lovell.

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The four engine aircraft left Guam Island on a flight to Honolulu with an intermediate stop in Kwajalein to refuel. At 1215LT, the crew reported his position at 11'15' N, 174'15' E, this was the last radio contact. The aircraft was lost into the ocean and no trace was ever found. There were on board senior staff that was flying to Honolulu to take part to a high command meeting about plans for the final assault of Japan. Crew: F/O James Roy Andersen, M/Sgt Douglas O. Anderson, T/Sgt Steve Geist, T/Sgt Charles T. McInerney, Pfc Arthur Ofner Jr. 1st Lt Jack M. West. Passengers: Lt Gen Millard Fillmore Harmon Jr., Col William Ball, Maj Archibald Dean Anderson, Maj Francis E. Savage.

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Crash landed for unknown reason. No casualties.

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Crashed on take off for unknown reason. All four crew members were killed.

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The aircraft left Canton Island (Kiribati) at 1100LT bound for Honiara Airport, on Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands, with an ETA at 2100LT. While on approach by night, the four engine aircraft hit a mountain slope (2,000 feet high) located on the Florida Island, north of Honiara. The wreckage was spotted two days later, on July 28. Debris were found some 200 feet from the summit and all 27 occupants were killed. Crew: Hugh W. Prince, pilot, Frederick F. Gundrum Jr., copilot, Willard L. Churchill, flight engineer, Eddie B. Hult, navigator, J. Arthur Strumph, radio operator, William A. Staley, traffic clerk. Passengers: Air Commodore Isaac John Fitch, Lt Col John C. Pearson, Maj R. R. Barton-Tates, Lt Col Paul H. Berkowitz, Lt Col Euliss L. Duggan, Col Charles P. Burnett Jr., 1st Lt Stephen J. Maliszewski, 2nd Lt William P. Foil, Cpt Herbert R. Gore, Cpt John S. Ingraham, Maj Morton L. Talley Jr. 10 Source, photo and more info on http://www.archaehistoria.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=123:site-flor5-aircraft-top-secret-cargo-consairway-c-87-liberator-express-41-11706&catid=21&Itemid=102