Passengers 22 Survivors None Date 22 November 1945 Passenger count 22 | Fatalities 27 Registration KH126 Number of deaths 27 Crew count 5 | |
Aircraft type Consolidated Liberator C Mk VIII Similar USAAF Boeing B‑17 cras, 1945 Australian National, Honolulu Clipper, B‑25 Empire State Buil, Flight 19 | ||
The 1945 Broadway Consolidated Liberator crash occurred on the 22 November 1945 when a Royal Air Force Consolidated Liberator C Mk VIII transport crashed shortly after take-off from RAF Merryfield with the loss of all 27 on board.
The Liberator (serial number KH126) was being operated by 53 Squadron on a trooping flight from RAF Merryfield to India. It failed to gain enough height to clear a hill. It struck a tree and crashed at White's Farm near Broadway Pound, six miles from the airfield. It burst into flames with the loss of the five-man crew (all but one Polish) and 22 Army passengers.
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