1945 Broadway Consolidated Liberator crash [SEP] point in time
1945 Broadway Consolidated Liberator crash
The 1945 Broadway Consolidated Liberator crash occurred on 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
, Japan, 20 June 1946
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- Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas, 1 Sep 1969 – 31 Aug 1971
- Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, 1 Oct 1999 – present
Lineage Systems operated.
- Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1943–1945
- Bell P-39 Airacobra, 1946–1947
- Consolidated F-7 Liberator, 1946–1947
- Beechcraft F-2, 1946-1947
- Boeing