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| Date: | Friday 29 January 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated B-24 Liberator Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 511 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AM913 |
| MSN: | ex 40-2352; |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 19 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Talbenny, Pembrokeshire, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Front, Gibraltar |
| RAF Talbenny |
On final approach the pilot lost control of the aircraft as the result of an engine's explosion. Aircraft came down in a field few miles from the runway threshold. Quickly on the spot, rescue teams were able to evacuate eight occupants seriously injured, while eleven others were found dead.
According to the Royal Air Force an engine exploded on approach and broke off, putting the aircraft in a situation that the pilot was unable to control. during emergency approach to Talbenny after return flight from Gibraltar 29.1.43, No 4 engine failed and then fell into sea, then No 3 engine cut and the aircraft undershot, ran up side of hill and broke up in dyke; all seven crew were injured, and one died later; one passenger was killed, one died later.
Crew:
The pilot F/O K.C.R Maskell (114382) & Brigadiers G.M Stewart &V.Dykes were among those killed
Sources:
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Pembrokeshire Aviation Group
https://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/23768012.family-retrace-fatal-liberator-plane-crash-talbenny/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2013 06:57 | ryan | Added |
| 08-Feb-2017 06:48 | ORD | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2018 17:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 14-Aug-2018 20:15 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 13-Jan-2020 05:37 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Sep-2023 11:16 | gerard57 | Updated |
| 12-May-2024 09:53 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 12-May-2024 09:54 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
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