Consolidated LB-30 Liberator crash, Feb 9, 1943 (19 killed)

Consolidated LB-30 Liberator accident on February 9, 1943 near Gander Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada with 19 fatalities.

The BOAC Liberator AL591 was flying from Prestwick to Gander and crashed about 10 miles from Gander while approaching in winter weather. Nineteen people were killed. Sources differ on the cause, which is given as fuel exhaustion in some accounts and weather in others.

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