Consolidated B-24 Liberator crash, May 3, 1943 (14 killed)
Consolidated B-24 Liberator accident on May 3, 1943 near Keflavik Southern Peninsula, Iceland with 14 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft crashed due to...
- Date: May 3, 1943
- Aircraft: Consolidated B-24 Liberator
- Location: Keflavik Southern Peninsula, Iceland
- Fatalities: 14
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The aircraft crashed due to bad weather while descending.
B 24D Liberator 41-23728, nicknamed Hot Stuff and carrying Lt Gen Frank Maxwell Andrews, struck Mount Fagradalsfjall on the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland on 3 May 1943 after an aborted attempt to land at RAF Kaldadarnes. Fourteen of those aboard were killed, and only the tail gunner survived.