Consolidated B-24 Liberator crash, Jul 4, 1943 (16 killed)
Consolidated B-24 Liberator accident on July 4, 1943 near Gibraltar, United Kingdom with 16 fatalities. Cause: The British Court of Inquiry concluded...
- Date: July 4, 1943
- Aircraft: Consolidated B-24 Liberator
- Location: Gibraltar, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 16
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The British Court of Inquiry concluded the accident was due to the jamming of the elevator controls shortly after takeoff.
A RAF Liberator II (AL523) of No. 511 Squadron, carrying General Wladyslaw Sikorski and others, crashed into the sea 16 seconds after takeoff from Gibraltar on 4 July 1943. Sixteen of the 17 people on board died, and the pilot Eduard Prchal was the only survivor.