Consolidated B-24 Liberator crash, Aug 2, 1943 (16 killed)
Consolidated B-24 Liberator accident on August 2, 1943 near Whenuapai AFB (Auckland) Auckland Council, New Zealand with 16 fatalities.
- Date: August 2, 1943
- Aircraft: Consolidated B-24 Liberator
- Location: Whenuapai AFB (Auckland) Auckland Council, New Zealand
- Fatalities: 16
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
A Liberator Express crewed by United Air Lines crashed shortly after takeoff from Whenuapai, Auckland, on 2 August 1943 in rain and fog. Sixteen people died, most of them Japanese women and children being moved in a prisoner exchange.