Consolidated B-24 Liberator crash, Jan 1, 1945 (8 killed)
Consolidated B-24 Liberator accident on January 1, 1945 near Hoy Island Orkney, United Kingdom with 8 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft clipped the hill...
- Date: January 1, 1945
- Aircraft: Consolidated B-24 Liberator
- Location: Hoy Island Orkney, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The aircraft clipped the hill in low cloud, high winds and heavy snow.
The 311 (Czech) Squadron Liberator was returning to Wick from a maritime patrol when it struck a hill about 100 feet below the summit of the Cuilags on Hoy in poor weather. All eight crew were killed and the aircraft was destroyed; recovery crews later moved much of the wreckage down the hill.