Consolidated B-24 Liberator crash, May 4, 1945 (11 killed)
Consolidated B-24 Liberator accident on May 4, 1945 near Koror, Palau with 11 fatalities. Cause: A direct hit from Japanese anti aircraft fire between...
- Date: May 4, 1945
- Aircraft: Consolidated B-24 Liberator
- Location: Koror, Palau
- Fatalities: 11
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: A direct hit from Japanese anti aircraft fire between the number two engine and the fuselage during the bomb run.
A USAAF Consolidated B 24 Liberator named Brief took off from Angaur to bomb anti aircraft positions on Koror Island in Palau and was hit by anti aircraft fire during its bomb run. The left wing folded and broke away, and the aircraft crashed into a mangrove swamp on Koror. Ten of the eleven aboard were killed, and the navigator bailed out, was captured and was later executed.