Consolidated B-24 Liberator crash, Oct 5, 1945 (23 killed)
Consolidated B-24 Liberator accident on October 5, 1945 near Elvetham Hampshire, United Kingdom with 23 fatalities. Cause: An engine fire shortly after...
- Date: October 5, 1945
- Aircraft: Consolidated B-24 Liberator
- Location: Elvetham Hampshire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 23
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: An engine fire shortly after takeoff from RAF Blackbushe.
A Royal Air Force Liberator on a humanitarian flight from Blackbushe to Prague crashed in a field at Elvetham, Hampshire, on 5 October 1945 after an engine caught fire shortly after takeoff. All 23 people aboard were killed.