Consolidated LB-30 Liberator crash, Mar 28, 1946 (17 killed)
Consolidated LB-30 Liberator accident on March 28, 1946 near Bago Bago Region, Myanmar with 17 fatalities. Cause: Engine failure shortly after takeoff,...
- Date: March 28, 1946
- Aircraft: Consolidated LB-30 Liberator
- Location: Bago Bago Region, Myanmar
- Fatalities: 17
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Engine failure shortly after takeoff, followed by a stall during an attempted emergency landing.
Liberator KN760 of No. 159 Squadron RAF lost its number one engine shortly after takeoff from Pegu, Burma, on 28 March 1946. The captain tried an emergency landing, but the aircraft stalled and crashed in an explosion. Seventeen people were killed and four were seriously injured.