Crash of a Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express into the Atlantic Ocean: 10 killed
Date & Time:
Dec 9, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
41-11707
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Accra – Georgetown – Natal – Belém
MSN:
203
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
10
Circumstances:
On the leg from Georgetown to Natal, on a flight from Accra to Belém, the four engine aircraft crashed into the Atlantic ocean, some 410 km west of the Ascension Island. SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. The last radio contact was recorded at 0337LT.
