Consolidated B-24 Liberator accident at Blackbushe, United Kingdom, 5 Oct 1945 (KG867)
On October 5, 1945, a Consolidated B-24 Liberator (registration KG867) operated by Royal Air Force - RAF was involved in an aviation accident near Blackbushe, United Kingdom during takeoff. 23 people were killed. Investigators recorded the probable cause as: It was determined that a flexible fuel pipe ruptured in the engine number two, causing the fluid to spill into the nacelle and to ignite in contact with some elements of the engine that were. This summary draws on records from the Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives (B3A); 8 related events involving the same aircraft type or operator are linked below.
Probable cause
It was determined that a flexible fuel pipe ruptured in the engine number two, causing the fluid to spill into the nacelle and to ignite in contact with some elements of the engine that were
— NTSB Determination
Accident narrative
Shortly after takeoff from Blackbushe, while in initial climb, the engine number two caught fire. The aircraft stalled and crashed in a huge explosion in a field located 2 miles from the airport. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all 23 occupants were killed. All of them were Czech citizens being repatriated to their country at the war's end, among them 5 kids. Crew (311th Squadron): P/O Jaroslav Kudlácek, pilot, W/O Antonin Broz, copilot, P/O Karel Rybnícek, navigator, F/Sgt Zdenak Sedlák, flight engineer, F/O Bohumil Vaverka. Passengers: Ruzena Lichtensteinová, Marta Obrazová, Marina Paulinyová Michal Richter, Anna Rosenblumová, Jiři Rosenblum, Antonie Šafranek, Eva ŠafrankovÁ, Otto Schwarz, Ladíslav Spbeslavsky, Margita Sobeslavská, Marenka Sobeslavská, Ota Trinks, Irma Trinksová, Helena Wodaková, Greta Žaldová, Helena Žaldová. Source: https://fcafa.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/blackbushe-5-october-1945/
Probable cause (official findings): It was determined that a flexible fuel pipe ruptured in the engine number two, causing the fluid to spill into the nacelle and to ignite in contact with some elements of the engine that were