42-40682

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Safety history

  • September 7, 1943Accident

    The four engine airplane departed 7 Mile Drome in Port Moresby in the early morning on a surveillance mission, carrying 11 crew members. Shortly after takeoff, it went out of control and crashed into a truck convoy loaded with Australian Army 2/33rd Infantry Battalion soldiers on the eastern end of the runway.

    Consolidated B-24 Liberator · 70 fatalities