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Safety history
October 5, 1945AccidentHull loss
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,
Consolidated B-24 Liberator · 23 fatalities
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 Full accident record