Date:	Saturday 18 August 1945
Time:	15:00
Type:	Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	44-39213
MSN:	15
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	0,55 km NW of Zürich-Dübendorf Airport -   Switzerland
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Zürich-Dübendorf Airport

Narrative:
On landing at Zürich-Dübendorf Airport the right main landing gear folded up and engine No. 4 caught fire as a result of the propeller tips hitting the runway. The pilot attempted unsuccessfully to take off again but insufficient altitude was gained and the aircraft crashed and burned at 15:00 hrs in woods 550 meters NW of hanger No. 2.

Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Report of burial of Capt. Thomas Elwyn Smith (co-pilot) from the Office of the Military Air Attache to Chief, Military Intelligence Service. War Department, Washington D. C.

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

21 September 1943

42-107263

United States Army Air Force - USAAF

Jorhat (JRH)

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