Date:	Thursday 20 May 1943
Time:
Type:	Consolidated B-24E Liberator
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
Registration:	42-7053
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Chicago Airport, Chicago, IL -   United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Tarrant Army Airfield, Texas
Destination airport:	Chicago Municipal Airport

Narrative:
Upon landing, the plane hit a gasometer and crashed. All twelve occupants died in the crash.

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
Young, David M., "Chicago Aviation: An Illustrated History", Northern Illinois University Press, Dekalb, Illinois, LCCN 2002-33803, ISBN 0-87580-311-3, Appendix B, page 221.
Chicago, Illinois, "Gas Tank Quiz Promised In Air Disaster – Bomber Crash Kills 12 on Board", Chicago Daily Tribune, 21 May 1943, page 1.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/history/ct-vintage-wwii-bomber-crash-midway-airport-20230507-jgascs5vuzhqvdrei36bfkglly-story.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
03-Apr-2017 14:04	gerard57	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
07-May-2023 10:31	gerard57	Updated [[Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]]
17-Sep-2023 05:08	Ron Averes	Updated [[[Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]]]