ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210506
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| Date: | Wednesday 16 January 1946 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Consolidated LB-30 Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) |
| Registration: | AL597 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Goose Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Goose Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Consolidated LB-30 Liberator AL597: Built for the RAF to a British Purchasing Commission order as AL597 (hence no USAAF serial number; lend-lease aircraft were allocated a USAAF number before being handed over the RAF).
Transferred to the BOAC fleet by/on 31/12/45, based at Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Written off (damaged beyond repair) in an accident landing at Goose Bay 16/01/46: On landing in Goose Bay Airport, the aircraft hit a snowdrift and came to rest, with the undercarriage torn off. There were no casualties but the aircraft was written off. According to one source, the pilot was "snow blinded" - dazzled by the reflected glare of the snow while on landing approach into the low sun, causing him to misjudge his approach. Struck off charge 27/02/46
NOTE:Some published sources differ - stating "AL597 to BOAC Mar 23, 1944, for spares source" (See link #4) implying that it was never used operationally by BOAC. It certainly does not seem to have aspired to a civilian registration, and the only known photographs of AL597 show it in RAF markings and mostly black "bomber camouflage"
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.27 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-consolidated-lb-32-3-liberator-ii-goose-bay
3. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_bombers/b24_5.html
4. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/boacfleetlist.pdf
5. https://www.456fis.org/HISTORY_OF_THE_B-24.htm
6. http://www.doug-and-dusty.com/production.htm
7. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/the-liberator-lb-30-mk-ii.16437/#post-188551
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-May-2018 17:20 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-Oct-2019 22:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2019 22:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2019 22:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
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