Squadron: 45 Group (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-10-14
Completion Date: 1942-10-14
Mission: Ferry Flight
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Piarco, Trinidad
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Crash City: Trinidad and Tobago
Crash Specifics: five miles west of Sangre Grande
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: engine
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45 Group RAF Transport Command, Liberator aircraft (USAAF#) 41-23882 crashed five miles west of Sangre Grande, Trinidad. The Liberator had mistakenly taken off from 45 Group staging post 95 at Piarco, Trinidad with the emergency fuel tanks selected, resulting in all four engines cutting out after the plane had only climbed a few hundred feet. The aircraft crashed with the loss of the entire crew
Canadian Civilian Flight Engineer CF McDougall, Canadian Civilian Radio Officer CV Atkinson, US Civilian Pilot Captain TL Livermore, US Civilian Pilot WC Chitty and US Civilian Navigator GF Johnston were all killed the crash
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie page 314
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