CRASH OF A B-24D LIBERATOR
AT FENTON AIRFIELD, NT
ON 11 NOVEMBER 1943
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On 11 November 1943, B24D-150-CO Liberator, #42-41242 of the 528th Bomb Squadron of the 380th Bomb Group based at Fenton airfield attempted to return to Fenton airfield after it had taken off. It had developed an engine fire after take-off. The Pilot, Grenfell, jettisoned the bomb load and crashed short of the airfield while attempting an emergency landing. All ten personnel on board were tragically killed.
REFERENCE BOOKS
"King of the Heavies - 380th Bomb
Group 1942 - 1945"
by Glenn R. Horton Jr. & Gary L. Horton
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