Serial Number: | KG874 |
Aircraft Mk & Type | Liberator Mk VI |
Squadrons: | 31 SAAF |
Details: | Missing from supply drop over northern Italy, 13.10.44 |
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This aircraft was flown by one of twenty crews; sixteen from 31 SAAF Sqn and four from 34 SAAF Sqn, detailed to drop supplies on four DZs in Northern Italy. The aircraft left base in the late afternoon of 12 October and flew into very bad weatherwith greatly reduced visibility. KG874 crashed at Ostana, Northern Italy.