LIBERATOR PB4 Y1 38753
Photo by courtesy of David Earl
DATE OF CRASH 24th AUGUST 1944 PARENT UNIT U.S. NAVY DUNKERSWELL DEVON THE REASON FOR THE FLIGHT WAS A NIGHT FAMILIARISATION TRAINING FLIGHT THE AMERICAN RECORDS SAY ONLY THAT THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO HIGH GROUND NEAR BRECON THE LOCATION OF THE THE CRASH IS MOEL FEITY IN THE BLACK MOUNTAIN GRID REFFERENCE SN 848230 THERE ARE JUST VERY SMALL FRAGMENTS LEFT THE SITE IS EASY TO GET TO AS IT IS CLOSE TO THE TRECASTLE ROAD.
FATE OF THE CREW SADLY THEY WERE ALL KILLED.
PILOT Lt JOHN GLENNON BYRNES AND Lt NEIL HOBSON Jnr ,ENSIGN ANDREW MANELSKI, HYMAN P HOLT Jnr, FRANKLIN R SNIPE, DONALD F KIESTER
John examines a piece of wing section