1943 Gibraltar Liberator AL523 crash
1943-gibraltar-liberator-al523-crash-1752767760123-06a16e
Description
On 4 July 1943, a Liberator II aircraft crashed off Gibraltar shortly after takeoff, killing all but one of the seventeen people on board. Among the victims were several senior Polish military leaders, including General Władysław Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile. The plane's pilot was the only survivor.
ID: 1943-gibraltar-liberator-al523-crash-1752767760123-06a16e
