1943 Gibraltar B-24 crash

When

4 Jul 1943

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

36.15° N, 5.33° W

Description

aviation accident

Crash that killed General Władysław Sikorski

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.

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