B-24J Liberator 42-50668 of the 854th Bombardment Squadron, 491st Bombardment Group, 8th USAAF, flew into Black Hameldon, near Burnley on the 19th February 1945 whilst flying from North Pickenham to BAD 1 at Burtonwood

Consolidated B-24 Liberator at the RAF Museum

 

Charles Albert Goeking 1st Lieutenant Pilot Injured
George H. Smith 2nd Lieutenant Co-pilot Killed
Frank E. Bock 1st Lieutenant Navigator Killed
Howard E. Denham Technical Sergeant Flight Engineer Killed
Leslie E. Johnson Technical Sergeant Radio Operator Injured
Joseph B. Walker III 2nd Lieutenant Passenger Killed
Elmer R. Brater 2nd Lieutenant Passenger Killed
Gerald Procita Flight Officer Passenger Killed
David A. Robinson Flight Officer Passenger Killed
Randolph R. Mohlhenrich Sergeant Passenger Killed
Robert D. Hyett Sergeant Passenger Injured

 

Crash site of Consolidated B-24 Liberator 42-50668 on Black Hameldon near Burnley, Lancashire
Today at the crash site there are the two main undercarriage legs and many tiny fragments of metals lying on a large bare patch on the western side of Black Hameldon.
Sergeant Randolph Mohlhenrich
Sergeant Mohlhenrich, one of the six passengers on board the aircraft.
Image Copyright Ann Mohlhenrich via Tom Wilson.
Crash site of Consolidated B-24 Liberator 42-50668 on Black Hameldon near Burnley, Lancashire
A cairn topped by part of the undercarriage can also be found at the crash site.

 

A number of the crew and passengers were buried at Cambridge American Cemetery.

Grave of Frank Bock at Cambridge American Cemetery
1st Lieutenant Frank E. Bock
Grave of Joseph Walker at Cambridge American Cemetery
2nd Lieutenant Joseph B. Walker
Grave of Gerald Procita at Cambridge American Cemetery
Flight Officer Gerald Procita