Atka B-24D Liberator


Atka B-24D Liberator
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


Nearest city	Atka, Alaska
Coordinates	52°01′49″N 175°08′13″W / 52.030395°N 175.136921°W / 52.030395; -175.136921
Area	less than one acre
Architect	Consolidated Aircraft
NRHP Reference #	79000407^[1]
Added to NRHP	26 July 1979

The Atka B-24D Liberator is a derelict bomber on Atka Island in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. The Consolidated B-24D Liberator was deliberately crash-landed on the island on 9 December 1942, and is one of only eight surviving D-model Liberators (including partial and derelict aircraft). The aircraft, serial no. 40-2367, was built in 1941, and was serving on weather reconnaissance duty when it was prevented from landing at any nearby airfields due to poor weather conditions. The only casualty of the crash landing was Brigadier General William E. Lynd, who suffered a fractured collarbone.^[2]

The wreck site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979,^[1] and was designated as part of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in 2008.

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1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Atka B-24D Liberator". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-04-27.

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Atka B-24D Liberator

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