B-24D Liberator 42-41241 in a flat spin and vertical dive off Cape Gloucester
Another one of those instances where a collision was seconds away. Pilot Harold S. Mulhollen instinctively pulled up his right wing to avoid the collision. The Liberator snapped over inverted and then fell off in a left hand spin with eight 1000 pound bombs and nearly full fuel tanks. This B-24 lost 6,000' in the process of recovering and pulled out at 3,500'. They had their feet braced against the control panel as they struggled to pull back on the wheels after getting out of the spin. Enlargement of B-24D Liberator 42-41241 in flat spin. Reference via The Best in the Southwest
Credit: USAAF, 5th AF, 380th BG Date: December 26, 1943
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