World War II: In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibraltar" id="mwAXo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" id="mwAXs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" id="mwAXw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">B-24 Liberator</a> bomber <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943_Gibraltar_Liberator_AL523_crash" id="mwAX0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1943 Gibraltar Liberator AL523 crash">crashes</a> into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Władysław_Sikorski" id="mwAX4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Władysław Sikorski">Władysław Sikorski</a>, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives.