Date & Time:
Mar 18, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Operator:
Registration:
41-11798
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Benghazi - Benghazi
MSN:
294
YOM:
1941
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
9
Crew fatalities:
9
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
The crew left Benghazi Airport in the day to attack enemy ships in the harbor of Naples. En route, the four-engine aircraft crashed into the Mediterranean Sea in unknown circumstances. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.
