Mediterranean Sea

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I-MAST

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32062

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1939

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While overflying the Mediterranean Sea, the three-engine aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a RAF fighter and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed. They were performing a flight between Italy and Libya.

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Shot down.

Crash of a Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 into the Mediterranean Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 10, 1943

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I-BONI

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Consolidated B-24 Liberator

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32071

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1939

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The crew was performing a flight from Italy to Libya when flying over the Mediterranean Sea, the three-engine aircraft was shot down by a fighter (unknown identity) and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.

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Shot down.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24D-CO Liberator into the Mediterranean Sea: 9 killed

Date & Time: Mar 18, 1943

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41-11798

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Bombing

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Benghazi - Benghazi

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294

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1941

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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.

Crash of a Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 into the Mediterranean Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 23, 1942

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I-MAGA

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Tripoli – Sciacca

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32058

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1939

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Shot down over the Mediterranean Sea while performing an international schedule flight. All four crew members were killed.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 into the Mediterranean Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 15, 1942

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I-TELO

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Tunis – Castelvetrano

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32047

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1939

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En route to Castelvetrani, Sicily, the three-engine aircraft was shot down (enemy or allied fire) and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. All four crew members were killed.

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Shot down.

Crash of a Short S.25 Sunderland I into the Mediterranean Sea: 13 killed

Date & Time: Jul 25, 1942

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Short S.25 Sunderland

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L5806

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Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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Disappeared into the Mediterranean sea while performing a maritime patrol flight. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew (230th Squadron):
F/O Jack S. Bentley,
F/O Albert G. B. Williams,
F/Lt Ephraim H. Brown,
F/Lt William A. Chapman,
P/O Eric E. T. Cattemull,
P/O Kenneth F. Harding,
P/O Herbert H. Nash,
F/Sgt Leonard Blashill,
F/Sgt Roland L. Manley,
Sgt William Bulman,
Sgt Alastair H. MacDonald,
Sgt Amon Riding,
Sgt Eric S. C. Williams.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the Mediterranean Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Feb 11, 1942

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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Z9823

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Luqa - Luqa

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The crew departed RAF Luqa on an operation off the Kerkennah Islands. While flying some 50 miles south of the Maltese coast, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Henry Stubbs, pilot,
Sgt Peter Tyas, observer,
Sgt Justyn Stuart Grabham, wireless operator and air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 290 Wellington I into the Mediterranean Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 31, 1942

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Vickers 290 Wellington I

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L4374

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Military

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