Crash of a Martin B-26A-1 Marauder in the Mediterranean Sea

Date & Time: Feb 8, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
FK362
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
MSN:
7419
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crew was performing a flight from Italy to Algeria when the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the Mediterranean Sea. Crew fate unknown.

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

Date & Time: Apr 19, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
I-MONC
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
32069
YOM:
1939
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
While overflying the Mediterranean Sea, the three-engine aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a RAF fighter and crashed into the sea, killing all three crew members.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a RAF fighter.

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

Date & Time: Apr 13, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
I-MAST
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
32062
YOM:
1939
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
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.
Probable cause:
Shot down.

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

Date & Time: Apr 10, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
I-BONI
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
32071
YOM:
1939
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
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.
Probable cause:
Shot down.

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

Date & Time: Mar 18, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
41-11798
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Benghazi - Benghazi
MSN:
294
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
9
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
The crew departed Benina Airport in Benghazi to attack enemy ships moored in the harbor of Naples. The four engine airplane failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Mediterranean Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
2nd Lt Harry McHugh, pilot,
2nd Lt Archied B. Tomlinson, copilot,
T/Sgt Stanley Bator, flight engineer,
2nd Lt Morton L. Sachs, navigator,
T/Sgt James A. Densmore, radio operator,
1st Lt Philip Gram, bombardier,
S/Sgt Dixie R. Harden, air gunner,
S/Sgt Douglas M. Scott, air gunner,
S/Sgt Jessie L. Doyle, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 into the Mediterranean Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 5, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
B3+GH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While attacking a convoy in the Mediterranean Sea, the airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. It failed to return to base and was lost without trace. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Kurt Höhner, pilot,
Uffz Herbert Polewka, observer,
Fw Fritz Nöske, radio operator,
Ogefr Friedrich Klinkhardt, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 into the Mediterranean Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 5, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
FI+DH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While attacking a convoy in the Mediterranean Sea, the airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. It failed to return to base and was lost without trace. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Anton Schach, pilot,
Uffz Werner Auschra, observer,
Ogefr Ernst Pippig, radio operator,
Ogefr Heinz Christof, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mg5e into the Mediterranean Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jan 17, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
TE+DQ
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Tunis - Trapani
MSN:
6977
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
En route from Tunis to Trapani, the three engine airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. All six occupants were killed, among them two doctors.
Crew:
Obfw Paul Heinze, pilot,
Uffz Helmut Petsch, observer,
Fw Albert Schröder, mechanic,
Ogefr Alfred Stroberger, air gunner.
Passengers:
Günter Kratzert,
Eduart Stockhardt.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II into the Mediterranean Sea: 9 killed

Date & Time: Dec 17, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
W1002
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Cairo West - Luqa - Gibraltar
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
8
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
15
Circumstances:
The airplane departed LG.224 AFB (Cairo West) on a flight to Gibraltar with an intermediate stop in Luqa. It failed to arrive at destination and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Leo Michael Anderle, pilot,
P/O Frantisek Vanicek,
P/O Josef Tesar,
P/O Miroslav Rozprym,
W/O Vaclav Panek,
F/Lt Viktor Krcha,
Sgt Bohuml Hajek,
Passengers:
Cpl Roy Edward Chandler,
Ac1 Harold Henry Hutchinson, air gunner.
F/Sgt Calman Bentley,
P/O William Thomas Charles Chambers,
F/Sgt Emlyn Barclay Davies,
W/O John Rosebery Milligan,
F/Sgt George Geoffrey Organ,
F/Sgt John Alexander Tovey.

Crash of a Blohm & Voss BV 222V-8 Wiking into the Mediterranean Sea: 13 killed

Date & Time: Dec 10, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
X4+HH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Taranto - Tripoli
MSN:
222-08
YOM:
1942
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
13
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
13
Circumstances:
En route from Taranto to Tripoli, the six engine airplane was shot down by a British fighter and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, some 180 km north of Misrata. All 13 occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.