Luqa

Following a training sortie in Luqa, the crew was returning to the base when, after touchdown, the aircraft failed to stop, overran, lost its undercarriage and came to rest on its belly. Both crewmen were uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The crew was completing a training sortie, simulating an aerial attack with a RAF Spitfire. While cruising at a height between 4,000 and 5,000 feet, the aircraft banked 20° to the left then dove into the ground and crashed in the center of the city. The aircraft exploded on impact and damages on ground were so heavy with several houses destroyed. All four crew members were killed plus 16 people on the ground. Several others were injured, some of them seriously.

Just after liftoff from Luqa Airport, while in initial climb, the airplane suffered an engine failure. It stalled and crashed by the runway, bursting into flames. Nine passengers were killed while seven other occupants were seriously injured. The airplane was destroyed. It was en route from London to Cairo via Malta.

On return to base following an operation over the Mediterranean Sea, the airplane overshot the runway and crashed in a quarry, bursting into flames. Five crew members were killed and one was injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt Lawrence Harry Gleason, pilot, †
Sgt Eric Ansell Brown, copilot, †
F/O Maurice McAllister Kempton, navigator, †
W/O Peter Edwyn Elkford Brown, wireless operator, †
Sgt Harold Ernest Stanley, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Wendell Pierce Drew, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Luqa at 0620LT on a shipping strike in the Mediterranean Sea. It crashed in unknown circumstances off Trapani and was lost. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Lennard Courtney Laver, pilot,
Sgt Benjamin Watson Shearer, pilot,
F/Sgt Allan Thomas Gell, observer,
F/Lt John Francombe, observer,
Sgt Eric Frank Saggers, air gunner,
Sgt David Alexander Smith, air gunner.

The airplane departed Cairo on a transit flight to UK with intermediate stops in Luqa and Gibraltar. Following a night takeoff from Luqa Airfield, while climbing, the crew encountered engine problems. The pilot elected to return for an emergency landing when the airplane went out of control and crashed in a huge explosion in Żejtun, some 5 km east of the airbase. The airplane was destroyed and all 17 occupants were killed.
Crew:
S/L Jefferson Heywood Wedgwood, pilot,
F/O Krzysztof L. Dobromirski, pilot,
Sgt Alexander Clubb Watt, flight engineer,
F/Lt Peter Earlem, observer,
F/Lt Leonard Arthur Vaughan, air gunner.
Passengers:
Cpl Douglas Sidney Hounslow,
Ac1 Stanley Edward Kelly,
Sgt Dennis Spibey,
Maj Allen Algernon Bathurst,
Lac Cyril Dennis Browne,
Lac Richard Clegg,
F/O Zbigniew A. Idzikowski,
F/Sgt Alfred E. Kleniewski,
Maj Arthur David Curtis Millar,
F/O Stanisław Pankiewicz,
Sgt Roman Wysocki,
F/O Oskar F. Zielinski.

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.

The airplane departed LG.167, Bi'r al Buhayrah, Libya, on a flight to Luqa, Malta. Upon landing, the airplane went out of control and crashed on a dispersal pen. Four crew members were killed and eight others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt George Bunnett, †
Lac Ernest Ford, †
Sgt Clifford Roy Grandfield, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt John Irving Kitchen, †
P/O G. B. Hunter,
P/O R. A. Mackness,
Sgt H. Barrie,
Sgt G. G. E. Greeves,
Sgt W. Smith,
Lac G. F. Wilson,
Lac L. J. Haywood,
Ac1 W. Brown.

The four engine airplane departed Luqa on a flight to England with an intermediate stop in Gibraltar. On board were various crew of RCAF, RAF and RAAF as well as few civilians including military wives and two children. Upon arrival at Gibraltar-North Front Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with thunderstorm activity. It is believed that the airplane overshot the runway so the captain decided to go around when the aircraft stalled and crashed into the sea. Fourteen people, including eight civilians (among them two children) were killed and 26 other people were rescued, among them few were injured.
Crew:
W/O Rupert Henry Davey,
F/O Edwin Herbert Glazebrook,
P/O John William Williams,
F/Sgt Charles Edward Mutch,
F/Lt Erik Lawson Hetherington,
Sgt David William James Spencer.
Passengers killed:
Mr. Edward James Rowe,
Mrs Hannah Eunice Rowe,
Mrs Elizabeth Pricilla Sheldon,
Mrs Mabel Hucklebridge,
Mrs Isabella Josephine Aston,
Mr Simon Aston,
Mrs Edna Patricia Chase,
Mr Thomas Chase.
Passengers who survived:
W/Cdr A. H. Donaldson,
W/O Gordon Henry Taylor Farquharson,
F/Lt Rae Walton,
F/Lt Arthur Ford Roscoe,
F/Sgt D. A. Bye,
F/Sgt A. W. Varey,
F/Sgt E. L. Mahar,
F/Sgt I. Watson,
F/Sgt J. McCulloch,
F/Sgt L. G. Pow,
P/O G. W. R. Frampton,
P/O E. J. Sanders,
P/O George Frederick Beurling,
P/O F. D. Thomas,
P/O L. S. Reid,
P/O C. F. Bush,
F/O F. R. Johnson,
F/O A. S. Yates,
F/O C. A. M. Barbour,
F/O J. G. W. Farmer,
F/O J. A. H. Pinney,
Sgt E. J. Booker,
Sgt K. R. Mitchell,
Sgt F. W. Clewley,
Mrs D. W. Spencer,
Mrs J. Neighbours.

The airplane departed RAF Luqa on a maritime patrol flight over the Mediterranean Sea. In unknown circumstances, it crashed into the sea off Linosa Island. A crew was killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Alick Greaves, pilot, †
W/O Francis William Baum, pilot,
W/O William Edward Fincham, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Tettrell Purslow, air gunner.