Crash of a Martin B-26G-10-MA Marauder off Nassau: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 17, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Martin B-26 Marauder
Operator:
Registration:
HD664
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Nassau - Nassau
MSN:
8647
YOM:
1943
Location:
Nassau-Lynden Pindling
New Providence
Country:
Bahamas
Region:
Central America
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew departed Nassau-Lynden Pindling Field on a local training mission. Shortly after takeoff, the right engine failed. The crew was unable to maintain a safe altitude and the aircraft stalled and crashed into the sea some 500 yards offshore, about 7 km northeast of the airport, near the Balmoral Island. The aircraft was destroyed and both crew members were killed.
crew:
F/O John Walter Wood, pilot,
F/O Maurice Francis O’Neill, copilot.
Probable cause:
Failure of the right engine shortly after takeoff.

Crash of Martin B-26 Marauder into Clifton Bay: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 13, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Martin B-26 Marauder
Operator:
Registration:
FB454
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Nassau - Nassau
Location:
Clifton Bay
New Providence
Country:
Bahamas
Region:
Central America
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Nassau Airport on a local training flight. After takeoff, it caught fire for unknown reasons and dove into the sea, crashing into the Clifton Bay, west of Nassau. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Roland Henry Barber, pilot,
F/O Douglas Waitt Whitehurst Cormack, pilot,
F/O Denis Durward, pilot,
F/L John Griffith Owen, pilot.
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