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

Date & Time: Oct 13, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
FB454
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Nassau - Nassau
Country:
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.