Crash of a Martin B-26 Marauder in Protville

Date & Time: Sep 27, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Martin B-26 Marauder
Operator:
Registration:
FK128
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
7393
YOM:
1941
Location:
Protville
Ariana Governorate (ولاية أريانة‎)
Country:
Tunisia
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a maritime patrol flight over the Mediterranean Sea when the aircraft was attacked by enemy fire. The captain decided to return to his base in Tunisia but was eventually forced to attempt an emergency landing in Protville. While all occupants were unhurt, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 466 Wellington XIII off Palau: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jul 15, 1943 at 0216 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 466 Wellington XIII
Operator:
Registration:
HP631
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Protville - Protville
Location:
Palau
Sardinia
Country:
Italy
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Protville on a maritime patrol flight off Sardinia. While cruising off the north coast of the island, it was shot down and crashed into the sea off Palau. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (458 Sq):
F/O Gordon Herbert Lawson, pilot,
F/O Leslie Youle Hazeldine, copilot,
F/O Albert Renton, navigator,
F/O Maxwell Harry Tarrison, navigator,
Sgt Robert Edward Burrows, wireless operator,
F/O Edwin Albert McCorkell, air gunner,
F/O Arthur Robert Pagan, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down.

Crash of a Vickers 458 Wellington XI into the Mediterranean Sea: 8 killed

Date & Time: Jul 13, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 458 Wellington XI
Operator:
Registration:
MP629
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Protville - Protville
Location:
Mediterranean Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Protville on a reconnaissance mission over the Mediterranean Sea. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the sea. Lost without trace.
Crew (458 Sq):
W/O Howard Eldon Bradley,
F/Sgt Francis Gerald Crocker,
F/O John Andrew Diggins,
F/O William Charles Hailstone,
W/O Donald Hyatt McConechy,
F/Lt Kenneth John Neill,
Sgt James Tindall,
W/O William Wallace Wright.
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