Date & Time:
Jun 22, 1943 at 1530 LT
Type of aircraft:
Martin B-26 Marauder
Operator:
Registration:
FK129
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
7373
YOM:
1941
Country:
Puerto Rico
Region:
Central America
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The twin engine airplane was completing a flight on behalf of the RAF Transport Command when it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea some 24 km northwest of Desecheo Island, 56 km west of Borinquen, Puerto Rico. SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended as no trace of the airplane nor the four occupants was found. The observer was a RAF officer while all three other crew members were civilians.
Crew:
Burton Craig Millar, pilot,
Lowell Luther Burchfield, copilot,
W/O Reginald Edward Mudie, observer,
Philip Arthur Vickery, radio operator.
Crew:
Burton Craig Millar, pilot,
Lowell Luther Burchfield, copilot,
W/O Reginald Edward Mudie, observer,
Philip Arthur Vickery, radio operator.
