Date:	Friday 2 August 1940
Time:	02:30
Type:	Fairey Swordfish Mk 1
Owner/operator:	810 Sqn FAA RN
Registration:	P4273
MSN:	F4411
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	60 miles southwest of Sardinia, Mediterranean Sea -   Mediterranean Sea
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	HMS Ark Royal
Destination airport:	Elmas Airfield, Sardinia (I)

Narrative:
810 Sqn. Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy, Fairy Swordfish P4273 'A2-K' crashed into the sea when taking off from the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, killing Pilot, Lieutenant, John Rumney Robins; Observer, Lieutenant, John Malcolm Maine Tarver and Telegraphist Air Gunner, Petty Officer Airman, Jack Clarke.
The aircraft was one of 10 Swordfish aircraft launched from aircraft carrier Ark Royal, stationed in the Mediterranean Sea 60 miles southwest of Sardinia, to attack Elmas Airfield, Cagliari, Sardinia Italy.

HMS Ark Royal, British aircraft carrier, WW2 (naval-history.net)
Swordfish  P4273 [Royal Air Force Aircraft Serial and Image Database] RAFCommands.com
War in Mediterranean, August 1940 (naval-history.net)
2 August 1940 (etherit.co.uk)
Bombing of Cagliari in World War II - Wikipedia
Selected FAA or Naval Involvemennt in Aircrat Casualty Packs at the National Archives (rafcommands.com)
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/RoyalNavyFleetAirArmDatabase/?q=Air+Gunner&o=Aircraft&d=asc

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
31-Jan-2021 16:59	Peter Clarke	Added
05-Feb-2021 16:00	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
13-Feb-2021 21:38	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]