Date:	Monday 25 October 1948
Time:
Type:	North American Harvard IIA
Owner/operator:	827 Sqn FAA RN
Registration:	EZ406
MSN:	88-16711
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Ta Qali Aerodrome -   Malta
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	HMS Triumph
Destination airport:

Narrative:
"lt's Johnny Matthews and Dan Marsden were carrying out Local and I.F. in the station flight Harvard when they were involved in a mid-air collision with a Vampire from 73 Squadron RAF. Both were killed."
FAA, 827 Squadron, HMS Triumph, air crash
MARSDEN, Arthur D, Lieutenant (A), killed
MATTHEWS, Albert E J, Lieutenant (A), killed

Family History (Arthur Dennis (Dan) Marsden was my uncle) and local Malta newspapers.
His service record gives:"25/10/48 killed a/c collided with Vampire aircraft and crashed out of control. Halfar 251558/Oct /48"
Family told RAF pilot was flying without permission but recent enquiries to Malta newspapers produced information that the USAF placed a reporting restriction on the incident. Apparently there was a joint USAF/RAF exercise being conducted at the time. Request to Ministry of Defence under
Freedom of Information produced nothing as "all records had been destroyed"!
Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy, 1948
Vampire Production List
ex.USAAF/42-84930.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Jan-2011 15:23	dhaigh	Added
11-Jan-2011 01:50	penguin832	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
23-Jan-2012 05:19	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
12-Apr-2014 13:05	harro	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
03-Jun-2018 18:30	A.J. Scholten	Updated [Cn, Source]