Date:	Friday 8 March 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Handley Page Halifax Mk III
Owner/operator:	EANS RAF
Registration:	PN387
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Mediterranean Sea, off Europa Point, 6 miles south of Gibraltar -   Gibraltar
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF North Front, Gibraltar
Destination airport:	London

Narrative:
Handley Page Halifax B.Mk.III PN387, EANS (Empire Air Navigation School): Written off (damaged beyond repair) 8 March 1946. Controls jammed on take-off, when the autopilot locked, aircraft abandoned & pilot ditched into the Mediterranean Sea, near the Trinity Lighthouse, Punta Europa (Europa Point), six miles south of RAF North Front, Gibraltar. Of nine the crew, four were injured, and five were unhurt

The reported crash location of the Europa Point (Punta Europa) Lighthouse, also referred to as the Trinity Lighthouse at Europa Point and the Victoria Tower or La Farola in Llanito, is a lighthouse at Europa Point, on the southeastern tip of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula, at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea, at approximate Coordinates: 36.109634°N 5.344798°W

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.34. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. El Tiempo 9 March 1946, p 9
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-handley-page-hp61-halifax-biii-gibraltar-4-killed
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_Point_Lighthouse .

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
21-Sep-2013 17:06	JINX	Added
22-Apr-2014 14:57	TB	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Oct-2019 19:36	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
01-Nov-2019 16:06	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]
13-Jun-2021 21:58	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative]
13-Jun-2021 21:59	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator]
14-Jun-2021 08:17	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]