Date:	Tuesday 8 February 1944
Time:	10:50
Type:	Martin B-26 Marauder Mk I
Owner/operator:	14 Sqn RAF
Registration:	FK362
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Mediterranean Sea near Malta -   Malta
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Grottaglie, Italy
Destination airport:	Blida, Algeria

Narrative:
Aircraft left Grottaglie at 08h30 on a ferry flight to Blida Algeria with a refuelling stop at Bone aerodrome. Aircraft was reported missing the next day but confirmation of the crash only came on the 14th with a report of a marauder having been seen crashing into the sea. Examination of the wreckage confirmed the aircraft was the correct one. Cause of the crash could not be confirmed.

Pilot: 133798 F/O Geoffrey Arthur Austin Croskell (RAFVR)
Co Pilot: 1335323 F/Sgt Kenneth Sydney Milford (RAFVR)
Navigator: J/21596 F/O John Howard Irwin (RCAF)
Wireless Op/Air Gunner: 1191722 Sgt Arthur James Sims (RAFVR)
Air Gunner: J/90022 P/O Joseph Emile Jean-Baptiste Gerard Lussier (RCAF)
Air Gunner: 77876 F/Sgt Percy Ellenbogen (RAFVR)
Passenger: 624799 F/Sgt Thomas Charles Climpson (RAFVR)

Personnel file of P/O Lussier including accident report and investigation from RCAF/DND Archives Canada
Personnel file of F/O Irwin including accident report and investigation from RCAF/DND Archives Canada
14 Squadron RAF war time records from UK The National Archives
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=FK362
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1810623
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1810327
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=fk362&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Aug-2022 00:53	tachel	Added
07-Aug-2022 00:54	tachel	Updated [Aircraft type]
07-Aug-2022 16:08	tachel	Updated [Source, Narrative]
03-May-2023 22:02	Nepa	Updated [[Source, Narrative]]