HMS Courageous - HMS Courageous

On February 17, 1932 at 12:00 AM, HMS Courageous - HMS Courageous experienced a crash involving Fairey III, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Marsa Scirocco All Malta.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

After being catapulted from HMS Courageous, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Marsa Scirocco. A crew member was killed and a second was rescued.

Aircraft reference details include registration S1491.