Oran - Oran

On April 1, 1944 at 12:00 AM, Oran - Oran experienced a crash involving Lockheed PV-1 Ventura, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Mediterranean Sea All World.

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

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. The crew was engaged in a maritime patrol flight over the Mediterranean Sea. En route, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by mistake by a RAF Beaufighter and crashed into the sea. All five crewmen were killed. Crew (500th Squadron): F/O Wayne Sheldon Shea, F/O Vernon Clifford Pockson, P/O Frederick Joseph Schmidt, W/O Henry Ernest Parsloe, Sgt John Philip Taylor.

Aircraft reference details include registration FP633.