FK124

On September 13, 1944 at 12:00 PM, FK124 experienced a crash involving Martin B-26 Marauder, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Alghero Sardinia.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a mountains crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was engaged in a night reconnaissance mission over the Mediterranean Sea. Shortly after take off from Alghero Airport, while climbing, the twin engine aircraft hit a mountain and crashed. All six crew members were killed. Crew (14th Squadron): F/O Maurice Trevor Holmes, pilot, P/O Phillip Matthew Todd, pilot, Sgt Cornelius Swinnerton Keefe, navigator, Sgt Walter Herbert Ellis, wireless operator and air gunner, Sgt Mark Irwin, wireless operator and air gunner, W/O William Hadyn Scourfield, air gunner.

Aircraft reference details include registration FK124, MSN 7358, year of manufacture 1941.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.5569°, 8.3164°.