Nassau - Nassau

On October 17, 1944 at 12:00 AM, Nassau - Nassau experienced a crash involving Martin B-26 Marauder, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Nassau-Lynden Pindling New Providence.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew departed Nassau-Lynden Pindling Field on a local training mission. Shortly after takeoff, the right engine failed. The crew was unable to maintain a safe altitude and the aircraft stalled and crashed into the sea some 500 yards offshore, about 7 km northeast of the airport, near the Balmoral Island. The aircraft was destroyed and both crew members were killed. crew: F/O John Walter Wood, pilot, F/O Maurice Francis O’Neill, copilot.

Aircraft reference details include registration HD664, MSN 8647, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 25.0493°, -77.4658°.