DATE	AIRCRAFT	SQDN	SERIAL	NOTES
17.12.42	HP Halifax	138	DT542	Aircraft landed at Malta on a transit flight from the Middle East. Took off for Gibraltar after re-fuelling carrying 11 military passengers. Crashed after take off on open ground, limits of Zejtun. Flown by a six-man Polish crew. By this time, the hardships caused by aerial bombing had been greatly reduced, convoys were reaching the island safely, and July 1943 would see Malta play a major part in Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily.
28.07.44	B. Beaufighter	108	ND201	Crash landed at at Safi strip on a test flight from Hal-Far. Safi strip had closed down on 08.11.43.
06.12.44	V. Wellington			Aircraft was being ferried from UK to India by a Yugoslav crew. Swung on take-off, hit one of the old aircraft pens, crashed into a quarry, and was totally destroyed by fire. No fatalities or injuries.
27.08.45	S. Spitfire Mk. IX	73		Belly landing at RAF Qrendi due to hydraulic problems.
18.10.45	V. Wellington X	135 MU	MF133	Taxied off runway on to soft ground and tyre burst; swung and tipped over.
19.11.45	DH Mosquito B.25	162	KB468	Swung on take-off and undercarriage collapsed; caught fire; 1 killed.
21.03.46	DH Mosquito FB.26	No. 1 Ferry Unit	KA181	Swung on take-off and undercarriage collapsed; caught fire.
24.03.46	DH Mosquito FB.6	1 FU	TE692	Swung on landing and undercarriage collapsed.
26.03.46	V. Wellington	765, RN	HZ470	Crashed after losing power on starboard engine during take off from Hal-Far.
05.04.46	V. Wellington X	765, RN	HE274	Airborne from Hal-Far, cashed onto the village of Rabat. Four crew, 16 civilians dead, 12 injured.
08.04.46	Anson C.12	Air Min	PH696	Overshot landing; swung off runway and undercarriage collapsed.
15.04.46	DH Mosquito FB.6	No. 1 Ferry Unit	TE762	Brake failure on landing, aircraft ended up in a quarry, on the Mqabba side of the airport. Crew suffered slight injuries. A quarry worker, startled by the noise, also fell in the quarry, suffering some leg injuries.
09.06.46	DH Mosquito PR.34	540	RG289	Swung on take-off, ground-looped, with the undercarriage collapsing. No injuries, and emergency services were able to extinguish the fire.
31.08.46	V. Wellington Mk.10	LP805	Malta CF	Throttle lever broke off on take-off; swung into ditch to avoid quarry.
03.09.46	DH Mosquito			Aircraft crashed after takeoff from Hal-Far. Two fatalities. Crewed by Fleet Air Arm pilots.
02.12.46	Avro York C.1	511	MW268	Undershot landing and undercarriage collapsed.
18.12.46	Avro Lancaster	49	PA450	One of 19 Lancasters staging through RAF Luqa on their way to Shallufa in Egypt to take part in Exercise 'Sunbronze', a regular task for Bomber Command units, enabling crews to acquire tropical experience. 'Ran away' at Luqa, but returned to service a few days later.
23.12.46	S. Spitfire		EN199	Lifted by strong winds during a storm, and blown against a wall. Struck off charge 30.01.47. Restored, and on display at the Malta Aviation Museum.
15.05.47	Anson C.19	MECS	PH863	Undercarriage jammed up; overshot belly landing at night.
24.05.47	Avro York C.1	242	MW190	Caught in down draught over quarry on approach and undershot runway.
22.07.47	Martinet TT.1		RG911	Engine failure after take-off from Hal-Far. Pilot ditched in the sea.
12.08.47	S. Spitfire Mk.IX	73	MJ891	Flew into ground during approach at Ta’ Qali.
15.08.47	S. Spitfire Mk.IX	73	MJ247	Engine failure on take-off from Ta’ Qali.
19.08.47	S. Spitfire Mk.IX	73	PT477	Belly landing at Ta’ Qali.
01.09.47	S. Spitfire Mk.IX	73	NH198	Emergency landing at Ta’ Qali, after aircraft lost part of the propeller blade.
03.09.47	Gr. F8F-1B Bearcat	VF8A	95237	Based on the USS Leyte. Pilot, Ens. T.M. Spencer, was unable to release the tow target and was ordered to land at Ta Kali, but stalled 20 feet above the runway. Aircraft written off, no injuries. Information supplied by George Kernahan.
05.09.47	S. Spitfire Mk.IX	73	MH979	Belly landing with a jammed undercarriage at Ta’ Qali.
08.09.47	S. Spitfire Mk.IX	73	MK158	Engine failure on take-off from Ta’ Qali.
28.09.47	F. Firefly	804	VT435	Aircraft stalled and crashed into the sea on the approach to HMS Ocean. One fatality.
04.12.47	D. AD-1	VA1B	09236	Took off from Hal Far for flight back to USS Midway. Engine failed just after becaming airborne and aircraft ditched 1 mile south of airfield. The pilot, Lt(jg) R.H. Reeb, was rescued uninjured. Info by George Kernahan.
__.__.48	F. Firefly	827		Crashed around 5 miles south of Marsaxlokk, whilst operating from HMS Ocean. Pilot killed.
28.03.48	V. Wellington Mk. X	HZ470	765	Crashed during take-off, possibly from Hal-Far, where the squadron was based.
05.04.48	V. Wellington Mk. X	HE274	765	Engaged in an exercise with 73 Sqdn Spitfire IX NH484. Failed to pull out of dive, crashing into a building. Four crew and 20 civilian deaths.
14.04.48	Sea Otter	Hal-Far Station Flight	RD885	Ran in difficulties during a water landing, and sunk. Hal-Far Station Flight was an off-shoot of 728 squadron.
25.08.48	DH Vampire F.3			Stalled above the runway at RAF Luqa, suffering a collapsed undercarriage. Aircraft repaired.
__.10.48	F. Firefly NF1	812	PP555	Aircraft was practicing Deck landing Trails (DLT) and ended up in the barrier. Put ashore at Kalafranafor repairs.
25.10.48	NA Harvard IIA	Royal Navy	EZ406	Collided with 73 Sqdn Vampire over Ta’ Qali. Crashed in fields, two fatalities.
25.10.48	DH Vampire F.3	73	VT808	Collided with Harvard EZ406. No fatalities/injuries.
30.10.48	DH Mosquito Mk.35	14	TJ141	Left Malta for Marseilles, but encountered bad weather. Crashed off Xlendi Gozo. Crew’s bodies were never recovered.
¬¬__.11.48	F. Firefly NF1	812	PP618	Crashed in barrier during night time landing on HMS Ocean. No casualties.
30.12.48	S. Seafire FR47	804	VP439	The following is a description of the accident as related by Peter Cook, in the article The 14th Carrier Air Group, Malta & the Mediterranean 1948-1950 Malta Flypast issue 8. Our sister ship, HMS Triumph, had been in the Mediterranean when we arrived and it was getting time for her to return to the UK. She had on board the 13th CAG, consisting of 800 NAS, with Seafire F17s and 827 NAS with Firefly FR1s. On returning to the UK 800 NAS was to re-equip with the Seafire FR47, so to familiarise her pilots with the new mark they would soon be receiving, we detached three of our Seafire FR47s to Triumph. An unusual accident occurred aboard Triumph on 30 December when a Seafire FR47 (VP439) on loan from Ocean landed on and was taken down on the forward lift to the hangar below. But before it could be removed from the lift, a Seafire F17 (SX333) of 800 NAS landed on and taxied forward and fell into the lift-well on top of VP439. Although there were no injuries to either pilot both aircraft were written-off and it proved some logistical puzzle how to retrieve the F17. Eventually the flight deck Jumbo crane did the job.
30.12.48	S. Seafire F17	800	SX333	See VP439 above.
__.12.48	F. Firefly FR5	812	VT462	Crashed into St. Paul’s Bay during dummy RP dives. Pilot ejected, suffering some injuries, but rear seat occupant, flying as a passenger, perished with the aircraft.
16.01.49	H. Tempest FB.6	No. 1 Ferry Unit	NX137	Overshot approach. Undercarriage was raised in an attempt to stop.
14.02.49	H. Sea Fury FB.11	807	TF264	Ditched in St. Paul’s Bay flying from Hal-Far.
15.02.49	F. Firefly AS.5	812	VT366	Forced landing at Qrendi strip after engine trouble, totally destroyed by fire.
09.03.49	Martinet TT.1	728	RH114	Severe engine vibration after one hour target towing, emergency landing at Hal-Far.
26.03.49	DH Mosquito PR.16		NS531	Forced to ditch into the sea off Delimara Point as it was returning from Algiers, after suffering an engine failure. Air-Britain's Aeromilitaria gives point of departure Rome, Italy on a mail flight.
26.03.49	DH Sea Otter ASR.2		JM880	Sent to pick up crew of Mosquito NS531 (above) but after landing on water, heavy swell carried the aircraft to the rocks, suffering extensive damage.
19.05.49	S. Sea Otter ASR.2	Ship’s Flt.	JN182	Aircraft was landing on HMS Ocean, missed arrestor wires, striking island and cranes on take off, crashing in the sea. Peter Cook, The 14th Carrier Air Group, Malta & the Mediterranean 1948-1950 gives the serial as JN183. Malta Flypast No.8
30.05.49	S. Seafire FR47	804	VP436	The following is a description of the accident as related by Peter Cook, in the article The 14th Carrier Air Group, Malta & the Mediterranean 1948-1950 Malta Flypast issue 8. Another unusual accident took place on 30 May with a Seafire FR47 while landing. The aircraft crossed the flight deck diagonally after touch-down and although it had collected an arrester wire, went over the port side level with the ships VHF aerial. Once the wire had run its full length the aircraft hung over the side, not even touching the water. The ships sea-boat was quickly launched and the pilot retrieved unhurt, but getting VP436 back on board was a trickier proposition. Despite our best efforts we were forced to return to Grand Harbour with the aircraft still sus¬pended from the arrester wire - red faces all round - and have it lifted back on board with one of the dockyard float¬ing cranes before we could reset our arrester wires and carry on flying.
08.07.49	NA Harvard T.3	Station Flight, Hal-Far	E2288	Overturned during violent braking from instrument landing practice.
26.07.49	S. Seafire	728	SX224	“Malta: An Aviation History” reports this aircraft as being “smashed up”, no other cause being given. Aeromilitaria gives the date as 27 July.
28.09.49	S. Seafire	728	SX226	Crashed. No other info available.
20.10.49	H. Sea Fury FB.11		VW695	Entrance to Grand Harbour, Fell into the sea. ?!
15.11.49	F. Fairefly AS.5	812	WB289	Went down the starboard side of HMS Ocean after missing the wires in too fast a landing.
24.11.49	S. Seafire F.17	728	SX241	Engine cut out during take-off.
08.12.49	H. Sea Fury FB.11	804	VW709	Crashed at Hal-Far.