Aircraft took off at 12.45am from Luqa airport on Malta to observe the naval traffic in the area around the Pantelleria island.
The wreck, of the aircraft lies 500 metres off the Italian island of Linosaand was discovered in 2016, 85 metres below the waters surface.
Killed:Flight Sergeant Alick Greaves RAF KIA Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery grave 17. A. 12. Tunisia.Sergeant Robert Tettrell Purslow RAF KIA Klagenfurt War Cemetery grave 8. B. 3. Austria.
POWs:Sergeant Francis William Baum RAF POW Stalag 18A Wolfsberg (Karnton) Austria.Sergeant William Edward Fincham RCAF R/77413 Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug.