Thanks Old Duffer for the additional information….sorry it has taken a few years to reply !
Your information corroborates what my mother (Dorothy Evans) was told by her husband's wing commander at our house in Malta on that dreadful day in 1965:
Dad's Canberra was put 'out of trim' when it was flying between Malta and Africa and the pilots were told to get the plane back in trim. Soon after, the plane not able to be be put back under control and heading for the sea below, Gerry (my Dad) started bale out procedures and issued a mayday call…….mayday, mayday, may…..Another second and all three should have been safe, or as safe as one could be having ejected into the sea. Once again, my prayers to Dad's friends Derek and Geoff and commisserations to their families . Lastly, thanks to the RAF who looked after my mum so very tenderly for many many years, until she died recently.