ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 156382
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 July 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk VcT |
| Owner/operator: | 457 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | A58-61 |
| MSN: | 3018 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Billabong Ridge, NT -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAAF Livingstone |
| RAAF Livingstone |
Tuesday the 6th of July, 1943 was a day of action for 457 Squadron, RAAF.
The unit was involved in countering one of the last major Japanese air attacks on the Darwin area.
The Squadron lost three of its Spitfires on this day.
One of them, A58-61 formerly BR589 of the RAF, could not be found and its pilot was listed as missing in action, presumed dead.
About thirty years later the wreckage of the plane was found near the top of Billabong Ridge, an 80 metre-high feature inland from Anson Bay. The aircraft appeared to have collided with the ground at high speed and was completely wrecked.
There was no trace of the pilot at the crash site, but items of parachute hardware were found suggesting that he was still in the plane at the time of the crash.
Flying-Officer Frank Drury Hamilton RAAF, killed on air operations.
R.I.P.
Sources:
Spitfire production list
https://www.awm.gov.au//research/people/roll_of_honour/person.asp?p=556733
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jun-2013 09:31 | angels one five | Added |
| 07-Jun-2013 09:40 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2013 09:41 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2013 22:08 | angels one five | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2013 16:31 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 11-Aug-2013 08:41 | JINX | Updated [Operator] |
| 15-Aug-2013 01:05 | angels one five | Updated [Operator] |
| 12-Sep-2013 03:01 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 09-Jun-2015 08:29 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator] |
| 06-Dec-2016 23:00 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2018 07:08 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2022 11:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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