ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19210
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| Date: | Monday 19 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster AOP.III |
| Owner/operator: | 17 (AOP) Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | A11-8 |
| MSN: | 299 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vernon Strip, Bougainville -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Vernon Airstrip, Bougainville, PNG |
Delivered to RAF as Auster AOP.III MZ174; RAF service with 657 Squadron. Transferred to RAAF, and departed Liverpool on SS "Samanco" 30/07/44, arrived Melbourne 04/09/44. Reported as Delivered to RAAF 07/09/44 (Status Card says 28/09/44). To 2 Aircraft Depot, Tocumwal, NSW 28/09/44. Serial changed from RAF MZ174 to RAAF A11-8 02/10/44. Issued to 17 (AOP) Squadron, RAAF 25/10/44.
Damaged on landing at Vernon Strip Bougainville 19/02/45; fuselage and undercarriage beyond repair. Approved for conversion to components 25/05/45. To 15 ARD 11/06/45 where struck off charge 19/07/45 and scrapped.
(*According to the Adelaide Advertiser 06/03/45:
"MELBOURNE, March 5.
Hewn from thick jungle at Majaraka, about 30 miles from Torokina. on Bougainville Island, is the
Vernon Airstrip. It was named after Fl-Lt. Ross Vernon, of Vaucluse, NSW, who was killed while
piloting an RAAF Boomerang.
As soon as the Japanese were driven from this area, work began on the tiny strip, which was con
structed for the use of small RAAF observing aircraft. The first Auster landed on the new strip while men were putting the finishing touches to it.
Its usefulness was proved immediately, for a few minutes after landing. Flt Lt.W. R. Goldworthy, of Adelaide, took off again to drop messages to front line troops, and to direct artillery fire on the Japanese.")
Sources:
1. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/2a11.htm
2. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=290
3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/43483399
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Apr-2014 00:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2014 00:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2014 00:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2014 00:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2014 06:57 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 04-May-2014 16:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
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