ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240991
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| Date: | Sunday 22 November 1942 |
| Time: | c. |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 30 (City of Sale) Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | A19-36 |
| MSN: | ex.T5000 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | RAAF Wards Airfield, near Port Moresby. -
 Papua New Guinea
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAAF Wards, Port Moresby |
| RAAF Wards, Papua New Guinea |
Beaufighter Mk.Ic A19-36/S (ex.T5000) 30 Sqdn RAAF
Returned to RAAF Wards Airfield, Papua New Guinea following a combat mission on 22nd November 1942 with battle damage. Hydraulics damaged by A/A at Lae and shot away by Japanese fighters. Crash landed on return to base. Aircraft landed with undercarriage retracted and slewed into a ditch tipping it onto its nose. Belly landing causin substantial damage to the airframe. 22/11/1942
Crew:
W/O (Aus.407139) Edgar Gwynne HUGHES (pilot) RAAF - Ok
Sgt (Aus.1636) William David KEELER (nav.) RAAF - injured
Sources:
https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/beaufighter/A19-36.html
http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a19.htm
https://acesflyinghigh.wordpress.com/2019/07/13/the-survivors-bristol-beaufighter-the-whispering-death-of-the-pacific-and-beyond/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wards_Airfield
http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Beaufighter/P024269
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 November 1942 | A19-36 | 30 (City of Sale) Sqn RAAF | 0 | RAAF Wards Airfield, near Port Moresby. | |
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Images:
Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK - 15th September 2010
Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK - 15th September 2010
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2020 06:22 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 09-Sep-2020 07:24 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
| 26-Dec-2020 21:10 | Dr.Roup | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 24-May-2021 21:39 | sičak | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-May-2021 11:32 | sičak | Updated [Cn, Location, Damage, Narrative, Operator] |
| 07-Jun-2021 09:18 | TB | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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