Date:	Tuesday 7 July 1942
Time:
Type:	Lockheed Hudson Mk IIIa
Owner/operator:	32 Sqn RAAF
Registration:	A16-198
MSN:	6463
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	off Tallow Beach, NSW -   Australia
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Crashed into sea

adf-serials.comA16-198 Mk.IIIA 6463 41-36974 FH173 05/04/42 Indent 911:Rec USAAF as RA-29.Defence Aid consigned ex USAAF.
Rec 1AD 05/04/42.
Flight tested 08/05/42.
Issued 32 Sqn RAAF 24/05/42.
Rec 32Sqn RAAF 01/06/42.
Allocated 3AD 07/07/42.
Accident 07/07/42 when aircraft crashed into sea off Talla Beach between Broken Head and Byron Bay, NSW.
Crew; F/Lt Robert Thomas Trigg Serv#467, Sgt Douglas John Lovejoy Serv#403752, Sgt Gavin Athole Laurie Mclaren Serv#406859, Sgt Gordon William George Ridge Serv#416231, Sgt David Leslie Bradley Serv#30650, LAC Edward George Kimmins Serv#22537, LAC William Edwards Evans Serv#24493, LAC Harold Wilmot Johnstone Serv#24775, LAC Frederick Albert Charles Wood Serv#24672 and AC1 Edward George Merefield Serv#25767.
SOC 31/07/42.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
22-Apr-2010 11:34	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative]
27-Jan-2012 13:31	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Phase]
15-Feb-2022 07:10	redsix1	Updated [Source]
30-Jun-2023 06:13	Ron Averes	Updated [[Source]]