Date:	Wednesday 14 October 1942
Time:	21:15
Type:	Avro Anson Mk I
Owner/operator:	2 AOS RAAF
Registration:	AW849
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	5 miles W of Tantanoola, SA -   Australia
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAAF Laverton, Victoria
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Ex-RAF Anson Mk.1 AW849. To RAAF 1 Aircraft Depot 9.11.41. To 2 AOS 14.12.41.

Crashed and burned 5 miles west of Tantanoola, South Australia, 14.10.42. The aircraft was returning from an intensive sea search operation following a report from this unit of an enemy submarine. The crew were attached to 2 Air Observation School and based at the RAAF station in Laverton, Victoria. The aircraft crashed after running out of fuel due to a navigation error. The 2 crew members parachuted to safety, but the pilot, Flight Officer Baxter Watson, was killed in the crash. The aircraft burned after crashing.

On 7 November 2008 The Rotary Club of Millicent received $1,995AUS to help erect a war memorial commemorating the crew of RAAF Anson AW849, near to the crash site

http://www.adf-gallery.com.au//2a4.shtml
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7MEN_Memorial_to_air_crash_of_Arvo_Anson_AW849_Tantanoola_South_Australia
http://monumentaustralia.org.au/monument_display.php?id=51193&image=0
https://www.ozatwar.com//crashsa.htm
http://government.newsarticles.net.au/Governments/Local-Community-Receives-$67,000-To-Honour-Sa's-Veterans.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Apr-2012 13:47	Dr. John Smith	Added
27-Dec-2018 22:24	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]
27-May-2023 11:02	Ron Averes	Updated [[Operator, Narrative, Operator]]