Incident Bristol Beaufort VII A9-116,
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Date:Saturday 2 January 1943
Time:12:40
Type:Bristol Beaufort VII
Owner/operator:7 Sqn RAAF
Registration: A9-116
MSN: -
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:RAAF Horn Island, QLD -   Australia
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Ross River Airfield, Townsville, Queensland.
Destination airport:Horn Island Airfield, Queensland, Australia
Narrative:
Beaufort A9-116, following a transit flight from Ross River Airfield, Townsville, 600 miles South, landed downwind at Horn Island Airfield and overshot the runway, collapsing the undercarriage and causing substantial damage to the aircraft
The 4 aircrew, Pilot, SGT, R J Harper; Navigator, SGT, E Sadye, WAG, SGT, H Moran; WAG, SGT, R A Huth and 4 passengers survived the crash landing.

Sources:

http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a9b.htm
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=7127570
https://www.ww2places.qld.gov.au/place?id=770
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._7_Squadron_RAAF
https://www.airforce.gov.au/sites/default/files/minisite/static/7522/RAAFmuseum/research/bases/ross_river.htm

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
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28 October 1942 A9-105 6 OTU RAAF 0 RAAF Nowra, New South Wales w/o
24 November 1942 A9-2 100 Sqn RAAF 0 Cape Vogel, Milne Bay w/o
4 December 1942 A9-142 7 Sqn RAAF 0 Wards Airfield, Port Moresby sub
9 December 1942 A9-119 7 Sqn RAAF 0 in the sea off Kitchen Island, QLD w/o
11 January 1943 A9-160 1 OTU RAAF 0 RAF Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria,
21 January 1943 A9-121 1 OTU RAAF 0 RAAF, Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria, w/o
24 January 1943 A9-134 7 Sqn RAAF 0 Torres Strait, 20 miles NW of Booby Island, QLD w/o
1 February 1943 A9-155 1 OTU RAAF 4 3 miles South west of RAF, Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria, w/o
12 March 1943 A9-104 1 OTU RAAF 0 RAF Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria, unk
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5 April 1943 A9-117 7 Sqn RAAF 0 along the coast of New South Wales, sub
9 April 1943 A9-153 1 OTU RAAF 0 RAF Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria, w/o
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22 July 1943 A9-158 1 OTU RAAF 0 RAAF East Sale, Victoria, sub
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25 July 1943 A9-108 5 OTU RAAF 0 RAAF Tocumwal, New South Wales, sub
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13 August 1943 A9-320 100 Sqn RAAF 0 Gurney Airfield, Milne Bay sub
14 August 1943 A9-101 6 OTU RAAF 0 40 miles ESE of Cape St George, Jervis Bay Territory sub
20 August 1943 A9-159 1 OTU RAAF 0 RAAF East Sale, Victoria, sub
8 September 1943 A9-113 6 OTU RAAF 0 RAAF Nowra, New South Wales, w/o
9 October 1943 A9-152 1 OTU RAAF 0 RAAF East Sale, Victoria, sub
12 November 1943 A9-187 100 Sqn RAAF 0 Gurney Airfield, Milne Bay sub
12 November 1943 A9-187 Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) 0 RAAF Vivigani, Goodenough Island, Milne Bay sub
13 November 1943 A9-142 5 OTU RAAF 0 RAAF Moruya, New South Wales, sub
13 January 1944 A9-101 6 OTU RAAF 0 RAAF Nowra, New South Wales sub
14 January 1944 A9-141 5 OTU RAAF 0 RAAF Tocumwall, New South Wales, w/o
17 January 1944 A9-107 6 OTU RAAF 0 Jervis Bay Airfield, Jervis Bay Territory, sub
2 February 1944 A9-507 1 Sqn Menangle RAAF 5 Menangle Park Airfield, Camden, New South Wales w/o
2 February 1944 A9-505 1 Sqn Menangle RAAF 4 Menangle Park Airfield, Camden, New South Wales w/o
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14 February 1944 A9-292 1 OTU RAAF 0 RAAF East Sale, Victoria, sub
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13 May 1944 A9-572 100 Sqn RAAF 0 Sea, 1 mile off the coast from Tadji Airfield, West Sepik w/o
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29 May 1944 A9-537 100 Sqn RAAF 0 Nadzab Airfield #4, Morobe sub
12 June 1944 A9-606 8 Sqn RAAF 0 Tadji Airfield, West Sepik w/o
17 June 1944 A9-576 1 Sqn RAAF 0 RAAF Milingimbi Island, NT sub
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26 July 1944 A9-120 1 AD RAAF 0 RAAF Laverton, Melbourne, Victoria sub
9 August 1944 A9-564 1 Sqn (Menangle) RAAF 0 RAAF Pell Field, NT w/o
12 August 1944 A9-586 14 Sqn RAAF 0 RAAF Pearce, Perth, WA sub
14 August 1944 A9-574 8 Sqn RAAF 0 Tadji Airfield, West Sepik sub
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16 September 1944 A9-593 1 Sqn RAAF 1 Gould Airfield, Batchelor, NT w/o
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18 November 1944 A9-591 1 OTU RAAF 0 Cressy Airfield, Geelong, Victoria, sub
24 November 1944 A9-567 8 Sqn RAAF 4 Sea, nr Ali Island, 5 miles NW of Tadji airfield, West Sepik w/o
25 November 1944 A9-634 6 Sqn RAAF 0 north of Dobodura, Northern unk
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2 July 1945 A9-587 1 OTU RAAF 2 RAAF East Sale, Victoria, w/o
12 July 1945 A9-591 7 Sqn RAAF 0 Tadji Airfield, West Sepik unk
12 July 1945 A9-595 7 Sqn RAAF 0 Tadji Airfield, West Sepik min
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3 September 1945 A9-622 100 Sqn RAAF 4 near Matapau, W of Wewak, East Sepik w/o
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22 September 1945 A9-708 9 CU RAAF 0 RAAF Labuan Island, North Borneo sub
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16 November 1945 A9-668 8 Sqn RAAF 0 Boram Airfield, Wewak, East Sepik. unk
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22 November 1945 A9-736 8 CU RAAF 0 Lakunai Airfield, Rabaul, East New Britain w/o
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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Dec-2021 18:57 Peter Clarke Added
10-Jul-2022 08:35 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
10-Jul-2022 09:08 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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