Date: | Monday 8 March 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
Registration: | A24-22 |
MSN: | 285 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 50 km SE of Gasmata -
Papua New Guinea
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Lae Airfield |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Crashed after on board fire.
RAAF crew killed were: 42147 LAC Colin Neville ANDERSON; 406749 FO Malcolm BRADSHAW; 271349 WC Francis Blomfield CHAPMAN DFC; 255057 FO Stanley Alfred DEACON; 5219 Sgt John Edward DEWHURST; 19968 LAC Robert George DOCKING; 404027 FS Lloyd George STANLEY; 11363 Sgt Robert Noblett STEPHENS; 416087 FO John Trevor David TODD.
Sources:
Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site Revision history:
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