Date & Time:
Dec 9, 1942 at 1006 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 152 Beaufort
Operator:
Registration:
A9-119
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
119
YOM:
1942
Country:
Australia
Region:
Oceania
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
0
Pax on board:
6
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Few minutes after takeoff from Horn Island Airport, while on a transit flight, the twin engine airplane caught fire for unknown reasons. The crew ditched the airplane off Wednesday Island. All eight occupants were rescued.
Crew:
F/Lt Harold Roy Croker, pilot,
P/O Victor Ernest Radford,
Sgt Robert Reginald Planner,
Sgt Robert John Higgens,
Sgt Jeffery Glenarvon Forrester,
Sgt Roy Thomas Ernest Langlands,
Ac1 Malcolm Patrick Quinn,
Ac1 Charles Alan Loughlin.
Crew:
F/Lt Harold Roy Croker, pilot,
P/O Victor Ernest Radford,
Sgt Robert Reginald Planner,
Sgt Robert John Higgens,
Sgt Jeffery Glenarvon Forrester,
Sgt Roy Thomas Ernest Langlands,
Ac1 Malcolm Patrick Quinn,
Ac1 Charles Alan Loughlin.
Probable cause:
Unknown fire in flight.
