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Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I in Mount Gambier

Date & Time: May 10, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
A4-46
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
On final approach to Mount Gambier, the twin engine aircraft collided with another Avro 652 Anson I registered N4936. The crew was able to continue the approach and to land safely. While all three crew members were unhurt, the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair and later scrapped. The fate of the second aircraft remains unknown, as well as the exact circumstances of the collision.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I in Mallala: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 13, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
A4-31
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Mallala - Mallala
MSN:
1026
YOM:
1937
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a local training exercise at Mallala Airport. Shortly after takeoff, the twin engine airplane collided with a second RAAF Avro 652 Anson registered A4-6 and also carrying a crew of two. Both aircrafts went out of control and crashed near the runway. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (6th SFTS):
LAC Keith Allan Mustow,
LAC Keith Grant Hayter.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I in Mallala: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 13, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
A4-6
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Mallala - Mallala
MSN:
0972
YOM:
1936
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a local training exercise at Mallala Airport. Shortly after takeoff, the twin engine airplane collided with a second RAAF Avro 652 Anson registered A4-31 and also carrying a crew of two. Both aircrafts went out of control and crashed near the runway. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (6th SFTS):
LAC Stanley Livingstone McFarlane,
LAC Charles Tilley Collett Shopee.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson IVA in Ceduna: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jan 17, 1942 at 1315 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
A16-144
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Laverton – Ceduna – Pearce
MSN:
414-6073
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Aircraft flight hours:
3
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Ceduna, while climbing to a height of 400 feet, the twin engine airplane stalled and crashed in a field, bursting into flames. All six occupants were killed. Brand new, the airplane was on a delivery flight to Pearce and totalized 3,2 flying hours.
Crew:
F/Lt D. B. Bradley,
S/L G. Laming,
Sgt R. Dow,
Sgt R. W. Westcott,
Sgt F. A. Walker,
Cpl W. C. Lindsay.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60G Moth in Adelaide

Date & Time: Dec 12, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
A7-96
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Adelaide - Adelaide
MSN:
1883
YOM:
1932
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane crashed upon landing at Adelaide-Parafield Airport while completing a local training flight. Both pilots evacuated safely and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I in Richmond: 5 killed

Date & Time: Dec 18, 1939 at 0130 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N4887
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Richmond – Point Cook
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
Shortly after take off from Richmond Airport, while in initial climb, the twin engine aircraft stalled and crashed on a golf course. All five occupants were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Arthur Moorhouse Watkins
F/Lt Hugh B. Horner,
F/O Henry Parker Fitzgerald,
F/O Malcolm Musgrave McInnes,
LAC Leonard J. King.
Probable cause:
It was determined that the loss of control was caused by an engine failure shortly after rotation.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.9 in Kadina

Date & Time: May 15, 1937
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
VH-UHT
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances. The pilot was unhurt while the aircraft was destroyed.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60M Gipsy Moth in Adelaide: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1934
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
VH-UNE
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Adelaide - Adelaide
MSN:
1398
YOM:
1930
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot Lawrence Newman was performing a local training flight out from Adelaide-Parafield Airport with a De Havilland DH.60X Moth registered VH-UGU and owned by Miss I. J. Bishop. In flight, the single engine airplane collided with another De Havilland DH.60M Gipsy Moth registered VH-UNE and owned by the Royal Aero Club of South Australia. The pilot Horace R. Blair Cowan was also completing a local solo training flight. Following the collision, both aircraft dove into the ground and were destroyed. Both pilots were killed.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60X Moth in Adelaide: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1934
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
VH-UGU
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Adelaide - Adelaide
MSN:
606
YOM:
1928
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot Lawrence Newman was performing a local training flight out from Adelaide-Parafield Airport with a De Havilland DH.60X Moth registered VH-UGU and owned by Miss I. J. Bishop. In flight, the single engine airplane collided with another De Havilland DH.60M Gipsy Moth registered VH-UNE and owned by the Royal Aero Club of South Australia. The pilot Horace R. Blair Cowan was also completing a local solo training flight. Following the collision, both aircraft dove into the ground and were destroyed. Both pilots were killed.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60 Moth in Richmond: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 6, 1932
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
A7-41
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Richmond - Richmond
MSN:
LASCO.18
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
On final approach to Richmond, the pilot failed to realize that he was flying too low. A gear impacted a fence and the aircraft overturned and crashed upside down, bursting into flames. While the P/O Charles M. Blamey was killed, the passenger Able Seaman John Plumb was injured.