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| Date: | Saturday 18 November 1944 |
| Time: | 11:15 |
| Type: | Bristol Beaufort VIII |
| Owner/operator: | 1 OTU RAAF |
| Registration: | A9-591 |
| MSN: | - |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Cressy Airfield, Geelong, Victoria, -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAAF East Sale, Victoria, Australia |
| Cressy Airfield, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. |
On the 18th November1944, Beaufort A9-591, based at RAAF East Sale, Victoria, ground looped and crash landed at Cressy Airfield, Victoria, Australia when on a training mission carrying out instrument flying and landings.
The four aircrew, Instructor Pilot, FLTLT, J L Legge, Trainee Pilot, WO, L M Allen; Navigator, WO, R L Johnson; WAG, FLTLT,F B Creach; WAG, WO, M Bennett and passenger, WRAAF, CPL, D M Hipwell survived the crash without serious injury.
Sources:
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=7127588
http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a9f.htm
https://www.ozatwar.com/ozcrashes/vic185.htm
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=7127588
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAAF_Base_East_Sale
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cressy,_Victoria
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Dec-2021 23:12 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 07-Feb-2022 17:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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