CRASH OF A BEAUFORT
AT RICHMOND, NSW
IN MAY 1942

Bristol Beaufort

The above Bristol Beaufort, possibly of 100 Squadron RAAF, crash landed at the Richmond airfield in New South Wales in May 1942. The Observer in this aircraft was Sergeant Ken Holmes who later went missing on an operational flight off the coast of New Britain on 21 May 1943.

REFERENCE BOOKS

"Three Times Lucky"
By Jack Woodward

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