MILITARY AIRCRAFT CRASHES Crashes, mishaps, prangs, crash landings and missing aircraft |
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MILITARY AIRCRAFT CRASHES Crashes, mishaps, prangs, crash landings and missing aircraft |
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NAA Aircraft Accident
Files
Links to 283 National Archives of Australia
Aircraft Accident Files - mostly RAAF Aircraft
10 Worst Aircraft Crashes in Australia
NOTE - The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was retitled as the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) on 20 June 1941.
Did you know that
there were at least 92 military aircraft crashes or
mishaps in the Northern Territory during 1944?
| "You won't have any trouble finding
your way to Darwin. Just follow the trail of crashed Kittyhawks, you can't go wrong." The words of the Corporal in charge of the refuelling crew at Cloncurry in November 1942. |
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| DATE | LOCATION | SERVICE | AIRCRAFT | SERIAL NO. |
| abt Jan 44 | Livingstone | RAAF | F.VC Spitfire | A58-44 (BR538) |
| abt Jan 44 | Tennant Creek | RAAF | F.VC Spitfire | A58-64 (BS166) |
| abt Jan 44 | Strauss airfield | RAAF | F.VC Spitfire | A58-111 (EE636) collided on the ground with A58-20 (see below) |
| abt Jan 44 | Strauss airfield | RAAF | F.VC Spitfire | A58-20 (BS295) collided on ground with A58-111 (see above) |
| abt Jan 44 | Darwin | RAAF | F.VC Spitfire | A58-157 (EF563), ground collision with A58-225 (see below) |
| abt Jan 44 | Darwin | RAAF | F.VC Spitfire | A58-225 (LZ881), ground collision with A58-157 (see above) |
| abt Jan 44 | Darwin | RAAF | F.VC Spitfire | A58-215 (LZ846), landing collision with B-24 (see below) |
| abt Jan 44 | Darwin | ? | B-24 Liberator | Landing collision with Spitfire A58-215 (see above) |
| 10 Jan 44 | Gorrie | RAAF | Spitfire | A58-312 piloted by F/O K.R. Simonson. Damaged on landing due to tail wheel retracting. A/c slightly damaged. Nil injury to pilot.. |
| 13 Jan 44 | 10 miles ENE of Strauss airfield | RAAF | F.VC Spitfire | A58-63 (BS164), mid-air collision with A58-214 (see below), 1 killed |
| 13 Jan 44 | 10 miles ENE of Strauss airfield | RAAF | F.VC Spitfire | A58-214 (LZ845), mid-air collision with A58-63 (see above), 1 killed |
| 15 Jan 44 | Pell | RAAF | Boomerang | A46-140 |
| 17 Jan 44 (1) | Long Strip | USAAF | B-24D Liberator | #42-41238 "Homa Homa Kid II", 10 killed |
| 22 Jan 44 | Melville Island | RAAF | Catalina | A24-46 |
| 27 Jan 44 | Millingimbi? | RAAF | Boomerang | A46-130 |
| abt Feb 44 | Ian Bay | RAAF | Beaufighter | A19-88 |
| abt Feb 44 | Darwin | RAAF | F.VC Spitfire | A58-82 (BS201) |
| abt Feb 44 | Livingstone | RAAF | F.VC Spitfire | A58-129 (EE734) |
| abt Feb 44 | Coomalie | RAAF | Beaufighter | A19-165 |
| abt Feb 44 | near Sattler | RAAF | F.VC Spitfire | A58-219 (LZ866) |
| 5 Feb 44 | Croker Island | USAAF | B-24 Liberator | #42-73126 "Foil Proof Mary" |
| abt Mar 44 | Tennant Creek | RAAF | F.VC Spitfire | A58-116 (EE672) |
| abt Mar 44 | Strauss | RAAF | F.VC Spitfire | A58-152 (EF557) |
| abt Mar 44 | Livingstone | RAAF | F.VC Spitfire | A58-164 (ER760) |
| 11 Mar 44 | Darwin Harbour | RAAF | Dornier flying boat | A49-5 |
| 15 Mar 44 | 10 miles NNE of Strauss airfield | RAAF | Spitfire | A58-63, collided with A58-214 below |
| 15 Mar 44 | 10 miles NNE of Strauss airfield | RAAF | Spitfire | A58-214, collided with A58-63 below |
| 16 Mar 44 (1) | Long airfield | USAAF? | B-24J Liberator | #42-73332. Another sources suggested it happened at Fenton airfield. |
| 25 Mar 44 (1) | Fenton airfield | USAAF? | B-24J Liberator | #42-73186 |
| abt Apr 44 | near Port Keats | RAAF | Vultee Vengeance | A27-527 |
| abt Apr 44 | Adelaide River | RAAF | Beaufighter | A19-78 |
| abt Apr 44 | Coomalie Creek | RAAF | Beaufighter | A19-98 |
| abt Apr 44 | Darwin aerodrome | RAAF | F.VC Spitfire | A58-240 (MA394) |
| 3 Apr 44 | In mangrove swamp called Paddy's Landing at Adelaide River | RAAF | Lockheed Hudson | A16-203 |
| 6 Apr 44 | Cartier Island | RAAF | Beaufighter | A19-156 |
| 14 Apr 44 | Batchelor | RAAF | Walrus | X9520 |
| 18 Apr 44 | Pine Creek | RAAF | LF.VIII Spitfire | A58-309 (JF846), 1 killed |
| 24 Apr 44 | Darwin area | RAAF | F.VC Spitfire | A58-232 (MA353), missing during test flight from Strauss |
| 29 Apr 44 | Groote Island area | RAAF | Catalina | A24-49 |
| abt May 44 | Sattler | RAAF | F.VC Spitfire | A58-220 (LZ867) |
| 17 May 44 | Pell airfield | RAAF | Boomerang | A46-143 |
| 22 May 44 | 80 miles south of Gove | RAAF | Boomerang | A46-173, 1 killed |
| 24 May 44 | Millingimbi | RAAF | Boomerang | A46-146 |
| 29 May 44 | Into sea at North Boucaut Bay | RAAF | Boomerang | A46-159 |
| abt Jun 44 | Sattler Strip | RAAF | F.VC Spitfire | A58-161 (EF589) |
| abt Jun 44 | Livingstone | RAAF | LF.VIII Spitfire | A58-318 (JF937) |
| abt Jun 44 | near Daly Waters | RAAF | LF.VIII Spitfire | A58-359 (JG355) |
| abt Jun 44 | Livingstone airfield | RAAF | LF.VIII Spitfire | A58-376 (JG266) |
| 5 Jun 44 | Fenton Airfield | USAAF | B-24J Liberator | #4273186, No loss of life. |
| 6 Jun 44 | 10 miles east of Adelaide River township | RAAF | B-25 Mitchell | A47-13 |
| 12 Jun 44 | near Point Blaze, Darwin area | RAAF | Spitfire | A58-117, shot down by Japanese aircraft |
| 17 Jun 44 | Millingimbi | RAAF | Beaufort | A9-576, collided with Boomerang (see below) while taxying |
| 17 Jun 44 | Millingimbi | RAAF | Boomerang | A46-125, hit by taxying Beaufort A9-576 (see above) |
| 19 Jun 44 | near Millingimbi | RAAF | Beaufort | A9-392 (13 Sqdn), landing accident |
| abt Jul 44 | near Coomalie Creek | RAAF | Beaufighter | A19-193 |
| abt Jul 44 | Pell airfield | RAAF | Beaufighter | A19-143 |
| abt Jul 44 | Livingstone airfield | RAAF | LF.VII Spitfire | A58-394 (JG373) |
| 20 Jul 44 | about 200 yards offshore near Truscott airfield | Japanese | Mitsubishi Ki-46-II "Dinah" | 2 killed |
| abt Aug 44 | Daly Waters | RAAF | F.VC Spitfire | A58-5 (AR558) |
| abt Aug 44 | Coomalie Creek | RAAF | Beaufighter | A19-172 |
| abt Aug 44 | Sattler airfield | RAAF | LF.VIII Spitfire | A58-366 (JG468) |
| abt Aug 44 | Gorrie airfield | RAAF | LF.VIII Spitfire | A58-425 (LV649) |
| after Aug 44 | near Darwin | USAAF | B-24J Liberator | #42-73134, "Milady" |
| 18 Aug 44 | Batchelor | NEI-AF | B-25 Mitchell | N5-170 |
| 1 Sep 44 | on beach on Peron Island | RAAF | B-25D Mitchell | A47-12, (ex NEI-AF N5-199) (#43-3625) |
| 2 Sep 44 | Into sea near Peron Island | RAAF | B-25D Mitchell | A47-6 (crashed while searching for A47-12 - see above), 2 killed |
| 3 Sep 44 | Into sea off Mindil Beach, Darwin | RAAF | DH-84 Dragon | A34-52 |
| 6 Sep 44 | Fenton | RAAF | B-24J Liberator | A72-39 |
| 18 Sep 44 | 1 mile east of Cape Van Diemen, Melville Island | RAAF | Spitfire | A58-435, 1 killed after colliding with B-24 #42-40935 "Queer Dear / Queer Deer" shown below. |
| 18 Sep 44 | Landed safely at Darwin airfield | USAAF | B-24 Liberator | #42-40935 "Queer Dear / Queer Deer", collided with Spitfire A58-435 above. |
| 24 Sep 44 | 3 miles due north of Brocks Creek | RAAF | Beaufighter | A19-192, 1 killed |
| 24 Sep 44 | Wire Creek 6 miles north of Parla Station in Darwin area | RAAF | Beaufighter | A19-208, 2 killed, one of these was Sqn/Ldr Wilbur Lawrence Wackett, the son of the famous Sir Lawrence James Wackett |
| abt Oct 44 | Darwin Harbour | RAAF | LF.VIII Spitfire | A58-310 (JF847) |
| abt Oct 44 | Darwin | RAAF | LF.VIII Spitfire | A58-335 (JG177) |
| 2 Oct 44 | Gove airfield | RAAF | Ventura | A59-75 |
| 5 Oct 44 | Darwin Harbour | RAAF | Spitfire | A58-310 |
| 6 Oct 44 | 6 miles NE of Pell airfield | RAAF | Beaufighter | A19-203 |
| 6 Oct 44 | 15 miles NE of Karakai Homestead | RAAF | Wirraway | A20-643 |
| 9 Oct 44 | Darwin | Qantas | DH-86A | VH-USC, QANTAS "Canberra", was once A31-5 |
| 11 Oct 44 | Darwin Airfield | USAAF | B-24-D-135-CO Liberator | #42-41125 "Gus's Bus II",1 killed |
| 29 Oct 44 | Fenton to Darwin area | USAAF | B-24 Liberator | #42-11020 |
| 31 Oct 44 | Batchelor | RAAF | Vultee Vengeance | A27-421 |
| abt Nov 44 | Coomalie Creek | RAAF | Beaufighter | A8-17 |
| abt Nov 44 | Darwin Harbour | RAAF | LF.VIII Spitfire | A58-302 (JF820) |
| abt Nov 44 | Darwin | RAAF | LF.VIII Spitfire | A58-404 (MD241) |
| 22 Nov 44 | near Katherine | RAAF | Tiger Moth | A27-421 |
| abt Dec 44 | Hughes airfield | RAAF | B-25D Mitchell | A47-2 |
| abt Dec 44 | Hughes airfield | RAAF | B-25D Mitchell | A47-9 |
| abt Dec 44 | Bathurst Island | RAAF | B-25D | A47-11 |
| abt Dec 44 | Katherine | RAAF | LF.VIII Spitfire | A58-401 (MD226) |
| abt Dec 44 | Katherine | RAAF | LF.VIII Spitfire | A58-450 (JG605) collided with roller when taxying |
| abt Dec 44 | Sattler airfield | RAAF | LF.VIII Spitfire | A58-497 (MT607), crash landed |
OTHER INTERNET SITES
Pacific Wreck Database |
22nd Bombardment Group Aircraft Losses |
MILITARY AIRCRAFT CRASHES |
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| Australian Capital Territory | New South Wales |
| Northern Territory | |
| South Australia | Tasmania |
| Victoria | Western Australia |
| Norfolk Island | Unknown |
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This page first produced 25 July 1999
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