Military Aircraft Crashes in the Australian Capital Territory during World War 2

MILITARY AIRCRAFT CRASHES
IN THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY DURING
WW2 YEARS

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

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 12 military aircraft crashes or
mishaps in the Australian Capital Territory during World War 2?

DATE	LOCATION	SERVICE	AIRCRAFT	SERIAL NO.
13 Aug 40	8 miles from Canberra	RAAF	Hudson	A16-97, 10 killed including the Minister for the Army and the Minister for Air
abt 1942	Canberra	USAAF	P-40E Kittyhawk	#41-5455
abt 1942	Canberra	USAAF	P-40E Kittyhawk	#41-388
abt Feb/Mar 42	Fairbairn	USAAF	P-40E Kittyhawk	#41
abt Feb/Mar 42	Fairbairn	USAAF	P-40E Kittyhawk	#61
28 Feb 42	Canberra	USAAF	P-40E Kittyhawk	#41-5365 #85
15 June 42	Mount Russell near Canberra airfield	RAAF	CAC Gannet Mark II	A14-5
10 Nov 43	Coastline off Canberra, ACT	RAAF	Ventura	A59-52
7 Dec 43	3 miles south east of Gundaroo, ACT	RAAF	Ventura	A59-55, 5 killed
abt Jul 44	Canberra	RAAF	Boomerang	A46-12
20 Mar 45	Canberra	RAAF	Avro Anson	NL153
11 Jun 45	Fairbairn RAAF Base Canberra	RAAF	CA-9 Wirraway	A20-465

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MILITARY AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN AUSTRALIA DURING WORLD WAR 2
Australian Capital Territory	New South Wales
Northern Territory	Queensland
South Australia	Tasmania
Victoria	Western Australia
Norfolk Island	Unknown