CRASH OF A LOCKHEED HUDSON
BETWEEN BAIRNSDALE, VIC AND FLINDERS ISLAND
ON 11 OCTOBER 1942

Lockheed Hudson A16-18 of No. 1 Operational Training Unit 1 OTU, took off from Bairnsdale Airfield at 1430 hours on 11 October 1942 on a Photographic Reconnaissance exercise flight to seaward, Exercise DR4, to Flinders Island and return.

When the aircraft had been declared as overdue and missing, six Lockheed Hudsons took off from Bairnsdale at 0651 hours on 12 October 1942, to make a search to seaward. Four Oxford aircraft also took off to carry out a coastal search. There were nil sightings of the missing aircraft.

The following crew members were eventually presumed dead:-

Flying Officer Edward Raymond Deacon (408978)
Sergeant Albert Fletcher Manning (415038)
Sergeant Cecil Humphrey Andrews (405340)
Sergeant William Anderson (405389)

The cause of the loss and the location of the accident were unknown.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I'd like to thank Rick Hanning and Lachlan Madsen for their assistance with this web page.

Can anyone help me with more information on this crash?

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This page first produced 16 December 2017

This page last updated 03 February 2020