FORCED LANDING OF A P-40K KITTYHAWK
ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF MILDURA, VIC
ON 27 APRIL 1945

At approximately 1150 hours on 27 April 1945, P-40K Kittyhawk A29-164 (#42-10172) made a wheels up landing about 2 miles west of Mildura Airfield in Victoria after the aircraft's oil temperature rose and the oil pressure dropped during a test flight. The pilot Pilot Officer Raymond David Dyson (406234) of 2 Operational Training Unit was uninjured in the forced landing.

Photo:- via Gordon Birkett

P-40K Kittyhawk A29-164 after its forced landing on 27 April 1945

The wreckage of A29-164 was received at 1 CRD ex 2 OTU on 3 September 1945.

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This page first produced 1 July 2022

This page last updated 01 July 2022