P-40 KITTYHAWK COLLIDED WITH TREE
NEAR MILDURA, VIC
ON 21 JANUARY 1945

P-40 Kittyhawk A29-121 (#41-35940) piloted by Flight Sergeant Cherry hit a tree when practicing barge straffing on the Murray River near Mildura in Victoria. The Kittyhawk made a heavy landing at high speed at Mildura airfield causing extensive damage.

No disciplinary action was taken.

It was approved for conversion on 20 March 1945.

REFERENCES

2 Operational Training Unit ORB, NAA file, page 400

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