ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145047
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| Date: | Monday 22 May 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1 ANS RAAF |
| Registration: | A4-20 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Evans Head, near Newrybar, 10 miles North of Ballina, NSW -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAAF Base Evans Head (EVH/YEVD) |
Ex RAF Anson Mk.1 K8799. To 2 Aircraft Depot 13.9.37 and became A4-20. To 4 Squadron 8.10.37. Renumbered 6 Squadron 1.1.39. CFS 29.3.40. 1AD 30.3.41. 2AOS 5.4.41. 1AD 29.4.41. 2AOS 17.5.41. 1AD 29.7.41. 2AOS 12.10.41. Taxied into mobile refuelling unit at Mount Gambier, South Australia 6.3.42. To 1 AOS after repairs, 13.12.43.
Crashed at Evans Head, Newrybar, 10 miles North of Ballina, New South Wales 22.5.44 at approximate co-ordinates 29°05′36″S,153°25′13″E. The aircraft may have being trying to make an emergency landing at RAAF Base Evans Head. All 4 crew killed:
Lt Allan Shackell (pilot)
F/O Trevor Woodgate (navigator),
W/O Edmund Ahern, and
SGT Gordon Hill (trainee navigator)
Wreckage recovered to 3CRD 15.6.44. Struck off charge and approved to scrapped 26.5.44.
Sources:
http://www.adf-gallery.com.au//2a4.shtml
https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/anson/A4-20.html
https://www.ozatwar.com//crashnsw.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evans_Head_Memorial_Aerodrome
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Apr-2012 14:17 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 12-Jan-2013 08:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
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