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| Date: | Saturday 4 April 1942 |
| Time: | 13:50 |
| Type: |  Curtiss P-40E Warhawk |
| Owner/operator: | 9th PSqn /49th PGp USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-5551 |
| MSN: | 16543 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Cox Peninsula, W of Darwin, NT -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAAF Batchelor, NT |
Fired on by mistake by Australian anti-aircraft gunners during a Japanese air raid on Darwin and shot down.
Pilot Lt Grover Gardiner USAAF baled out and survived.
Sources:
https://www.ozatwar.com//ozcrashes/nt152.htm
Joe Baugher USAAF Serials.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jun-2013 10:32 | angels one five | Added |
| 07-Jun-2013 10:38 | angels one five | Updated [Date, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Feb-2020 18:24 | Iwosh | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator, ] |
| 29-Jan-2021 16:16 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 09-Jun-2022 23:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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