ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240931
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 July 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed Hudson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | Survey Flt RAAF |
| Registration: | A16-47 |
| MSN: | 1898 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing between Lowood and Bowen, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lowood, QLD |
| Bowen, QLD |
Hudson SU-R disappeared en-route from RAAF Base Lowood to RAAF Base Bowen, with 3 crew and 4 passengers on board. Operated by the RAAF Survey Flight on aerial photography for mapping purposes. Two of the passengers were Squadron Leader Nigel Pilcher (OC, Survey Flight), and Squadron Leader Cuthbert Griffin (OC, No14 Operational Base Unit, RAAF Lowood). It is thought that A16-47 crashed into the sea off Akens Island, north of Rockhampton.
Sources:
1. ADF Serials: www.adf-gallery.com.au/raaf2.htm
2. David Vincent, 1990, "Sugar Uncle Robert, The RAAF's Last Missing Hudson"; in Flightpath, July/August 1990.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Sep-2020 23:33 | Ron Averes | Added |
| 06-Sep-2020 02:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Sep-2020 03:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 06-Sep-2020 07:51 | Ron Averes | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Sep-2020 02:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Nov-2021 01:44 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 30-Jun-2023 06:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Aircraft type]] |
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