ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240951
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| Date: | Saturday 22 January 1944 |
| Time: | c. |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter Mk XIc |
| Owner/operator: | 31 (City of Wagga Wagga) Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | A19-148 |
| MSN: | - |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAAF Drysdale, Kalumburu, Western Australia, -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAAF Drysdale, WA |
| RAAF Drysdale |
Beaufighter A19-148 Returning from a combat mission over Timor, north of Australia, A19-148 suffering from engine failure, successfully carried out a wheels up belly landing at Drysdale Airfield on 22nd January 1944, causing severe damage to the airframe. The aircrew, Pilot, F/Sgt. W.S. Rinkin and Navigator, F/Sgt. A.R. Mayne escaped without injury. The aircraft was sent for repair, but was stripped of usable components in 1944 and abandoned.
The aircraft was built in the UK, RAF serial JL946 ~ Shipped to Australia July 1943 ~ Issued to 31 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) September 1943, serial A19-148. ~ Written off in an accident in January 1944 ~ Stripped of usable components and abandoned in 1944 at Drysdale Airfield (Mission Airfield, Thorold Strip), Kalumburu, Western Australia. ~ Remains recovered to Sydney Australia in 1981 by Robert Greinert and Dennis Baxter. ~ Shipped to 'The Fighter Collection' Duxford UK early 1990's for a Bristol Beaufighter rebuild.
The aircraft under rebuild at Duxford Airfield UK is marked as A19-144 but is a composite built from mainly Australian sourced parts that include A19-144 centre fuselage, "A19-148 wing/fuselage centre section", A19-36 tail section and A8-324 cockpit section.
Sources:
https://www.goodall.com.au/australian-aviation/kimberley-war-relics/kimberleyrelics.html
http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a19.htm
https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/beaufighter/A19-148.html
https://acesflyinghigh.wordpress.com/2019/07/13/the-survivors-bristol-beaufighter-the-whispering-death-of-the-pacific-and-beyond/
https://pacificwrecks.com/airfields/australia/drysdale/index.html
Images:
Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK - 15th September 2010
Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK - 15th September 2010
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Sep-2020 05:48 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 09-Sep-2020 07:24 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
| 26-Dec-2020 21:16 | Dr.Roup | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 24-May-2021 09:45 | Xindel XXL | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Jul-2021 09:03 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 07-Jun-2022 21:56 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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