ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 264878
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Date: | Sunday 19 August 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter Mk 21 |
Owner/operator: | 22 (City of Sydney) Sqn RAAF |
Registration: | A8-66 |
MSN: | DU-O |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Location: | RAAF Tarakan airstrip, Tarakan Island, Borneo -
Indonesia
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAAF Tarakan airstrip |
Destination airport: | RAAF Wama airstrip |
Narrative:Beaufighter A8-66 (22 Sqdn RAAF) Code: DU-O
T/o for travel flight from Tarakan to Morotai after a forty hourly inspection. Crashed on take-off Tarakan and colliding truck. 19/08/1945 Conversion to components
Crew:
F/O (Aus.432333) Victor Tennyson DONNAN (pilot) RAAF - Ok
F/O (Aus.438972) Leonard Kelmar STEVENS (nav.) RAAF - Ok
Passenger:
LAC (Aus.164272) Denis James HICKS (pass.) RAAF - Ok
Sources:
http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a8.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Jun-2021 09:01 |
Nepa |
Added [Operator] |
09-Jul-2021 20:17 |
TB |
Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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