CRASH OF A BRISTOL BEAUFORT
AT AN UNKNOWN LOCATION IN VICTORIA
ON 16 OCTOBER 1942

visits since 8 March 2000

Bristol Beaufort

RAAF Mark VI Bristol Beaufort, A9-74, failed to take-off downwind at at unknown location in Victoria (possibly Bairnsdale or East Sale) on 16 October 1942. It ran through a boundary fence. The pilot, P/O I.H. Fielding was uninjured in the accident.

This aircraft was originally delivered to the RAAF in June 1942. It was involved in another accident - a forced landing 6 miles south of Forbes in New South Wales in August 1943. It was eventually struck off charge on 8 February 1949 and converted to an instructional air frame.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I'd like to thank Rick Hanning and John Keane for their assistance with the above information.

Heaps of WW2 books available at Amazon.com

"Australia @ War"

This page first produced 8 March 2000

This page last updated 25 September 2005