Sale - Sale

On July 6, 1943 at 12:00 AM, Sale - Sale experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-414 Hudson, operated by Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF, with the event recorded near Bass Strait All Australia.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The aircraft took off at 1944LT to carry out practice DR9. This practice was a night flight from Base-Flinders-Currie-Hogan Group-Base. The aircraft was on wireless silence and failed to return. The maximum endurance of the aircraft was 7 hours. The aircraft failed to return and all searches have proved negative. Crew: P/O John James Bowman, pilot, P/O Alan Joseph Malone, navigator, P/O Harry Robert Alfred Guymer, wireless operator and air gunner, P/O Alexander Frederick McDonald, wireless operator and air gunner, P/O John Alexander Buchanan, air gunner. Source: http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/

Aircraft reference details include registration A16-32, MSN 414-1883, year of manufacture 1940.