Richmond - Richmond

On January 5, 1945 at 12:15 PM, Richmond - Richmond experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.84 Dragon, operated by Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF, with the event recorded near Mount Druitt New South Wales.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley 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 listed crash cause is technical failure. En route, the pilot lost control of the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed in Mount Druitt, in the suburb of Sydney. All five crew members were killed. Crew: P/O George Ashurst, P/O Kenneth Arthur Henry Biggs, W/O Ian Castles Powell, Cpl Bruce Allan Brownjohn, LAC Henry Alan Taylor.

Aircraft reference details include registration A34-65, MSN 2054, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -33.7665°, 150.8238°.