East Sale - East Sale

On May 4, 1945 at 12:00 AM, East Sale - East Sale experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-414 Hudson, operated by Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF, with the event recorded near Ocean Grange Victoria.

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.

Left East Sale Airport at 1913LT on a night training mission via Paysnesville and Patts River. While cruising along the shore, the twin engine aircraft crashed into the sea off Ocean Grange. A wheel and an undercarriage were spotted on a beach but no trace of the aircraft nor the five crew members was found. Crew (1st APU): W/O F. J. Maughan, pilot, F/O A. S. Cullen, navigator, W/O H. L. Hammersley, wireless operator and air gunner, F/Sgt R. C. Smith, wireless operator and air gunner, Sgt F. W. Walker, air gunner.

Aircraft reference details include registration A16-113, MSN 414-6042, year of manufacture 1941.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -38.0082°, 147.6706°.