CAC Plant Reports 1938, numbers 12 – 22

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1939 Avro Anson Mk I N4887 operated by 1 FTS RAAF crashed at Richmond golf course, Richmond, NSW on 18 December 1939. The ex-RAF aircraft crashed onto the Richmond golf course almost immediately after take-off in the early hours of the morning. The aircraft was setting out on a flight to Point Cook, Victoria and departed at about 1.30 am, seconds before another aircraft was to take-off. Ground crew heard a loud roar then the sound of a crash. Many of the ground crew ran with torches and flares to the area of the sounds and found the aircraft debris scattered over a wide area. One engine had been driven deep into the earth. All five crew - Flight Lieutenants Arthur Moorhouse Watkins and Hugh B. Horner, Flying Officers Henry Parker Fitzgerald and Malcolm Musgrave McInnes and Leading Aircraftsman Leonard J King - died instantly, some bodies being found a significant distance from the aircraft. Sources: ADF-Serials; aviation-safety.net website

1942 Consolidated B-24 Liberator 41-23825 operated by United States Army Air Force (USAAF) crashed at Mount Straloch on Hinchinbrook Island on 18 December 1942. The aircraft crashed during a violent tropical storm. Now commonly known as "Texas Terror", of the 400th Bomb Squadron of the 90th Bomb Group, the aircraft crashed into the southern side of Mount Straloch on Hinchinbrook Island on 18 December 1942 during a violent storm. It was being flown from Amberley to Iron Range by 1st Lieutenant James Gumaer for delivery to the 90th Bombardment Group. A total of 12 persons were killed in this tragic crash. 1st Lt. Gumaer and his 4 crewmen had picked up at least 7 passengers at Garbutt airfield in Townsville on their way to Iron Range. Sources: Australia @ War website; aviation-safety.net website