Incident Overview
Date: Monday 8 December 1941
Aircraft Type: Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
Owner/operator: Royal Australian Air Force – RAAF
Registration Number: A24-15
Location: near Port Moresby –
ÿ Papua New Guinea
Phase of Flight: Unknown
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
A catastrophic crash occurred involving 12305 Cpl Neville Lawrence ERNST, 33987 AC1 Arthur Wallace MAGEE, 10436 LAC Charles James MATHESON, 12257 Cpl Eric John O’DONNELL, 39219 George Robert PETERSON, 557 FL Nelson Prior REID, 34551 AC1 Keith Mighell SIDEY, and 2622 FO Lincoln James SLOAN.A catastrophic crash occurred involving 12305 Cpl Neville Lawrence ERNST, 33987 AC1 Arthur Wallace MAGEE, 10436 LAC Charles James MATHESON, 12257 Cpl Eric John O’DONNELL, 39219 George Robert PETERSON, 557 FL Nelson Prior REID, 34551 AC1 Keith Mighell SIDEY, and 2622 FO Lincoln James SLOAN.
Description
Crashed into hill. The following 11 Squadron RAAF Personnel lost their lives in this crash: 12305 Cpl Neville Lawrence ERNST; 33987 AC1 Arthur Wallace MAGEE;10436 LAC Charles James MATHESON; 12257 Cpl Eric John O’DONNELL; 39219 George Robert PETERSON; 557 FL Nelson Prior REID; 34551 AC1 Keith Mighell SIDEY; 2622 FO Lincoln James SLOAN.
Primary Cause
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