Military Aircraft Crashes in the Northern Territory

MILITARY AIRCRAFT CRASHES
IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY
DURING WW2 YEARS
DATE UNKNOWN

Crashes, mishaps, prangs, crash landings and missing aircraft

NAA Aircraft Accident Files
Links to 283 National Archives of Australia
Aircraft Accident Files - mostly RAAF Aircraft

NOTE - The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was retitled as the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) on 20 June 1941.

Did you know that there were at least 9 military aircraft crashs or
mishaps in the Northern Territory with an Unknown Date?

"You won't have any trouble finding your way to Darwin. Just follow the trail of crashed Kittyhawks, you can't go wrong."

The words of the Corporal in charge of the refuelling crew at Cloncurry in November 1942.

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DATE	LOCATION	SERVICE	AIRCRAFT	SERIAL NO.
Unknown	On beach at Gunn Point area	USAAF	B-24 Liberator	?
Unknown	South of Cape Hotham	USAAF	B-24 Liberator	?
Unknown	4 miles south of Humpty Doo	RAAF	Wirraway	A20-643
Unknown	On claypan in Bynoe Harbour	RAAF	Wirraway	A20-90
Unknown	In sea in Darwin area	RAAF	Spitfire	BS162
Unknown	Lake Woods	RAAF	Lockheed Hudson	A16-??
Unknown	Paper Bark Swamp, Pine Creek	Japanese	"Betty" bomber	?
Unknown	Into sea NW of Melville Island	Portugese	Heron	?
Unknown	Snake Bay, Melville Island	RAAF?	Spitifre	?, DL-Z

CIVIL AIRCRAFT CRASHES

DATE	LOCATION	SERVICE	AIRCRAFT	SERIAL NO.
Unknown	3 miles from Innadurce Homestead, near Burrundie	Guinea Airways	?	?

OTHER INTERNET SITES

Pacific Wreck Database
By Justin R. Taylan

MILITARY AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN AUSTRALIA DURING WORLD WAR 2
Australian Capital Territory	New South Wales
Northern Territory	Queensland
South Australia	Tasmania
Victoria	Western Australia
Norfolk Island	Unknown

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This page first produced 25 July 1999

This page last updated 10 October 2020