CRASH LANDING OF AN AVRO ANSON
AT AMBERLEY AIRFIELD, QLD
ON 14 APRIL 1941
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WWII

On 14 April 1941, Avro Anson R.3456 of 3 Service Flying Training School 3 SFTS piloted by Flying Officer Stewart Carlyle Middlemiss (250492) crash landed at Amberley Airfield. The 2nd pilot on board was LAC M.B. Murphy. The Anson was landed with the undercarriage slightly retracted. The undercarriage collapsed whilst taxying after landing. There was no injury to personnel onboard. The wooden port and starboard airscrew blades broke off. There was damage to the port aileron centre bracket, a section of skin of the port mainplane, the pilot head and the undercarriage gearbox coupling.

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This page first produced 13 February 2026

This page last updated 13 February 2026