CRASH LANDING OF AN AVRO ANSON
AT ELG 1 MILE NORTH OF ROSEWOOD
THEN A FORCED LANDING
AT AMBERLEY AIRFIELD, QLD
ON 20 MAY 1941
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WWII

On 20 May 1941, Anson W9775 of 3 Service Flying Training School 3 SFTS, piloted by W/O H.R. Baldwin with 2nd pilot LAC Austin and others under instruction as follows, Sgt. White, LAC Angus, and LAC Anderson, attempted an instructional forced landing on an Emergency Landing Ground ELG one mile north of Rosewood. The port wheel struck a stone or stump. The aircraft became airborne and it was flown back to Amberley where a forced landing was made. The undercarriage collapsed on landing. The undercarriage was extensively damaged, one airscrew was bent, there were holes punched in the plywood of the mainplane and the pilot head was damaged.

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This page first produced 13 February 2026

This page last updated 13 February 2026