4 JUNE 1942
CRASH OF A WIRRAWAY
AT MACKAY

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WIrraway

Subject:     A20-494 crash
Date:              Tue, 18 May 1999 22:55:21 +0000
From:             "D.Davidson" <d.davidson@cs.net.au>

A20-494 crashed on night takeoff from Mackay on the 4th June 1942. It was flown by J M Davidson and Flt/Sgt Hodges.Both survived.

Dean Davidson

Subject:     Photo's of A20-494
Date:              Tue, 25 May 1999 22:42:30 +0000
From:             "D.Davidson" <d.davidson@cs.net.au>

Peter

Here are some pics of A20-494 in the morning. They crashed into the dispersal bay (pic 4) at night. I don't know what happened but A/C had engine trouble on the previous day when leaving Townsville for Cairns.

Sorry about the size of the jpg's but I did'nt want to loose to much detail. I also have a lot of photo's taken by my father and the RAAFfrom North Africa, Bankstown, Townsville, Meraukie and the Pacific islands and Iwakuni (Japan).

Dean Davidson

Subject:    Photo's of A20-494
Date:             Thu, 27 May 1999 23:59:57 +0000
From:           "D.Davidson" <d.davidson@cs.net.au>

Peter

The photo's were taken at Mackay. I think the dispersal bay may have been somewhere near the "piano keys" are now, on runway 32. Don't take it as gospel, I just compared the photos with one I took from that position last year.

I have photo's of 86 sqn Kittyhawks in Townville but they are poor quality and are mixed up with ones from Merauke. I may have the negatives --- I'll have to check when I have time.

Dean Davidson

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