Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF

Belly landed at Townsville Airport for unknown reasons. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crashed in unknown circumstances while approaching Tapini Airstrip on a supply mission. The aircraft was destroyed and all four crew members were injured.

The crew was completing a local test flight on this new aircraft which should be delivered to the Royal Australian Air Force. Upon landing, one of the main landing gear collapsed and the airplane came to rest in flames. While all four crew members escaped uninjured, the aircraft was destroyed by fire.

While approaching An Thới Airfield, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into a river. The aircraft was destroyed and both pilots were rescued.

After touchdown at Porgera Airfield, the airplane encountered difficulties to stop within the remaining distance, overran and eventually collided with an embankment. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Upon landing at A Ro Airstrip, the right main gear collapsed and the airplane came to rest. There were no injuries but the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair and later scrapped.

The crew was completing a local training flight at Nowra Airport. On final approach, the airplane crashed short of runway threshold and was damaged beyond repair. There were no casualties.

The aircraft and crew had been travelling to a number of locations around Australia on a task for NASA, and were in WA calibrating the Muchea Tracking Station in support of a Project Mercury space launch. They had intended to leave for home base, RAAF Edinburgh in South Australia, earlier in the day, however the calibration had been delayed due to technical difficulties at Muchea which, being a mobile tracking station, was not as electronically stable as the fixed installations. A65-106 finally departed Pearce off Runway 18 after dusk and in passing rain showers. During initial climb, the airplane crashed few km from the airfield. All four crew members were killed while all three passengers were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.
Crew:
F/O W. J. Bowden, pilot,
F/Sgt P. F. Davis, copilot,
F/O R. G. White, navigator,
F/Lt A. J. Cook, signaller.
Passengers:
LAC R. A. Leiper,
LAC W. Miles,
Mr. N. A. McBain.
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The crew was involved in a navigation exercise on behalf of the 38th Squadron. On approach to Wau, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the jungle. All eight crew members were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

The crew was engaged in a local training mission out from Richmond AFB, NSW. En route, a fire erupted in the right engine nacelle and the crew obtained the permission to return for an emergency landing. The fire quickly spread to the engine and the right wing which detached shortly later. Out of control, the airplane crashed in a prairie and was totally destroyed upon impact. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew (11th Squadron):
S/Ldr Geoffrey Ronald Cullen, pilot,
P/O George Ivan Holmes, copilot,
F/Lt Robert Alfred De-Russett-Kydd, navigator,
F/Sgt John Michael Rock, navigator,
S/Ldr Joseph Kevin McDonald, signaler,
F/O Frederick John Wood, signaler,
P/O Terence Patrick O'Sullivan, signaler,
W/O Vincent Joseph McCarthy, signaler.