CRASH OF AN AVRO ANSON
AT BLACK FOREST, VIC
ON 9 MAY 1943

Avro Anson DG826 of 1 Aircraft Depot Laverton RAAF, crashed whilst flying in fog into a hill in Black Forest, two miles west of Mount Macedon, in Victoria at 0730 hours E.S.T. on Sunday 9 May 1943.

Three members of the four men crew were killed as follows:-

Flight Lieutenant Richard Craigton Hart (260719) - Pilot - 1 Aircraft Depot Laverton - killed
Flight Lieutenant Warren Robert Brodrick (256823) - Passenger - Station HQ Laverton - killed
Sergeant Vincent Ambrose McCarthy (8940) - Passenger - 1 Aircraft Depot Laverton - killed
Flight Sergeant Norman Eric Mutton (406575) - Observer - seriously injured

Avro Anson DG826 had earlier departed from No. 1 Aircraft Depot at Laverton on a travel flight to Mildura. They wer ferrying Sergeant McCarthy and Vultee Vengeance repair equipment and spare parts to Mildura.

REFERENCES

RAAF Casualty Database

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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