ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341511
| Date: | Friday 27 February 1942 |
| Time: | 17:58 |
| Type: |  Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A18-12 |
| MSN: | S.849 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1938 |
| Engine model: | Bristol Pegasus Xc |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Townsville SPB, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Townsville SPB, QLD |
| Townsville SPB, QLD |
Crash during alighting after test flight on completion fifty hourly inspection.
Sources:
Australia @ War (ozatwar.com)
Court of Inquiry - Aircraft accident - Empire boat - A18-12
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