A potential RAAF WW2 aircraft crash wreck has been found off northern Queensland…. it is believed to be from a Arvo Anson trainer
http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2012/07/31/350885_news.html
By: 43-2195 - 8th November 2012 at 09:38
The engine is in snorkeling depth(<8m) and there is no airframe present. I’d suggest that it was recovered by the 4th ADG at the time of the loss. I have dived a deeper(15m) P-38 wreck at Port Moresby which was also recovered(only props, oil coolers and smaller items present). I also have an accident report for a 80th Fighter Squadron P-38 that ditched at Port Moresby that ends with,”water depth too deep for recovery.”This one is in 35m of water, so it wasn’t uncommon for the Fifth Air Force to recover underwater wrecks close to their major bases. I have a wartime pic of this falcon at Townsville’s Garbutt Aerodrome, if some one wants to post it for me? I can email it to the poster.
By: Dave Homewood - 7th November 2012 at 22:12
Harvard?
If so, the search for the other engine could go on for quite a while….
For the record Andy, the RAAF did not use Harvards in Australia. They had Wirraways.
By: Bruce - 7th November 2012 at 14:54
http://www.ozatwar.com/ozcrashes/qld272.htm
Linked from the article.
By: smellybeard - 7th November 2012 at 12:17
The tight cowl more fits the undersea photo than the Wackett, so I am leaning towards its possibly one of these??
Yes, it looks like the CW-22. That’s a forward exhaust manifold around the front of the engine and it would be made from stainless steel; that’s why it has survived in the warm shallow water. It is clearly visible in the photograph on the seabed.
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