OK if you look up Gawler Aviation and Military Museum (the organisation linked to the names on the faceboo bookk) you have to find http://www.gammsa.com.au no longer exists

however it is archived on the way back machine

http://web.archive.org/web/20040222051943/http://www.gammsa.com.au/otherincidents.htm

Of all the aircraft that crashed into Lake Victoria only 1 Wirraway remains missing. Of the others

“Flight Sergeant Kenneth George Wolkenhaar RAAF died on 21 December 1943 when his Spitfire aircraft crashed into the bank of Lake Victoria. Wolkenhaar misjudged the height of sand dunes and during evasive actions, crashed. Wolkenhaar survived the initial crash but died nearly four hours later as a result of the serious injuries he sustained. His is buried at the Mildura War Cemetery. Research indicates Wolkenhaar suffered poor vision, this was recorded on his service file, along with numerous warnings about his erratic flying manoeuvres. The aircraft was so badly damaged and destroyed by fire that it was buried and left on site.”

This is the aircraft were are discussing as a possiblity MA395 / A58-241 – I note that bits were ‘buried on site’

Page 192 of ‘the boo’?

Mark

Ok so what the story in MA395 then?

From Col Bruggy on RAFCommands

John L Hobler – was Australian in RAF

“John Hobler had a second forced-landing in the tree-tops, whilst doing a low-flying run over the airfield to drop a target he had been towing, which was being used for naval practice. A clogged fuel line stalled the engine, he ran out of power, and time as well, he had to make an instant decision for a pan-cake landing, on to the tops of the rubber trees in a plantation, to avoid hitting some local houses in a kampong.”

See:
Men of Vision Over Capricorn:A Story of Aviation History in Central Queensland.
Cousins,Glenn S.
Bowen Hills:Boolarong Publications,1994.

His first forced landing was 21-Oct-34 Vilderbeest K2931 of 100Sqn crashed in Malayan jungle
pp.241-2

All

See

http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article.aspx?articleid=singfreepressb19341105-1.2.36&sessionid=247b85bbe4114ea7aab2c1cc78ec597e&keyword=bomber&search=advanced&fromdate=19341020&todate=19341120&articles=1&advertisements=1&illustrations=1&letters=1&obituaries=1&miscellaneous=1&newspaperTitles=beritaharian%2cdailyadvertiser%2ceasterndaily%2cmaltribune%2cmalayansatpost%2cmiddayherald%2csingchronicle%2csingdailynews%2csingweekherald%2cstraitsadvocate%2cstraitschinherald%2cstraitseurasian%2cstraitsmail%2cstraitsobserver%2cstraitstelegraph%2cstoverland%2cstweekly%2cbiztimes%2cfreepress%2csingfreepressa%2csingfreepressb%2cstraitstimes%2ctoday%2cweeklysun%2cscjp%2clhzb&fuzzysearch=Off&token=bomber

Crew

P/O J F Hober (Australian)
LAC Friday (Wireless Operator) London
Air Gunner LAC Milne (NZ)

Laurie

I have a round 25 Far East Vilderbeest accidents betwen 1934 and 1939 a lot are ditched at sea or collisions so can be discounted except

21-Oct-34 Vilderbeest K2931 of 100Sqn crashed in Malayan jungle.
28-Sep-37 Vilderbeest K2929 of 100Sqn crashed at Seletar.
30-Aug-38 Vilderbeest K2933 of 100Sqn crashed in forced landing.
15-Sep-38 Vilderbeest K2936 of 4AACU crashed on landing, Seletar.
15-Sep-38 Vilderbeest K2936 of 4AACU crashed on landing, Seletar.
01-Nov-38 Vilderbeest K4172 of 36Sqn crashed nr Seletar.

The 30 Aug 1938 date may be a mis quote for August 30th 1937 incident

may be this incident

A Vickers Vildebeest crashed onto a beach near Kuala Muda Kedah on August 30th 1937. The Pilot wa Sgt Hanbury who decided to landed on a mud beach as he was running out of petrol on a formation flight of 5 Vickers Vildebeests.

He thought sand was firm enough to land, but planes wheels got stuck deep in mud and the machine toppled over on its sde. The phot looks like it shows lower wing damage.

Other 4 planes proceeded to Penang, and launches were sent to plane and 3 crew OK. Sgt Hanbury, Sgt Chaplain and LAC Pick except for shock.

Plane badly damaged and the rest of formation left Penang for Singapore on August 31st 1937

The caa list it as 5487. What would bring BW874 into the picture?

See http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=268430

“Hurricane researcher JE Vernon”

There is not much that Jerry Vernon doesn’t know about CCF Hurricanes

Hurricane Sandy

Sandy Hurricane

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8270787@N07/3032006057/