March 1942 reported civil accidents

This accident list is the result of many years work, noting accidents reported in various sources. The accidents may be anything from a forced-landing to a total write off. It includes some non WWII related military accidents. I make no claims as to the accuracy of any item, but these notes may help if you wish to follow up any report. Any additions or corrections to this list would be welcome. You can email me at vicsmith@argonet.co.uk (or just click on this link)

A "?" in any column indicates that there is a definite doubt in my mind

Where no Registration is known, the nationality prefix is shown. Where a military aircraft is involved, serials are given where known, otherwise the nationality is followed by "-mil". A serial with no prefix indicates a RAF aircraft.

The Type is as reported, remember that many British newspapers described any light aircraft as a "Moth"

The Location may be some distance from the accident site, particularly in more remote parts of the world. The country is assumed to be that of the registration, unless otherwise shown. State or province abbreviations are those normally used. Country names are those that existed at the time, e.g., Karachi would be in India, not Pakistan. Storm damage is generally described as "gale"

The Notes column gives alternate dates where sources differ, occasionally aircraft or pilot's names and British previous identities if I feel that this may be useful

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Date Registration Type Place Notes
Mar 1942 CR-A DH 89 Dili, Timor air raid
Mar 1942 VH-UQY DH 60 unknown
Mar 1942 I- MM451 Breda Ba.201 unknown
1 Mar PK- D-929 ? Piper J-4E ground Tasik Malaja
1 Mar PK- D-930 ? Piper J-4E ground Tasil Malaja
1 Mar VH- A4-13 Avro Anson Geraldton
2 Mar PK- W-1 Fokker C.XI Lenkong
2 Mar VH- R3530 Avro Anson Cootamundra
3 Mar VH- A18-10 Short S.23 C-class Broome, WA ex G-ADUT, air raid
3 Mar G-AEUC Short S.23 C-class Broome, WA air raid
3 Mar PK-ALO Douglas DC-3 Broome, WA air raid
3 Mar PK- LT-918 Lockheed Lodestar Broome, WA air raid
3 Mar PK- X-1 Dornier Do 24 Broome, WA air raid
3 Mar PK- X-3 Dornier Do 24 Broome, WA air raid
3 Mar PK- X-20 Dornier Do 24 Broome, WA air raid
3 Mar PK- X-23 Dornier Do 24 Broome, WA air raid
3 Mar PK- X-28 Dornier Do 24 Broome, WA air raid
3 Mar PK- Y59 Convair Catalina Broome, WA air raid
3 Mar PK- Y60 Convair Catalina Broome, WA air raid
3 Mar PK- Y67 Convair Catalina Broome, WA air raid
3 Mar PK- Y70 Convair Catalina Broome, WA air raid
3 Mar USN Convair Catalina Broome, WA air raid
3 Mar USN Convair Catalina Broome, WA air raid
3 Mar VH- W8423 ? Convair Catalina Broome, WA air raid
3 Mar VH- W8433 ? Convair Catalina Broome, WA air raid
3 Mar VH- 3+ a/c Broome, WA air raid
3 Mar PK-AFV Douglas DC-3 Carnot Bay, Australia shot down
3 Mar VH- R3456 Avro Anson Amberley
3 Mar VH- W2372 Avro Anson Mallacoota
5 Mar USAAF 38-525 Douglas DC-2 St Louis River
6 Mar VH- A4-20 Avro Anson ground Mount Gambier
7 Mar RCAF 6708 Avro Anson Renton, Ont
8 Mar NC9613 Ford 4-AT gale Corpus Christi
9 Mar K5066 Avro Prefect ground Staverton became G-AHVO, collision
9 Mar L8262 Miles Magister ground Staverton became G-ANWO, collision
9 Mar VH- A4-48 Avro Anson Dartmoor, V
9 Mar VH- N4931 Avro Anson Dartmoor, V
10 Mar W9386 DH 87 Kirkbride ex G-ADKU
10 Mar VT-ANC DH 82 Begumpet
10 Mar USAAF 42-38257 Douglas DC-3 dbf Khartoum, Sudan query date
11 Mar HK830 DH 86 Bilbeis ex G-ADUI
11 Mar VH-AEA DH 84 New Guinea ex G-ACOR, query date
11 Mar G-AUAY DH 50 New Guinea
11 Mar RCAF 6571 Avro Anson Biscarth, Man
11 Mar CF- K9194 Fairey Battle Wampoos Island
11 Mar VH- W1718 Avro Anson Amberley
11 Mar VH- W2111 Avro Anson Tennant Creek, NT
11 Mar VH- W2369 Avro Anson Corio Bay, V
11 Mar VH- AW516 Avro Anson Amberley
12 Mar VH- R3549 Avro Anson ground Georgina
12 Mar VH- W2099 Avro Anson Walkaway, WA
12 Mar USAAF 42-38282 Beech UC-43 Pope, NC
12 Mar USAAF 42-38346 Lockheed UC-40D ground Key Field, MS
13 Mar F-AREU Amoit 351 Athens, Greece
13 Mar VH- W1540 Avro Anson Kapunda
14 Mar ES956 Taylorcraft Plus C Builth Wells ex G-AFNW
14 Mar CNAC No.31 Douglas DC-2 Kunming
14 Mar VH- W2367 Avro Anson ground Port Lincoln
14 Mar I-mil Reggiane Re.2000 unknown
14 Mar USAAF 41-12467 North American B-25 Natal, Brazil
16 Mar NC589N Curtiss Kingbird gale Marshall, MI
16 Mar Nxx Piper Cub gale Marshall, MI
16 Mar VT-ANF DH 82 Likbaguda Station
16 Mar USAAF 36-82 Douglas DC-2 Ogden, UT
17 Mar PP-PBE Lockheed Lodestar Sao Paulo
17 Mar VH- W2260 Avro Anson Georgina
18 Mar VH-UKQ Simmonds Spartan Kainantu, NG query date
18 Mar RCAF 6040 Avro Anson Rivers, Man collision
18 Mar RCAF 6668 Avro Anson Rivers, Man collision
18 Mar VH- W1958 Avro Anson Geraldton
19 Mar Z7257 DH 89 unknown ex G-AFME
19 Mar CF- K8743 Avro Anson Port Albert, Ont
19 Mar USN BuA1048 Lockheed JO-2 unknown (Anacostia) query date
20 Mar VH-UTW Stinson SR-7 Broome, WA air raid, 3rd also reported
20 Mar VH- W1545 Avro Anson Kingaroy
21 Mar G-AEUF Short S.23 C-class Darwin, NT, Australia 22nd also reported
21 Mar NC17663 Spartan Executive Harrisburg, PA
22 Mar VT-AHR Airspeed Envoy unknown 23rd also reported
22 Mar RCAF 7186 Avro Anson Selkirk, Ont
22 Mar USAAF 36-84 Douglas DC-2 Mines Field, CA
23 Mar VH- W2058 Avro Anson unknown
24 Mar VH- R3552 Avro Anson ground Geraldton
25 Mar AX232 Avro Anson ground Little Rissington became G-AIRX
25 Mar VH- N4908 Avro Anson ground Geraldton
25 Mar VH- W2043 Avro Anson Ardingley
25 Mar USAAF 42-38222 Grumman Widgeon unknown
26 Mar PK-AFM Lockheed 14 Katherine River, Australia
26 Mar USAAF 41-19501 Bell XP-39E unknown
26 Mar USAAF 41-37104 Lockheed Hudson Long Beach, CA
27 Mar USSR-mil Bereznyak-Isaev Koltsovo
28 Mar USN BuA01794 Naval A/c Factory N3N unknown (Pensacola)
29 Mar VH- AW941 Avro Anson Georgina
30 Mar VH- W1655 Avro Anson Burnett River, Q
30 Mar VH- W2065 Avro Anson Bundaberg collision
30 Mar VH- W2152 Avro Anson Bundaberg collision
30 Mar USAAF 42-38280 Lockheed UC-40F Tampico, Mexico