What the records say
- When
- 27 Dec 1943
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 38.38° S, 147.19° E
- Description
- 7 people are injured in Seaspray, Victoria after a wire on an RAAF plane fails to retract.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1943 Seaspray RAAF incident.
1943 Seaspray RAAF incident
1943 incident involving an RAAF plane
The 1943 Seaspray RAAF incident was an incident in Seaspray, Victoria on 27 December 1943 involving a Royal Australian Air Force plane that was flying off Seaspray Beach at a low level, towing a drogue target on a wire. After the target was released, the wire failed to wind in, injuring people on the beach. Seven people were injured, including two who had their legs amputated.
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