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Bristol Beaufort Mark V111 Crash Site - QLD

Bristol Beaufort Mark V111 Crash Site

Historic Site

Position

DEG: -10.93633 142.455307

DMS: 10º 56' 10.79" S 142º 27' 19.11" E

UTM: 54 L 8790677mN 659033mE

Altitude: 32.72m

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Somerset QLD 4876

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Information

Remains of the Australian Made Bristol Beaufort Mark V111Serial Number A9-190. These Australian made planes were a twin engine torpedo bomber with a crew of three. Designed for performing torpedo attack, aerial bombing and general reconnaissance missions. During the War, it was mostly women who did all the riveting on the Beaufort fuselages.

After flying out of Bamaga in 1945, the left engine cut out and on landing the plane ran off the runway due to lack of break pressure. No-one was injured.

PlaceID	122429

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Horn Island at 03/01:30am EST

Distance from Bristol Beaufort Mark V111 Crash Site 43.07km NW

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
26.5°C	31.6°C	91%	24.9°C	1009.1hPa	16.8mm	NW	7km/hr 4knots	9km/hr 5knots

Closest Climatic Station

Horn Island

Distance from Bristol Beaufort Mark V111 Crash Site 43.07km NW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	30.9	30.5	30.4	30.4	29.9	29.3	28.8	29.0	30.1	31.0	31.9	31.8
Mean Min. °C	25.1	25.0	25.0	25.2	24.7	23.9	23.1	22.9	23.8	24.8	25.7	25.7
Mean Rain mm	387.5	467.0	358.2	228.0	71.3	15.8	8.3	5.5	6.3	16.9	49.1	191.5