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Busselton Bomber: Missing Beaufort, 1943

Busselton Bomber: Missing Beaufort, 1943

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The Beaufort was a twin-engined torpedo bomber, built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. In 1939 the Australian government decided to have them built under licence by the Department of Aircraft Production (DAP) at Fishermans Bend in Melbourne and Mascot, New South Wales. Over 700 were built between 1941-1944 and were extensively used as a medium bomber and for general reconnaisance around Australia and the Pacific theatre of operations.

On the 9th of September 1943, a RAAF Beaufort A9-317 of No.14 Squadron took off from Busselton, Western Australia out into Geographe Bay on a patrol to search for enemy shipping. Carring four crew and one passenger, it was scheduled to land at RAAF base Pearce later that day, but never arrived. The circumstances of the disappaearance, on what should've been a routine patrol, remains an enduring mystery.

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