Qantas
Crew ? (KIA)
Crew ? (KIA)
Crashed March 22 1942
Aircraft History
Pressed into military service, It was still using civilian rego and operated by a Qantas
crew.
Mission History
The Corinthian was carrying weapons from Karumba
in Queensland when it crash-landed and sank while prepairing to land on Darwin Harbor. Crashed two
nautical miles from Doctors Gully. Two
Americans died in the crash. Afterwards, the wreckage was blown up to
keep the shipping
channel clear, and the forgotten.
Daniel Leahy adds:
"I believe it was the Corinthian that rescued the American crew of a C-53
41-20066 that crashed near Truscott on February 26, 1942. (The C-53 wreck is still at
Truscott)."
Wreckage
Rediscovered by a group of Darwin
high school student in the middle of September
2004. Visibility was poor, the nine
students could make out the forward hull of the fuselage, heavily encrusted
with coral.
S23
30m
Discovery
