Port Pirie RAAF L5653 Crash Site

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Memorial Name:
Port Pirie RAAF L5653 Crash Site
Address:

Cheesman Avenue
Risdon Park South SA 5540
Australia

Memorial Type:
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RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

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Port Pirie Garden of Memory Cemetery.
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RAAF Fairey Battle L5653

On Friday 3rd September 1943 at 1150 hours, a Fairey Battle L5653 from No.2 Bombing and Gunnery School crashed 1 mile northwest of the Port Pirie Aerodrome.

RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.