Blue Goose Plane Wreck 1945 near Perth WA

War-time plane crash: In 1945 a US Navy DC-3 plane, the Blue Goose, crashed on Gooseberry Hill following an early morning take-off in heavy fog, bound for Adelaide from Guildford Airport (now Perth Airport).

The airplane was built by Douglas Aircraft Corporation and because of its blue colour was affectionately known as "The Blue Goose".

It arrived in Australia in 1944 and was classified as a utility training unit assigned for general duties for the US Navy.

The thirteen crew and passengers on the flight, including three US Red Cross nurses, all died, making the crash one of the most significant in Western Australian aviation history.

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