This is one of several....
ACCIDENT DATE : 16 July 1951
TYPE : DHA3 Drover
REGISTRATION : VH-EBQ
OPERATOR : QANTAS
ON BOARD : 1 Crew / 6 Passengers
FATALITIES 1 Crew / 6 Passengers
LOCATION : Lae, Papua New Guinea
FURTHER DETAILS…
Crashed into the sea off Lae airport.
SOURCE…
“Balus” The Aeroplane in Papua New Guinea, Volume 1, by James Sinclair. Published in 1986 by Robert Brown and Associates (Aust) Pty. Ltd., PO Box 29 Bathurst, New South Wales 2795, Australia.
Since becoming an all jet airline QF has had no fatalities... just like PX and a few others.