Dutson Bombing Range

Dutson Bombing Range
Near Sale, Victoria in Australia
Site information
Type	Bombing range
Owner	Department of Defence
Operator	Royal Australian Air Force
Location
Dutson Bombing Range Location in Victoria
Coordinates	38°10′54″S147°16′10″E / 38.181667°S 147.269444°E / -38.181667; 147.269444

Dutson Bombing Range is a bombing range operated by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), located near the town of Sale and RAAF Base East Sale in Victoria.

On 15 August 1962, four Vampire aircraft of the Red Sales display team crashed in the vicinity of the range while doing aerobatics practice. All six men aboard the aircraft were killed instantly. ^[1]

The site ceased to be used as an active bombing range in 2000.

It has been used as a live firing site for the Australian Army as late as 2010. ^[2]

In 2018, it was announced that the company DefendTex would construct a facility to manufacture and test propellants and explosives at the range. ^{[3] [4]}

See also

• Australia portal
• Aviation portal
• Royal Australian Air Force portal

• List of Royal Australian Air Force installations

References

1. "Too Little, Too Late?" (PDF). adf-serials.com. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
2. Green, Bruce (27 October 2010). "NOTICE TO MARINERS". regionalchannels.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
3. Luke, Sarah (24 April 2018). "Duston to house a new explosives facility". Gippsland Times . Archived from the original on 24 April 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
4. "DEFENDTEX TO BUILD PROPELLANTS AND EXPLOSIVES FACILITY AT DUTSON, VICTORIA". Department of Defence. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.