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Wed 29 Jan 1941 - The Inverell Times (NSW : 1899 - 1954)
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AIR CRASH

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Five Men Killed

Line 2.0.0TRAGEDY AT GLEHBR00K
Line 2.0.1DEFECTIVE PLANE SUGGESTED
Line 2.0.2SYDNEY, Wednesday.

Line 3.0.0Five members of the Royal Australian
Line 3.0.1Air Force were killed when a bomber
Line 3.0.2crashed at Glenbrook (7 miles from Pen
Line 3.0.3rith) at about 5 o'clock yesterday after
Line 3.0.4noon.

Line 4.0.0The victims were: —
Line 4.0.1Squadron Leader James M. Rainbow,
Line 4.0.242. single, of Double Bay, Sydney.
Line 4.0.3(He was senior medical officer at
Line 4.0.4the Air Navigation School, Parkes).
Line 4.0.5Flying Ofllcer Henry Theodore Skill-
Line 4.0.6man, 30, married, of Parkes.
Line 4.0.7Pilot Officer John Ignatius Newman,
Line 4.0.825, single, formerly of Sydney and
Line 4.0.9Toowoomba.
Line 4.0.10Pilot Officer Bailey Mlddlebrook
Line 4.0.11Sawyer, 34, married, of Parkes.
Line 4.0.12Aircraftsman Charles Richard Tysoe,
Line 4.0.1323, single, of Geelong.
Line 4.0.14All were members of the stall of the
Line 4.0.15Air Navigation School at Parkes.
Line 4.0.16Witnesses said the aircraft had be
Line 4.0.17gun to break up in the air before the
Line 4.0.18crash.
Line 4.0.19The machine was conveying Pilot
Line 4.0.20Officer Sawyer to Sydney for urgent
Line 4.0.21medical attention. Newman was the

Line 5.0.0pilot of the plane, Skillman. was navi
Line 5.0.1gator and Tysoe wireless operator.
Line 5.0.2Some residents told the police that
Line 5.0.3portion of one wing fell off In the bush
Line 5.0.4a few miles from Glenbrook. Small
Line 5.0.5portions of the plane fell on to the
Line 5.0.6property of D. Jones, half a mile from
Line 5.0.7Glenbrook railway station.
Line 5.0.8One of the engines fell out of the
Line 5.0.9plane at a height of less than 200 feet
Line 5.0.10and crashed on to a concrete footpath
Line 5.0.11In Lucasville road: It then ricocheted
Line 5.0.12across the road striking an electric
Line 5.0.13light pole which was smashed.
Line 5.0.14The bodies of the victims were
Line 5.0.15thrown some distance from the wreck
Line 5.0.16age. Shortly after the crash the
Line 5.0.17plane burst into flames.
Line 5.0.18Petool stains over a long track sug-
Line 5.0.19gested that one of the tanks had been
Line 5.0.20leaking for some distance before the
Line 5.0.21plane crashed.

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