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FIVE KILLED
' IN - .
PLANE CRASH
SYDNEY: Five members of
the Royal Australian Air Force
were killed when a bomber
crashed at Glenbrook about
0 p.m. on Tuesday. Witnesses
said that the aircraft had begun
to break up in the air before the
accident.
The victims were: —
Squadron-Leader James N. Rain
bow, 42, single, of Double Buy, Syd
ney, senior medical officer at the Air
Navigation School, Parkcs. Flying-
Olficer Henry Theodore Skillman, 30,
married, of Parkes, N.S.W. Pilot
Officer John Ignatius Newman, 25,
single, formerly, of Sydney and Too-
woombn, Queensland. Pilot-Officer
Richnrd Tysoe, 23, single, of Gcelong
West, Victoria.
All were members of the staff of
the Air Navigation School at Parkes.
The machine, .which left Parkes at
3.40 p.m., was conveying Pilot-Ofil-
cer Sawyer to Sydney for urgent
mcdicnl attention. It was to have
landed at Mascot.
Pilot-Officer Ncwnuin was piloting
the plane, Flying-Officer Skillman
was the navigator, and Aircraftsman
Tysoe the wireless operator.
PIECES FALL FROM PLANE
Shortly after 4.30 p.m. it appeared
over Glenbrook, and according to res
idents it seemed to break up as it
wus flying over the town. Some resi
dents told the police Inst night thnt
portion of one of the wings fell off
in the bush a few mile. if rom Glen
brook, but this cannot be confirmed
until the search is resumed at day
break todny.
It is known thnt small pieces of
material were falling from the plane
at least a quarter of u mile from
where it crashed. Small portions fell
on to the property of Mr. I). Jones,
half a mile from the Glenbrook
railway station.
Residents suid that shortly after-
wards the plane appeared to be in
serious difficulties. It descended to
about 200 feet.
When it was approaching Lucksa-
ville Road and Clifton Avenue, Glen
brook, immediately over the home of
the Glenbrook stationmastcr, Mr.
Shaw, the engine seemed to be mak
ing strange noises.
"The plane appeared to be descend-
in gover my grounds," said Mr.
Shaw. "The noise then suggested
that it had been given full throttle,
as if it was trying to make height.
This attracted my attention, and
pieces of the 'plane then seemed to
be flying in all directions.
ENGINE FELL OUT
"One of the engines fell out of the
plane at a height or less thnn 200
feet. It crashed on to the concrete
footpath in Lucksoville Road and
then ricocheted across the road, strik
ing an electric light pole, which it
smashed. Live wires fell in the street,
sending out showers of sparks.
"One of the engines fell out of
"The engine then hurtled on into
land which was studded with trees.
When the plane crashed, Mr. H. J.
Welford, who lives opposite and my
self rushed to the scene. We reached
there just as the plane burst into
flames."
Mr. Shaw said that he found the
bodies of the victims some distance
from the wreckage.