29 Jan 1941 - AIR FORCE CRASH.

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Wed 29 Jan 1941 - The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954)
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Line 0.0.0AIR FORCE CRASH.
Line 0.0.1PLANE FALLS IN TOWN.
Line 0.0.2FIVE MEN KILLED.
Line 0.0.3"IT SEEMED TO BREAK UP."
Line 0.0.4SYDNEY, Jan. 28.-Four officers and
Line 0.0.5an aircraftman were killed when a Royal
Line 0.0.6Australian Air Force Avro-Anson machine
Line 0.0.7crashed at Glenbrook about 5 p.m. to
Line 0.0.8Fix this textday. The victims were:
Line 0.0.9RAINBOW, Squadron-Leader James N. (42),
Line 0.0.10single, of Double Bay. Sydney.
Line 0.0.11SKILLMAN, Flying Officer Henry Theodore
Line 0.0.12(30), married, of Parkes, New South
Line 0.0.13Wales.
Line 0.0.14NEWMAN. Pilot Officer John Ignatius (25),
Line 0.0.15single, formerly of Sydney and Too
Line 0.0.16woomba.
Line 0.0.17SAWYER. Pilot Officer Bailey Middlebrook
Line 0.0.18(34), married, of Parkes.
Line 0.0.19TYSOE. Aircraftman Charles Richard (23),
Line 0.0.20single, of Geelong West, Victoria.
Line 0.0.21The machine, which left Parkes at
Line 0.0.223.40 p.m., was conveying Pilot Officer
Line 0.0.23Sawyer to Sydney for urgent specialist
Line 0.0.24attention. The other passenger was
Line 0.0.25Squadron-Leader Rainbow, senior medi
Line 0.0.26cal officer at the air navigation hospital
Line 0.0.27at Parkes. The remainder of the crew
Line 0.0.28were officers of the staff of the air navi
Line 0.0.29gation school. Pilot Officer Newman was
Line 0.0.30piloting the plane. Flying-Officer Skill
Line 0.0.31man was the navigator and Aircraftman
Line 0.0.32Tysoe was the wireless operator.
Line 0.0.33According to advice received at Rich
Line 0.0.34mond, the plane was flying from Parkes
Line 0.0.35to Mascot. Shortly after 4.30 p.m. it
Line 0.0.36appeared over Glenbrook and according
Line 0.0.37to residents it seemed to break up as it
Line 0.0.38was flying over the town. Some residents
Line 0.0.39told the police that portion of one of
Line 0.0.40the wings fell off in the bush a few
Line 0.0.41miles from Glenbrook, but this cannot
Line 0.0.42be confirmed until the search is re
Line 0.0.43sumed at daybreak tomorrow. It is known
Line 0.0.44that small pieces of material were falling
Line 0.0.45from the plane at least a quarter of a
Line 0.0.46mile from where it crashed. Small por
Line 0.0.47tions fell on the property of Mr. D. Jones,
Line 0.0.48half a mile from the Glenbrook railway
Line 0.0.49station. Residents said that shortly
Line 0.0.50afterwards the plane appeared to be in
Line 0.0.51serious difficulties. It descended to about
Line 0.0.52200 feet when it was approaching Lucas
Line 0.0.53ville-road and Clifton-avenue, Glen
Line 0.0.54brook. Immediately over the house of
Line 0.0.55the Glenbrook stationmaster, Mr. Shaw,
Line 0.0.56the engine seemed to be making strange
Line 0.0.57noises.
Line 0.0.58"The plane appeared to be descending
Line 0.0.59over my grounds," said Mr. Shaw. "The
Line 0.0.60noise then suggested that it had been
Line 0.0.61given full throttle as if it was trying to
Line 0.0.62make height. This attracted my atten
Line 0.0.63tion and pieces of the plane then seemed
Line 0.0.64to be flying in all directions. One of
Line 0.0.65the engines fell out of the plane at a
Line 0.0.66height of less than 200 feet. It crashed
Line 0.0.67on the concrete footpath in Lucasville
Line 0.0.68road and then ricocheted across the road,
Line 0.0.69striking an electric light pole, which it
Line 0.0.70smashed. Live wires fell in the street,
Line 0.0.71sending out showers of sparks. The en
Line 0.0.72gine then hurtled into land which was
Line 0.0.73studded with trees. When the plane
Line 0.0.74crashed, Mr. H. J. Welford, who lives
Line 0.0.75opposite, and myself rushed to the scene.
Line 0.0.76We reached there just as the plane burst
Line 0.0.77into flames."
Line 0.0.78Mr. Shaw said that he found the bodies
Line 0.0.79of the victims some distance from the
Line 0.0.80wreckage. A track suggested that one
Line 0.0.81of the tanks had been leaking for some
Line 0.0.82distance before the plane crashed. Mrs.
Line 0.0.83Shaw, wife of the stationmaster, said
Line 0.0.84that pieces of the plane appeared to be
Line 0.0.85flying about like paper before it struck
Line 0.0.86the ground. Other residents also said
Line 0.0.87that the plane had been breaking up long
Line 0.0.88before it crashed.

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