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Wed 29 Jan 1941 - Lithgow Mercury (NSW : 1898 - 1954)
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DREADFUL CRASH

Line 1.0.0FIVE KILLED AT GLEN-
Line 1.0.1BROOK
Line 1.0.2WHEN R.A.A.F. 'PLANE DIVES

Line 2.0.0Four officers and one aircraftman
Line 2.0.1were killed when a Royal Australian
Line 2.0.2Air Force twin-engined aircraft
Line 2.0.3crashed near Glenbrook about 5 p.m.
Line 2.0.4yesterday; All were members of the

Line 3.0.0staff of the air navigation school at
Line 3.0.1Parkes, and two were Parkes resid
Line 3.0.2ents. ;
Line 3.0.3The aircraft, which left Parkes for
Line 3.0.4Mascot at 3.40 p.m., was - conveying
Line 3.0.5an officer to Sydney for- urgent spe
Line 3.0.6cialist medical attention. The' mach-
Line 3.0.7ine was in trouble before it reached
Line 3.0.8Glenbrook and the pilot was obvious
Line 3.0.9ly looking for a place to land. .
Line 3.0.10"Witnesses said that the aircraft
Line 3.0.11had begun to break up in' the air be
Line 3.0.12fore the crash.''
Line 3.0.13Soome residents said the . propellers
Line 3.0.14and portion of one of- the wings fell
Line 3.0.15off in the bush a few miles from
Line 3.0.16Glenbrook. A small portion of the
Line 3.0.17machine 'fell on to the property of
Line 3.0.18D. Jones, half a mile from. Glenbrook
Line 3.0.19railway station. ,One of  the engines
Line 3.0.20fell out of the plane at a height of

Line 4.0.0less than 200 feet and crashed on to
Line 4.0.1the concrete footpath in Lucasville-
Line 4.0.2Road, and then ricocheted across the
Line 4.0.3road, striking an electric - light pole,
Line 4.0.4 which was smashed. '
Line 4.0.5The bodies of the victims were
Line 4.0.6found some distance from the wreck
Line 4.0.7age. After the crash, the 'plane
Line 4.0.8burst into flames. Petrol stains
Line 4.0.9over a long tract suggested that one
Line 4.0.10of  the tanks had been leaking for
Line 4.0.11some distance before the machine
Line 4.0.12Fix this textcrashed.
Line 4.0.13Squadron-Leader Rainbow, a bro
Line 4.0.14ther Mr. A. E. Rainbow, the wel.-
Line 4.0.15known Sydney barrister, was a fre
Line 4.0.16quent visitor to Lithgow. Before
Line 4.0.17joining the R.A.A.F. he was a Mac-
Line 4.0.18quarie-street specialist. During the
Line 4.0.19time that Dr. John Malcolm practic-
Line 4.0.20ed In Lithgow, Squadron-Leader
Line 4.0.21Rainbow acted at his locum tenens
Line 4.0.22on one occasion. A younger brother
Line 4.0.23Is in the A.I.F. abroad.

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