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Thu 30 Jan 1941 - Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954)
Page 33 - FIVE KILLED IN PLANE CRASH
FIVE KILLED IN
PLANE CRASH
R.A.A.F. Machine Comes
Down In N.S.W.
Four officers anu an aircraftman
were killed when an R.A.A.F. Avro
Anson machine crashed at GlenbrooK
(N.S.W.) on Tuesday. They were:—
Squadron Leader James N. Rain
bow, 42, single, of Double Bay,. S3rd
ney.
Flying Officer Henry Theodore
Skillman, 30, married, of Parkes,
N.S.W.
Pilot Officer John Ignatius New
man, 25, single, formerly of Sydney
and Toowoomba (Queensland).
Pilot Officer Bailey Middlebrook
Sawyer. 34, married of Parkes.
Aircraftman Charles Richard Ty
soe, 23, single, of Geelong, West Vic
toria.
All were menibers of the staff of
the air navigation school at Parkes.
The machine, which left Parkes at
3.40 p.m., was conveying Pilot Officer
Sawyer to Sydney for urgent special
ist medical attention. The other pas
senger was Squadron Leader Rain
bow, senior medical officer at the air
navigation school at Parkes. The re
mainder of the crew were members of
the staff of the air navigation school.
Pilot Officer Newman was piloting
the plane, Flying Officer Skillman was
the navigator, and Aircraitman Tysoe
the wireless operator.
According to advice received at
Richmond, the plane was flying from
Parkes to Mascot. Shortly after 4.30
p.m. it appeared over Glenbrook, and,
according to residents, it seemed to
break up as it was flying over the
town. Some residents told the police
that portion of one of the wings fell
off in the bush a few miles from
Glenbrook. but this cannot be con
firmed until the search is resumed. It
is known that small pieces of mate
rila were falling from the plane at
least a quarter of a mile from where
it crashed.
One of the engines fell out of the
plane at a height of less than 200 feet.
It crashed on the concrete footpath
in Lucasville road, and then rico
cheted across the road, striking an
electric light pole, which it smashed.
Live wires fell in the 'street, sending
out showers of sparks. The engine
then hurtled into land which was
studded with trees.
When an electric light pole he was
climbing near the Victoria Park
racecourse broke at the base on Tues
day, Laurence Brewster. 23, linesman,
of Christie's Beach, fell and badly
bruised his hip. He -was taken to
the Royal Adelaide Hospital and ad
mitted.