1940-1949, English, Map, Single map edition: [Site of the Canberra air disaster of 1940] [cartographic material].

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[Site of the Canberra air disaster of 1940]
 
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Physical Description
  • 1 ms. map : col. ; 75 x 105 cm.
Published
  • 1940.
Language
  • English

Edition details

Title
  • [Site of the Canberra air disaster of 1940] [cartographic material].
Published
  • 1940.
Physical Description
  • 1 ms. map : col. ; 75 x 105 cm.
Subjects
Time Period
  • 1940
Map Data
  • Scale [1:15,840]. 20 chs to an inch. (E 149°07'--E 149°13'/​S 35°18'--S 35°24').
Biography
  • RAAF Lockheed Hudson A16-97 crashed at 10:15 a.m. on 13 August 1940 on approach to Canberra airport. All 6 passengers and 4 crew on board were killed. The passengers were Brigadier Geoffrey Austin Street, Minister for the Army and Repatriation; James Valentine Fairbairn, Minister for Air and Civil Aviation; Sir Henry Somer Gullett, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Minister in charge of Scientific and Industrial Research; General Sir Cyril Brudenell Bingham White, Chief of the General Staff; Lieutenant Colonel Francis Thornthwaite, Staff Officer to General White; and Richard Edwin Elford, Fairbairn's private secretary. The RAAF crew were Flight Lieutenant Robert Edward Hitchcock; Pilot Officer Richard Frederick Wiesener; Corporal John Frederick Palmer; and Aircraftman Charles Joseph Crosdale. While the exact cause of the crash is a mystery, Hitchock's flying ability has been called into question by some historians, and it has also been suggested that Fairburn persuaded the flight crew to let him pilot the plane into Canberra himself.
Notes
  • Manuscript map showing the landing ground east of Canberra where RAAF Lockheed Hudson A16-97 intended to land and the site nearby where it crashed. The crash site is shown as 1 3/​4 miles from the landing ground. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
  • Title devised by cataloguer.
  • Hand-drawn annotations on base map entitled "Federal Territory feature map" published by the Dept. of Home Affairs.
  • Pencilled on verso: Air Force Court of Enquiry, Canberra (No. 1 of 1940), Exhibit No. 9, Locality map.
  • Also available online :http:/​/​nla.gov.au/​nla.map-vn4737454
Language
  • English
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