NAA: A11666, 118


Title
The wreckage of a RAAF Lockheed Hudson A16–97 which crashed near Canberra on 13 August 1940 killing all ten occupants: Geoffrey Street, Minister for the Army and Repatriation, James Fairbairn, Minister for Air and Civil Aviation, Sir Henry Gullett, Vice-president of the Executive Council and Minister in charge of Scientific and Industrial Research, General Sir Cyril Brudenell White, Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant Colonel Francis Thornthwaite, Staff Officer to General White, Richard Elford, Private Secretary to Mr Fairbairn, and four crew - Flight Lieutenant Richard Hitchcock, Pilot Officer Richard Wiesener, Corporal John Palmer and Aircraftman Charles Crosdale
Contents range
1940 - 1940
Series number
A11666
Control symbol
118
Access status
Open
Item ID
4148311
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The wreckage of a RAAF Lockheed Hudson A16–97 which crashed near Canberra on 13 August 1940 killing all ten occupants: Geoffrey Street, Minister for the Army and Repatriation, James Fairbairn, Minister for Air and Civil Aviation, Sir Henry Gullett, Vice-president of the Executive Council and Minister in charge of Scientific and Industrial Research, General Sir Cyril Brudenell White, Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant Colonel Francis Thornthwaite, Staff Officer to General White, Richard Elford, Private Secretary to Mr Fairbairn, and four crew - Flight Lieutenant Richard Hitchcock, Pilot Officer Richard Wiesener, Corporal John Palmer and Aircraftman Charles Crosdale - Page 1 of 1