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K.A.A.F. PLANES DEMOBILISATION AFFECTS MAINTENANCE Darwin. June 8. The Air Board, policy of rapid deinboilisation is blamed for breakdowns to R.A.A.F. transport aircraft which are endangering the lives of passengers and crews. In the Darwin area alone nine K.A.A.F. planes, including seven Dakotas, are unserviceable. Three Dakotas are grounded at Alice Springs, three at Darwin and one at Am ben. There have been s some incky escapes. Yesterday a Catalina was lost near the Champagne Islands, but the crew is safe. A Dakota marooned on Amboina airstrip has 15 passengers aboard, including seven women. Another Dakota developed engine trouble on the way from Japan and flew the last 400 miles tc the Philippines on one motor. Lieutenant-General H. C. 11. Robertson’s Liberator is grounded at Darwin, due to the breakage of an engine part. Experts claim that rapid demobilisation lias left the engine maintenance stall’s short of men who understand American radial engines of the type used in transport planes.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXIV, Issue 14081, 10 June 1946, Page 3
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