PLANE CRASHES IN SYDNEY
12 PERSONS KILLED (Rec. 11 pin.) SYDNEY, July 20. Twelve persons were killed when a Royal Air Force Transport Command aeroplane crashed soon after taking off from Mascot aerodrome last night. The crew of six and six passengers were killed instantly. The crash was the worst air disaster which has occurred in Sydney. „ . The Commander-in-Chief of the Bn. tish Pacific Fleet (Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser) has announced that the following were passengers in the plane: Captains J. G. Roper, R.N.. and J. D. Harvey, R.N.; Commanders (S.P.) L. E. R. Govett, R.N.V.R., and J. E. Bass, R.N.V.R., Lieutenant-Commander H. P. Byrne. R.N.. Surgeon-Lieutenant C. Nolan, R.N.V.R.. and Leading Steward E. Morris. Sir Bruce Fraser has written to Mr G. Knowles, of Sydney, who made heroic efforts to rescue the occupants of the burning plane, thanking him on behalf of the Navy for his gallant action and disregard of personal safety. The machine, after striking a clump of trees, crashed into a concrete bridge over Cook’s river. A terrific explosion shook the neighbourhood. Residents two miles away said that their houses trembled and the doors and windows rattled.
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Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24624, 21 July 1945, Page 7
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