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DerekB25/05/202208/11/2022

AHSA Monthly Meeting 25 May 2022 (WGCDR Philip Beanland: RAAF 100 Squadron)

Our Melbourne monthly meeting on 25 May 2022, in collaboration with the Friends of Air Force History and Heritage, was held in person at...

DerekB27/04/202208/11/2022

AHSA Monthly Meeting 27 April 2022 (Leigh Edmonds: Norman Brearly and West Australian Airways)

Our Melbourne monthly meeting on 27 April 2022 was held in person at the RAAF Association meeting room in Hawthorn and also “broadcast” to...

DerekB23/03/202208/11/2022

AHSA Monthly Meeting 23 March 2022 (WGCDR Mathew Shelley: The RAAF Museum and the New Vision For the Museum’s Future)

Our March 2022 Melbourne meeting, held in collaboration with the Friends of Air Force History and Heritage, was held in person at the RAAF...

DerekB23/02/202208/11/2022

AHSA Monthly Meeting 23 February 2022 (Michael Smith: Commemorative Flight From London to Darwin, 2019)

Our February 2022 Melbourne meeting, was held in person at the RAAF Association meeting rooms in Hawthorn and also “broadcast” to interstate members via...

DerekB24/11/202108/11/2022

AHSA Monthly Meeting 24 November 2021 (Lance Halvorson: RAAF Strike Aircraft 1953-2010)

Our Melbourne monthly meeting on 24 November 2021, in collaboration with the Friends of Air Force History and Heritage, was held in person at...

1945 Consolidated B-24J-5-NT Liberator A72-306 operated by 99 Squadron RAAF crashed at Amberley, Queensland, on 16 August 1945. The aircraft crashed during take off from Amberley Airfield at approximately 3:40pm. Unfortunately the B-24 Liberator's brakes were applied too soon before the aircraft was safely in the air. As a consequence the nose of the aircraft dipped heavily into the runway causing the nose wheel assembly to collapse and also shearing the hydraulic lines for the engine controls. The aircraft subsequently skidded off the south east end of the runway into a 60 feet deep gulley and broke in half. The aircraft was one of nine B-24 Liberators scheduled to take part in a formation flight over Brisbane during the Victory Celebrations and was carrying a crew of eight plus 11 passengers. Four personnel died in the crash: Cpl. Edith Tansley Sharpe (94089) WAAAF, Cpl. Jacqueline Ruth Row (98112) WAAAF, Flight Sergeant Arthur Henry Clausen (439868) (Nav "B"), Warrant Officer E.F. Carlson (424965) (2nd Pilot, died of his injuries two days later in Greenslopes Hospital). Sources: aviation-safety.net website; Australia @ War website

1966 CAC CA-27 Sabre A94-358 operated by 81 Wing / 2OCU RAAF crashed into the densely populated Newcastle suburb of The Junction, NSW on 16 August 1966. 20-year-old Pilot Officer Warren William ('Bill') Goddard was flying a night training exercise from RAAF Williamtown when he got into difficulty and, despite his efforts to manoeuvre the aircraft away from populated areas, he crashed at about 1800 hours. Firemen and RAAF personnel found Goddard's body in a Glebe Rd house which had been empty at the time of the disaster. Three people were taken to hospital, two with shock and one with a chest injury received when hit by wreckage. Sources: Aviation-Safety.net website; ADF-Serials

2002 An Airservices Australia proposal to shift Sydney, Adelaide and Perth Terminal Control Units to Melbourne and Brisbane, created continuing controversy. Source: Australian, 16 August 2002, p. 29. Financial Review, ditto, p. 25. via aph.gov.au website