Crash Wagga 1940

Accession Number P09655.009
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Wagga Wagga
Date made 29 September 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The mid-air collision of two Avro Ansons on a training flight from No. 2 Service Flying Training School (2SFTS) based at Wagga Wagga, resulted in a crash landing. After the collision the two aircraft remained firmly locked together and continued to fly; the trainee pilot in the upper Anson (N4876), 402052 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Leonard Fuller, remained at the controls while his navigator, 402066 LAC Ian Sinclair, and both crew members of the lower aircraft ,402056 LAC Jack Hewson and 402051 LAC Hugh Fraser, all parachuted to safety. LAC Fuller successfully crash landed the two aircraft in a paddock.