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The 1940 Canberra air disaster was an aircraft crash that occurred near Canberra, the capital of Australia, on 13 August 1940, during World War II. All ten people on board were killed: six passengers, including three members of the Australian Cabinet and the Chief of the General Staff ; and four crew. [ 1 ]
The English Electric Canberra is a British first-generation, jet-powered medium bomber. It was developed by English Electric during the mid- to late 1940s in response to a 1944 Air Ministry requirement for a successor to the wartime de Havilland Mosquito fast bomber. Among the performance requirements for the type was an outstanding high ...
The flight received its first aircraft, the Canberra bomber A84-307, on 15 June 1953. [1] This aircraft had been built in Britain as the RAAF's first Canberra, and was flown to Australia by Wing Commander Cuming in July 1951. The journey had been completed in 21 hours and 41 minutes, setting an unofficial record for the route. [5]
19 August 1968 - XH646 Handley Page Victor K.1, 214 Squadron, mid-air collision with Canberra B(I).6 WT325 near Holt, Norfolk. Four killed in Victor, three killed in Canberra. 1969. 15 April 1969 - A7-020, Macchi CA30-20 6394, during low-level training mission, crashed in paddock beside Springberg Lane, Perry Bridge Vic AU; two died. [41]
Airframe destroyed by post-crash fire. [334] The men were airborne to photograph the airshow that was to shortly begin. [335] The aircraft was assigned to the 7th Photo Section at Godman Field, Camp Knox, Kentucky. [334] 21 May – Presidio of San Francisco – Stuntman Wesley May was fatally injured during a parachute jump. He misjudged his ...
A Delta Air Lines jet flipped on its roof while landing Monday at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, but all 80 people on board survived and those hurt had relatively minor injuries, the airport’s ...
A YouTube star crashed his $200,000 McLaren sports car while livestreaming — and a clip of the incident has gone viral. During a livestream on the platform Kick on the morning of Saturday, Oct ...
The B-57 Canberra holds the distinction of being the first jet bomber in U.S. service to drop bombs during combat. [3] The Canberra was used extensively during the Vietnam War in a bombing capacity; specialized versions of the type were also produced and served as high-altitude aerial reconnaissance platforms (the Martin RB-57D Canberra ), and ...