FORCED LANDING OF AN AVRO ANSON
BETWEEN CANBERRA AND MELBOURNE
ON 9 JUNE 1939

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Avro Anson

An Avro Anson departed Canberra for Melbourne on 9 June 1939. It was in the middle of winter. The aircraft iced up in clouds over the mountains, forcing the pilot to crash land. The Minister for Defence, H.V.C. Thorby, was a passenger in this aircraft. The early Avro Ansons were not fully equipped with instrument flying equipment. Later models were fitted with full instrumentation but it was powered from unheated venturis and pitot heads which iced up in the IFR conditions where the instrumentation was needed.

 

Can anyone confirm the aircraft Serial No. and the exact date
and the actual location of this incident please?

 

REFERENCE BOOKS

"Wirraway to Hornet - A History of the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Pty Ltd"
By Brian L. Hill

 

 

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