CRASH OF TIGER MOTH
AT ORANGE, NSW
ON 30 JANUARY 1939
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Subject: Tiger Moth accident at Orange
30.01.39 VH-UYQ (3623)
Date:
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
22:58:15 +1200
From: "Brian
Gee" <descar@ihug.co.nz>
| 25.11.37 | Newcastle Aero Club Broadmeadow |
| 30.01.39 | Crashed at air display at Orange.Third 'bomb' to be thrown at ground target exploded prematurely. The device required striking on ignition strip mounted on side of cockpit and was supposed to have a 6 second delay. The pilot EJ Buck (CFI of the club) seriously injured. Aircraft crashed some 75 yards from spectators. Pilot died soon after rescuers reached the aircraft. |
Accident Investigation Committee concluded that in view of this accident CAD should give consideration to the whole question of the carriage of explosives, pyrotechnics and other dangerous substances in civil aircraft.
Brian Gee
The following information is from the National Archives of Australia:-
Title: Tiger Moth VH-UYQ Orange NSW 30/1/39 Pilot E.J. Buck
Series number: MP187/4
Control symbol: 199
Contents date range: 1939 - 1939
Access status: Open
Location: Victoria
Barcode no: 334488
REFERENCE BOOK
"The DH 82A Tiger Moth in Australia"
by Julian Forsyth.
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