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Melbourne Argus clipping of the pilotless plane incident

The runaway plane and a midair collision: a bad month at Bankstown Airport, August 1955

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:January 17, 2021
Post category:History Miscellaneous
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August 1955 was an eventful and tragic month at Sydney's Bankstown Airport. On August 12 an Auster monoplane (VH-AAL) and a Tiger Moth biplane (VH- APF) collided about 100m from…

Gloster Meteor jet fighters on service with the RAAF in Korea.

Fatal Meteor jet crash at Williamtown, NSW, 1957

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:December 10, 2020
Post category:History Militaria Newcastle, NSW, Australia Vintage Photographs and Photography
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Recently, while I was visiting old acquaintances Doug and Peggy Paton, Doug mentioned a terrible plane crash he said he witnessed while he was a member of the Royal Australian…

Ron Guthrie in a Meteor in Korea

Shot down over North Korea: Ron Guthrie’s story

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:May 20, 2020
Post category:Greg Ray's Writing Militaria Miscellaneous

THE Royal Australian Air Force was just cutting its teeth on jet fighters when the Korean War broke out. Ron Guthrie was one of a handful of Australian pilots with experience flying…