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Air Disaster Canberra
The Plane Crash That Destroyed a Government
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Air Disaster Canberra
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1940. Wartime Australia. Key members of Menzies' government die in a fiery plane crash. What went wrong and what happened next?
In August 1940, Australia had been at war for almost a year when a Hudson bomber, the A16-97, carrying ten people, including three cabinet ministers, crashed into a ridge near Canberra. In the ghastly inferno that followed the crash, the nation lost its key war leaders.
Over the next twelve months, it became clear that the passing of Geoffrey Street, Sir Henry Gullett, and James Fairbairn had destabilised Robert Menzies' wartime government. As a direct but delayed consequence, John Curtin became prime minister in October 1941.
Controversially, Air Disaster Canberra also tells the story of whether Air Minister Fairbairn, rather than the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) pilot Bob Hitchcock, had been at the controls.
Andrew Tink tells an engrossing and dramatic tale of a little-known aspect of Australia's political history.
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ISBN: 9781742231631
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 April 2013
Country: Australia
Imprint: NewSouth Publishing
Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 19.0mm
Width: 155.0mm
Height: 233.0mm
Weight: 640g
Pages: 336
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