Title
THOMSON EDGAR JAMES : Service Number - 414101 : Date of birth - 07 Mar 1922 : Place of birth - TOOWOOMBA QLD : Place of enlistment - BRISBANE : Next of Kin - THOMSON FLORA [Black and White negative - identity photograph] [Black and White negative - identity photograph]
Contents range
1939 - 1948
Series number
A9301
Control symbol
414101
Access status
Open
Item ID
205701720
https://www.ozatwar.com/ozcrashes/wa107.htm?utm_source=chatgpt.com
CRASH OF AN AVRON ANSON
AT CARDABIA STATION, POINT MAUD, WA
ON 30 SEPTEMBER 1942
Avro Anson AX299 of 4 Service Flying Training School 4SFTS at RAAF Geraldton, crash landed at approximately 1430 hours W.A.S.T. on 30 September 1942 in a marsh at Cardabia Station, Point Maud in Western Australia at a location approximately 140 miles north of Carnarvon.
One crew member was killed and two survived the crash landing:-
Sergeant Douglas Dunn (411301) - Pilot - Cuts and abrasions
Pilot Officer Clive Frederick Bingham (413515) - Killed
Sergeant Edgar James Thomson (414101) - Slight haemorrhage
The mainplane of the Anson was smashed, the undercarriage was damaged and the engines were smahed.
REFERENCES
RAAF Casualty Database
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I'd like to thank Daniel Leahy for his assistance with this web page.
Can anyone help me with more information on this crash?
"Australia @ War" WWII Research Products
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https://doczz.net/doc/5129613/air-mail---14-oct---nov---aviation-heritage-museum
Chat GPT:
"There is independent evidence that the girls at Cardabia Station really were a known attraction to RAAF crews flying along that coast. A wartime RAAF pilot, John “Blue” Bailey, later wrote that while flying past Cardabia he saw two girls on the roof waving at his aircraft. He identified them as Wanda French, about 19, and Mara French, about 17. He deliberately made a low pass, and on a later flight actually landed on a nearby claypan to visit the girls and their parents for tea. �
doczz.net
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Yes. It's interesting.
It appears one of dads crashes were as a result of girls.
In dad's case, we think a wing tip hit the ground and the plane spun out. Killing a crew member but dad and pilot survived with injuries. Apparently there's a inquiry report in the national archives.
I guess young men and young women showing off to each other.
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Dad at 10
Aunty marg recites a story where dad and aunty marg and the brothers walked several miles from the farm homestead to the front gate. Aunty marg was 6 and dad was 10. Aunty marg was then tired and dad piggybacked her back.
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