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Date: | Tuesday 27 January 1970 |
Time: | 06:20 |
Type: | Supermarine Seagull V |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | VH-ALB |
MSN: | - |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Taree, NSW -
Australia
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Taree, New South Wales, |
Destination airport: | Bankstown, Sydney, New South Wales |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The aircraft crashed shortly after take off from Taree and was written off following engine failure due to fuel shortage.
The two crew members Allan Parkes and John Williams and passenger Neville Parnell escaped uninjured.
Sources:
https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/collections/73-A-426-Seagull-V-A2-4-(Walrus).pdf
https://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=704 https://www.warbirdsonline.com.au/2021/07/05/supermarine-seagull-v-a2-4-vh-alb/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Supermarine_Seagull_V_%E2%80%98A2-4%E2%80%99_(VH-ALB)_(33048626521).jpg
Aeroplane Monthly March 1980
Images:
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, UK - 18th September
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, UK - 18th September 2010
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, UK - 18th September 2010
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, UK - 18th September 2010
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Nov-2021 18:36 |
Peter Clarke |
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14-Nov-2021 18:39 |
Peter Clarke |
Updated [Photo] |
14-Nov-2021 18:41 |
Peter Clarke |
Updated [Photo] |
14-Nov-2021 18:43 |
Peter Clarke |
Updated [Photo] |
14-Nov-2021 19:55 |
Peter Clarke |
Updated [Narrative] |
04-Jun-2022 03:45 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |