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Wed 4 Feb 1942 - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)
Page 9 - 13 KILLED IN AIR CRASH
13 KILLED IN
AIR CRASH
Enemy Attack on
Flying-boat
MELBOURNE, Tuesday—Thir-
teen persons were killed when a
Qantas Empire Airways flying-
boat was attacked by enemy
fighters and crashed into the
sea during a flight from Darwin
to Koepang on Friday.
Revealing this to-day, the Minis-
ter for Air, Mr. Drakeford, said that
the aircraft carried 13 passengers and
a crew of five, of whom three pas-
sengers and two members of the crew
had been saved.
Those killed were:—
Mr. G. A. Farrelly, of Sarawak.
Mr. D. W. McCulloch, married, of
Nedlands, Western Australia.
Mr. H. E. Outfield, of Sarawak.
Mr. J. C McMillan, 31, married, of
Sydney.
Mr. E. G. Kerr, 31, single, of Mel-
bourne.
Mr. G. C. Vantereight, 21, single, of
Sydney.
Mr. W. N. Lee, 22, single, of Mel-
bourne.
Mr. W. O. Beckett, 21, single, of
Brisbane.
Mr. J. H. Holliday, 23, single, of Mel-
bourne.
Mr. J. Depinna, 18, single, of
Sydney.
Radio Officer A. S. Patterson, 39,
single, of Leicestershire, England.
Purser G. W. Cruickshank, 31, mar-
ried, of Sydney.
Flight Steward S. C. Elphick, 33,
married, of Sydney.
The survivors are:—
Captain A. A. Koch, 37, married, of
Sydney (commander of the flying-
boat).
First Officer V. Lyne, 26, married, of
Sydney.
Mr. F. A. Moore, of Sarawak.
Mr. J. C. B. Fisher, of Sarawak.
Mr. B. L. Westbrook, single, of
Hobart.
FIGHTERS ATTACK
The aircraft was forced down by
enemy fighters at the mouth of the
Noelmans River, near Koepang, at
about the same time as Japanese
bombing raids were made on the town.
Mr. Drakeford said that Captain
Koch suffered a broken right leg, and
machine-gun wounds in the left arm
and left leg.
When the flying-boat crashed into
the sea its back was broken and it
sank shortly afterwards.
Medical aid had been sent to the
injured persons, who were known to
be on the mainland in the vicinity
of Koepang.
The aircraft carried one ton of mails
and it was considered unlikely that
they would be recovered.
The next of kin had been notified of
the disaster.
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