Air disaster Canberra : the plane crash that destroyed a government
Tink, Andrew2013
Books, Manuscripts
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 plane a Hudson A16 97 carrying ten people, including three cabinet leaders, crashed into a ridge near Canberra.
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Imprint:
Sydney, N.S.W. : NewSouth Pub., 2013.
Collation:
x, 309 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits, photographs ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-304) and index.
ISBN:
9781742233574
Dewey class:
320.994
Language:
English
Subject:
Menzies, Robert Sir, 1894-1978Aircraft accidents -- Australian Capital Territory -- CanberraWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- HistoryAircraft accidents -- AustraliaAustralia -- Politics and government -- 1901-1945Australia -- History -- 1901-1945Australia -- HistoryAustralia -- Politics and government
BRN:
7637
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