BREAKDOWNS OF AIRCRAFT
DEMOBILISATION OF R.A.A.F. BLAMED
(Rec. 9 p.m.) DARWIN, June 7. The Air Board’s policy of rapid demobilisation is blamed for the breakdowns to Royal Australian Air Force transport aircraft which are endangering the lives of passengers and crews. In the Darwin area alone nine Royal Australian Air Force aircraft, including seven Dakotas are unserviceable. Three Dakotas are grounded at Alice Springs, three at Darwin, and one at Ambon.
There have been some lucky escapes. Yesterday a Catalina was lost near the Champagne Islands, but the crew is safe. A' Dakota is marooned at the Amboina airstrip and has 15 passengers aboard, including seven women. Another Dakota developed engine trouble on the wav from Japan and flew the last 400 miles to the Philinpines on one motor. Major-General H. C. H. Robertson’s Liberator is grounded at Darwin because of a breakage of an engine part. Exnerts claim that' the rapid demobilisation has left the engine maintenance staffs short of men who understand American radial engines of the type used in transport aeroplanes.
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24896, 8 June 1946, Page 7
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174BREAKDOWNS OF AIRCRAFT Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24896, 8 June 1946, Page 7
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