FIGHTER-BOMBER BLOWN TO PIECES
Received Sundav, S..10 p.m. AlFLBo'l'RXF, Dec. 7. Hundreds of people uiitclnng uu R.A.A.F. deinoiistnitiou near Wenibev yesterday saw, a Alustang lightei bomber blowri to pieces when a 2501, bomb detonated during its relfase. Th disaster occurred during the ileruoiistra tion of offensive air supporl and wa.watclied- by an audience which inchubs hundreds. of bovs from nearliy schu.ils The plane dived from 5000 to 2()ih feet and just as it was expectod t' release the bomb a terrilic exploVioi. occurred. Fragments of the plaiu weie scattered for hundreds of \ard. around the target. The cliarred remains of Flight-Lieut X. H. Bradbury, of Brisbane, julol o, the plane, have been recovered. Jh joined the R.A.A.F. in 1940 when IS and served in Burma with the R.A.F. He was marriod with one child. Although o^ther such explosions were known during war service, R.A.A.F. officers are mystilied as to the i-ause, for bombs of the type used -u-.. uot supposed to become "alive" unta tliev l'all aw.av from the nircraft.
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Chronicle (Levin), 8 December 1947, Page 5
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