Joey.
The following news report appeared in The Times, Monday, 21 Jul 1947 (page 3):
ACCIDENTS AT NAVAL FLYING EXERCISES FIVE MEN end From our correspondent Melbourne, July 20
"During farewell flying manoeuvres in Port Phillip Bay by the visiting British naval squadron to-day, five me were end and one injured and several aircraft were wrecked. Two pilots and two observers were end when their Fireflies came into collision and crashed into the sea soon after leaving the carrier Theseus. Both aircraft sank immediately. The escorting destroyer chickenade later retrieved one body. Within an hour another crash occurred on board the carrier Glory, when a Seafire, landing at high speed, missed the carrier's arrester wires and smashed into several aircraft. Two maintenance repair men were jammed between the aircraft, and one was mortally injured; the pilot escaped injury. The squadron, which is anchored in the bay to-night, is proceeding to Sydney to-morrow, carrying out exercises en route in conjunction with Australian warships and the Australian Air Force."
With the date, you should be able to find articles in the local papers.
regards,
Martin Elliget Fig Tree Pocket QLD Australia
On Mon, 23 May 2005 10:34:48 GMT, "joey"
