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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140194103321

Autore

Hazlehurst Cameron

Titolo

Ten journeys to Cameron's farm : an Australian tragedy / / Cameron Hazlehurst

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra, : ANU Press, 2013

Acton, Australia : , : ANU Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-925021-01-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (682 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

320.994 23

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Australia

Aircraft accidents - Australia

Australia Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Ten Journeys to Camerons Farm tells the lives of the ten men who perished in Duncan Camerons Canberra property on 13 August 1940: three Cabinet ministers, the Chief of the General Staff, two senior staff members, and the RAAF crew of four. The inquiries into the accident, and the aftermath for the Air Force, government, and bereaved families are examined. Controversial allegations are probed: did the pilot F/Lt Bob Hitchcock cause the crash or was the Minister for Air Jim Fairbairn at the controls?