03682nam 2200625Ia 450 991066221220332120200520144314.01-74224-142-51-74224-631-1(CKB)2670000000341724(EBL)1184831(OCoLC)840119775(SSID)ssj0001036754(PQKBManifestationID)12468895(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001036754(PQKBWorkID)11042620(PQKB)11166729(MiAaPQ)EBC1184831(MiAaPQ)EBC1154621(Au-PeEL)EBL1184831(CaPaEBR)ebr10675229(Au-PeEL)EBL1154621(OCoLC)831117829(EXLCZ)99267000000034172420130409d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAir disaster Canberra[electronic resource] the plane crash that destroyed a government /Andrew Tink1st ed.Sydney, NSW, Australia New Southc20131 online resource (458 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-74223-357-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and abbreviations; Prologue; Part I: The political rise of the Anzac generation; 1. Nose first; 2. Some had fought; 3. Others hadn't; 4. Anzac generation into Parliament; 5. Menzies backs Lyons; 6. Fairbairn, Menzies and Street enter Federal Parliament; 7. Fairbairn, Gullett and Street back Menzies; 8. Australia's leadership malaise; 9. Menzies' resignation; 10. Menzies trumps Page; 11. Menzies PM; 12. Menzies' right-hand men; 13. The war cabinet; 14. Cincinnatus; 15. France falls; 16. The flying MP17. Minister for civil aviation18. Minister for air; 19. Flight Lieutenant R.E. (Bob) Hitchcock; Part II: The air disaster; 20. The Lockheed Hudson; 21. Laverton; 22. Laverton to Essendon; 23. Essendon; 24. Essendon to eternity; 25. A dreadful calamity; 26. The Canberra inquests; 27. The air force inquiries; 28. The judicial inquiry: The players; 29. The judicial inquiry: The hearing; 30. The judicial inquiry: The findings; Part III: A wartime government destroyed; 31. The political fallout; 32. A hung Parliament; 33. Menzies goes to London; 34. Menzies digs in overseas35. The prime ministerial stand in36. Menzies returns; 37. A political lynching; 38. Coles brings down the government; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; IndexIn August 1940 Australia had been at war for almost a year when a Hudson bomber - the A16-97 - carrying ten people, including three cabinet ministers, crashed into a ridge near Canberra. In the ghastly inferno that followed the crash, the nation lost its key war leaders. Over the next twelve months, it became clear that the passing of Geoffrey Street, Sir Henry Gullett and James Fairbairn had destabilized Robert Menzies' wartime government. As a direct but delayed consequence, John Curtin became prime minister in October 1941. Controversially, tAircraft accidentsAustralia1940Political aspectsAustraliaPolitics and government1901-1945Electronic books.Aircraft accidentsPolitical aspects.320.994994/.04/0924Tink Andrew1114406MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910662212203321Air disaster Canberra2640944UNINA