Negative - Ballarat District, Victoria, pre 1940

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Description Of Content:: A group of people inspecting the wreckage of RAAF biplane A5-4 which crashed on Mt Buninyong, on 12 Dec 1939. There appears to be a heavy fog.
The aircraft has landed facing down a steep slope with the right (port) side wing shattered against to tree trunks.

The aircraft was a Westland Wapiti Mk.IA delivered to the Royal Australian Airforce on 29 March 1929. The airframe was later recovered and became Instructional Airframe No.3 28 Oct 1940.
Acquisition Information:: Copied from Lesla Coad, 1985

Discipline:

Technology

Tagged with:	accidents, aeroplanes, biplanes
Themes this item is part of:	Images & Image Making Collection, Transport Collection, The Biggest Family Album in Australia Collection
Primary Classification:	AIR TRANSPORT
Secondary Classification:	Safety & Regulation
Tertiary Classification:	aircraft crashes
Model Name/Number:	Wapiti Mk.IA
Format:	Negative: Black & White; 35 mm
Place & Date Depicted:	Mount Buningyong, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, Dec 1939
Creator:	Edwin Gullock, pre 1940
Aircraft Depicted:	RAAF, Dec 1939
References:	ADF Aircraft Serial Numbers website, http://www.adf-serials.com/1a5.shtml, viewed 20/05/2010.