Photographic record of Guinea Airways Ltd • Photograph • State Library of South Australia

Guinea Airways Ltd. : Aircraft

1948, Photograph, B 57200/61

L10A, VH-UXI wreckage after crash 18 December 1939. According to researcher John Buckley, on a flight from Darwin on the 18th December 1939 in a Lockheed 10A Electra vh-uxi and six minutes after take off, the starboard engine burst into flames.The Captain Nobby Buckley was able to get the machine back to the Darwin (Fanny Bay) aerodrome he had to crash land in the bush in the dark, one and a half miles short. Though the plane burned out completely no passenger was seriously injured and the luggage was saved. A Mr. Prewet suffered concussion and a Mr. Kaufmann received cuts to the wrists. They were taken to Darwin hospital and attended to by Dr. Catalano and Sister J. Ormond. An OBE was seriously contemplated for this episode but was opposed by the company on policy grounds.