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A Miraculous Escape 1940
Description
Full title reads: "A Miraculous Escape"
Australia.
VS of the wreckage of an Australian airliner lying in a field after it crash landed, with CUs of the engine, fuel tanks etc. lying in field. The plane crashed after colliding with an eagle but the pilot managed to land the machine,...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Mark
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 20737
- Sort Number:
- 40/034
- Time in/Out:
- 01:02:25:00 / 01:03:03:00
- Canister:
- 40/34
- Film ID:
- 1043.03
- Issue Date:
- 25/04/1940
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The incident featured here took place on 8 February 1940.
Plane involved was a Douglas DC-2-185, Registration Number VH-USY, named "Bungana".
The hero pilot was Captain Norman Croucher. The air hostess featured at the end of the clip is Mavis Matters.
Impressive information - Where did you find out their names jamied?