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MOUNT PARKER-GOLD CRASH-HK Sunday Herald

Submitted by IDJ on Wed, 2021-05-19 02:30
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1947

A reported substantial discrepancy between what the gold bullion manifest claimed, and the amount recovered from the crash at the time of news-print publication.

Fire up the metal detectors and head for the hills!!

USAF plane crashes into Shaukiwan hill-1961

Submitted by IDJ on Sun, 2019-01-20 23:08
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1961

Related to https://gwulo.com/atom/31713

RAF Handley Page Hastings crash possible cause

Submitted by IDJ on Thu, 2018-11-01 23:00
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1953

RAF Handley Page Hastings crash.jpg

Submitted by IDJ on Thu, 2018-11-01 22:56
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1953

Crash cutting South China Morning Post 27 July 1953.

Submitted by Andrew Suddaby on Thu, 2018-11-01 18:42
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1953

Crashes at Kai Tak were not uncommon in the 1950s. Piston engined planes were generally not as reliable as turbo props and jets and the runways in use before the one extending into the harbour was built were notoriously difficult ones for pilots.  When Andrew Suddaby arrived by B.O.A.C. Argonaut the pilot made the comforting (?) announcement that Kai Tak was the most exciting and trickiest airport he knew.

Air crash local UK paper

Submitted by Andrew Suddaby on Thu, 2018-11-01 18:42
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1953

Jim flew from the UK to Hong Kong by R.A.F. Transport Command in a Hastings aircraft.  This was the military version of the Hermes plane flown by B.O.A.C.. The Hastings seemed to suffer from more than their fair share of mechanical problems.

Joseph HALL [1921-1946]

Submitted by Margaret Francis on Thu, 2018-10-18 20:23
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Hall
Given: 
Joseph
Birth
Date: 
1921-12-10
Birthplace (town, state): 
Seaton, Cumberland
Death
Date: 
1946-03-26
Cause of death: 
RAF crash on Lantau Island

Joseph was posted to Hong Kong with the RAF.  He worked on the development of radar.  On 26 March 1946 was in an aircraft which crashed on Lantau Island.  He is buried in Sai Wan Cemetery.

Birthplace (country): 
England
Tags: 
RAF
Lantau Island
Air crash
1946

John HANSBURY [1916-1994]

Submitted by miyow on Sat, 2018-06-02 03:00
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Hansbury
Given: 
John
Birth
Date: 
1916-09-01
Birthplace (town, state): 
Warrington, Lancashire
Death
Date: 
1994-05-15
Cause of death: 
Cancer

Born into a working-class family in Warrington, Northern England, John Hansbury grew up in grinding poverty among the steel mills of Lancashire (now Cheshire). He had a gift for mathematics, and was able to take advantage of scholarships to get the education necessary to become a draftsman.

Birthplace (country): 
England
Tags: 
Air crash
hiking
Kai Tak Airfield
DC3 Dakota
Lantau Island

AIR CRASH-Mount Parker-11 March 1950-page 002

Submitted by IDJ on Sun, 2016-05-15 02:50
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1951

Supplement to page 01

AIR CRASH-Mount Parker-11 March 1950-page 01

Submitted by IDJ on Sun, 2016-05-15 02:47
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1951

The SCMP reported the crash investigation findings in the May 31 1951 edition

The microfilmed print is difficult to read even when zoomed in

Those on GWULO more well versed than I when accessing the HK Libraries on-line newsprint should be able to find the initial reports of the crash. I cannot find my print copies at the moment.

The DC4 airliner was operated by POAS (Pacific Overseas Airlines System) based in Thailand

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