Worst Air Disaster, Ever
p. 41 · Read in the full issue
ALTHOUGH the air disaster in South Wales on March 12 resulted in the death of 80 people, it was not the world’s worst air disaster, as has been claimed.
Only now has the story of a higher deathroll (127) been brought to light. It was on Jackson’s Field, Port Moresby in 1943 and was killed by the war censorship of the time.
A Liberator with bomb load up got out of control and crashed into the 2/25 Batallion, AIF, as they were waiting for an air-lift into the Ramu Valley.
Mr. J. O. Clark, who for two years from 1945 was legal officer, Crown Law Office, Port Moresby, has been appointed Warden of Gungahlin, the Hall of Resi dence of the Canberra University College.