Sydney

The crew was performing a local training flight over the Sydney area. On final approach, the aircraft stalled and crashed short of runway. Both occupants were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The crew was performing a mail flight from Germany to New York. The aircraft was catapulted from the German ship named 'Bremen' some 1,500 km from the Canadian coast. The crew made a fuel stop in Sydney and departed the harbor at 2130LT, bound for New York. While flying near Truro, the crew encountered poor visibility due to mist and night when the airplane crashed in the Cobequid Bay. The keeper of the local lighthouse said he heard the engine of an aircraft that crashed and later some shout or cries. The wreckage of the aircraft named 'New York' was found the following day. A first dead body was found the same day and the second dead body three days later.
Crew:
Fritz Simon, pilot,
Rudolph Wagenknecht, engineer.

The three engine aircraft departed Sydney at 0810LT bound for Melbourne. En route, the crew encountered strong unfavorable winds and the weather conditions worsened with poor visibility. The aircraft named 'Southern Cloud' hit the slope of a mountain located in the Snowy Mountains, in the Kosciuszko National Park, west of Jindabyne. SAR were initiated but no trace of the aircraft nor the eight occupants were found, so all operations were eventually suspended. On 26 October 1958, more than 27 years later, Tom Sonter, a man aged 22, found the wreckage while on a walk in the bush. The crash occurred in a very inaccessible area.
Crew:
Travis W. Shortridge, pilot,
Charles I. Dunnell, copilot.
Passengers:
Elsie May Glasgow,
Clyde C. Hood,
Hubert A. Farall,
Julian Margules,
William O’Reilly,
Claire Stokes.

The aircraft arrived at Goulburn at 0800LT and was supposed to continue to Sydney. Weather conditions deteriorated and both occupants, Cpt E. W. Cornish, owner of the aircraft and his pupil, G. K. Wride, were advised by Cpt Matheson, an instructor with the Goulburn Aero Club, not to continue the flight. Nevertheless Cornish elected to carry on and evidently Wride was in control when the aircraft, flying at around 100-150 feet, nose dived onto a stony ridge located 3 miles from Marulan. The aircraft was destroyed and both occupants were killed.

Source: Ed Coates.

On final approach to Coonabarabran, while on a cargo flight from Sydney-Mascot, the aircraft crashed and was destroyed by impact forces and a post impact fire. Both occupants were injured.

The crew was performing the first trans-Tasman sea flight from Richmond, in the suburb of Sydney to Wellington, New Zealand. En route, the crew sent a morse message to confirm that all was ok on board, but the aircraft failed to arrive in New Zealand. SAR operations were initiated but no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found. The distance between Richmond and Wellington was approximately 2,320 km and the flying time was estimated to be 14 hours.
Crew:
George Hood, pilot,
John Moncrieff, flight engineer.