Tasmanian War Casualties

World War 11 Casualties

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Crisp, Elwyn Derek

The Sydney Morning Herald 16 Feb 1942

PLANE CRASHES AT CAIRNS

Two Pilots Killed

BRISBANE, Sunday .--The Carpenter Airlines Lockheed plane Carmenia crashed in dense I mangrove scrub about three quarters of a mile from Cairns aerodrome one minute after taking off at 4 a m on Saturday The occupants Captain E D Crisp (pilot) and Captain C Bernard were both killed

Captain Bernard was the pilot who recently was chased by Japanese fighters after he had escaped in his plane from Port Moresby after a | bombing attack He took part in the evacuation by plane of civilians from Papua and New Guinea. Captain Crisp with Captain Bernard as co pilot was on his way back to Papua having arrived in Cairns from the territory on the previous day

Captain Elwyn Derek Crisp who was 40 years of age was a son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Crisp of Powell Street Killara

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