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Defence
Author: Dr Sue Rosen
Research: Liz Gorman
Client: Lendlease
Horse racing at Menangle Park was put on hold when the site was commandeered by the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II for use as an airfield.
At 1400 hours on the 29th March 1944, 6 Beaufort aircraft took off for a training flight. Sadly, only 5 were to return. Trouble for the ill-fated A9-550 had started during taking off; 3rd in line down runway, it was overtaken by the following 3 planes. A9-550 lumbered into the air heading south-east with the formation, but struggled to gain altitude.
After being aloft for only 5 minutes, the pilot reported over the radio that the port engine had cut out. One of the nearby planes watched A9-550 flip onto its back and go down. The aircraft crashed into scrub on the Macarthur-Onslows' Mount Gilead property
Unfortunatley by the time the ambulance arrived 55 minutes later, the aircraft was alight and the crew had perished.
Sue Rosen Associates was commissioned to see if the site of the crash could be determined. We worked with reports and photographs from the National Archives, liaised with the History and Heritage Branch of the RAAF, and examined high-resolution historical aerial photographs obtained from the NSW Department of Finance.
While we believe we have narrowed the search area, a second stage of investigation including oral history and a field survey is required to identify and mark the site.
IN MEMORIAM
F/Sgt HB Johnston (420024): Pilot, aged 26
F/O RW Durrant (422555): 2nd Pilot, aged 24
F/O HD Wheller (426409): Navigator, aged 21
F/Sgt RAC Hoscher (412535): W/T Operator, aged 23
AC1 WH Bray (141632): Crew, aged 22
Guildford Soldiers' Memorial School of Arts - Heritage Impact Assessment
Author: Dr Sue Rosen Client: Cumberland City Council Stone elements in the Guildford Soldiers’ Memorial were damaged by water egress. We prepared a heritage assessment supporting specialist stone conservation works…
Evans v Commonwealth of Australia in ACT Supreme Court
Author: Sue Rosen Research: Emily Pickering Client: Shine Lawyers Historic research in Defence Files held in the Commonwealth Archives to support damages claim by the dependent of a former member…
ANZAC Parade
Author: Dr Sue Rosen Heritage Consultant: Liz Gorman Client: Randwick City Council One of Dr Sue Rosen's favourite projects this year was ANZAC parade, a Heritage Assessment commissioned by Randwick…
Statement of Heritage Impact Wharf 52A - Goat Island, Sydney Harbour National Park
Authors: Dr Sue Rosen and Dr Sid French Client: National Parks and Wildlife Service A small portion of the wharf broaches Goat Island proper, it is…
RAAF Beaufort A9-550 air accident at Mount Gilead
Author: Dr Sue Rosen Research: Liz Gorman Client: Lendlease Horse racing at Menangle Park was put on hold when the site was commandeered by the Royal Australian Air Force…
Steele Military Bridge Over Berowra Creek - Heritage Impact Statement
Authors: Dr Sue Rosen & Dr Sid French Client: NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service The object of this Heritage Impact Statement and Statement of Significance was to assess the…
Assessment of Heritage Significance of 34 Bridges for RTA.
Authors: Dr Sid French (Worley Parsons) Dr Sue Rosen, Ms Emma Dortins, Ms Rosemary Kerr, Ms Julia Kensey, (Sue Rosen and Associates) Client: Roads and…
In their own voice: using oral history to provide personal context to thematic studies.
Paper presented at There's a War On! Collections, sites and stories related to WWI and WWII - Museums & Galleries NSW, NSW Heritage Office and Central West Heritage Network, Albury Museum…
The development of a thematic study of moveable heritage related to WWI and WWII activities and sites in NSW
Author: Dr Sue Rosen Client: Museums & Galleries NSW and NSW Heritage Office Paper presented at There's a War On! Collections, sites and stories related to WWI…
There’s a War On! WWI and WWII at Home: NSW Moveable Heritage Related to the Experience of War at Home. An Assessment Model
Authors: Sue Rosen and Sarah Jane Rennie Client: Museums and Galleries NSW and NSW Heritage Office Many of the events of war time Australia have been taken…
Heritage Significance of NSW pre-1948 Concrete Beam Bridges in Sydney, South West and Southern RTA Regions, BRW and HAAH for RTA.
Authors: Sue Rosen and Sid French This study has examined the bridges in the group, assessed them and generated a ranking table which categorises them as…
Sydney Region Heritage Studies: Liverpool RTA Sub-Region, Phase I.
Authors: Emma Dortins and Sue Rosen, Historians and Heritage Consultants Client: The Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) Environment Branch This heritage study of the Liverpool Sub-Region of Sydney aim to identify…
Heritage Assessment of RTA controlled Pre 1948 Concrete Slab and Arch Bridges.
Authors: Sue Rosen and Sid French This study has examined the bridges in the group, assessed them and generated a ranking table which categorises them as of State, Local or…
Historic Context Report: Forest Lodge Drill Hall
Authors: Rosemary Kerr and Sue Rosen Client: Jackson Teece Chesterman and Willis Historic Context Report and chronology for Forest Lodge Drill Hall and surrounding area The expansion of the armed forces…
Conservation Plan: Defence Department Properties at 2D Frenchman’s Road, Randwick.
Authors: Sue Rosen and Beverley Johnson Client: Jackson Teece Chesterman Willis Consultants Pty Ltd for Department of Defence Conservation Management Plan to identify and understand the cultural significance of the site…
Bankstown: A Sense of Identity, Hale & Iremonger, Sydney, 1996.
Author: Sue Rosen Bankstown: A sense of identity explores how an area came to be the place it is today: culturally, economically and physically. It's a book to be…