VH-TVC    Vickers 720 Viscount   'John Oxley'                              (c/n  46)

                              

                                     Entered service in 1955.  My shot above at Essendon in 1956.   Leased to Ansett-ANA in
                                     1960.  On 30 November 1961, whilst on a scheduled flight from Sydney to Canberra, the
                                     aircraft broke up in the air over Botany Bay, nine minutes after take off, killing all 11 pass-
                                     engers and 4 crew.   The accident was attributed to a failure of the starboard wing due
                                     to excessive turbulence