CRASH OF A MUSTANG,
AT MILDURA, VIC
ON ABOUT 5 JUNE 1945

Mustang

Flying Officer Kenneth George Chester (10167) was involved in an accident with a Mustang at 2 Operational Training Unit (2 OTU) at Mildura on about 5 June 1945 when he put his Mustang into a battle climb. The Mustang was torn apart most likely due to strain and severe buffeting when the aircraft broke the sound barrier.

REFERENCE BOOKS

"Aircraft of the RAAF 1921- 71"
By Geoffrey Pentland & Peter Malone

"86 Squadron 1943-45 - Men, Kittyhawks and Mustangs"
By Peter F. Howard

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