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| rdfs:label | - 1940 Brocklesby mid-air collision
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| rdfs:comment | - On 29 September 1940, a mid-air collision occurred over Brocklesby, New South Wales, Australia. The accident was unusual in that the aircraft involved, two Avro Ansons of No. 2 Service Flying Training School RAAF, remained locked together after colliding, and then managed to land safely. Both navigators and the pilot of the lower Anson bailed out after the aircraft struck. The pilot of the upper Anson, however, found that he was able to control the interlocked aircraft using his ailerons and flaps, coupled with the still-functioning engines on the machine underneath. He then made an emergency landing in a nearby paddock. All four crewmen survived the incident, and the upper Anson was repaired and returned to flight service.
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| Site | - Brocklesby, New South Wales, Australia
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| Caption | - --09-29
- Engines and forward sections of the two aircraft
- The interlocked Ansons lying in a paddock
- The monument to the accident in Brocklesby, 2009
- Sergeant Fuller with Australian High Commissioner Stanley Bruce in London, 1941
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| plane1 origin | - RAAF Station Forest Hill, New South Wales
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| plane2 origin | - RAAF Station Forest Hill, New South Wales
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| Alt | - Side view of two military monoplanes lying wheels up on a field, one atop the other
- Rear three-quarter view of two military monoplanes lying wheels down on a field, one atop the other
- Two men talking, one in dark overcoat with broad-brimmed hat, the other in dark military uniform with forage cap
- Two military monoplanes lying wheels down on a field, one atop the other
- An aircraft engine and propeller sits under fenced, roofed shelter in a park
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| Image | - Two Avro Ansons "piggyback" in a paddock near Brocklesby 2.jpg
- BrocklesbyAvroAnsonPropeller.JPG
- SUK10426BruceFuller1941.jpg
- WhenAnsonLandsOnAnson1940.jpg
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| plane2 operator | - No. 2 Service Flying Training School RAAF
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| abstract | - On 29 September 1940, a mid-air collision occurred over Brocklesby, New South Wales, Australia. The accident was unusual in that the aircraft involved, two Avro Ansons of No. 2 Service Flying Training School RAAF, remained locked together after colliding, and then managed to land safely. Both navigators and the pilot of the lower Anson bailed out after the aircraft struck. The pilot of the upper Anson, however, found that he was able to control the interlocked aircraft using his ailerons and flaps, coupled with the still-functioning engines on the machine underneath. He then made an emergency landing in a nearby paddock. All four crewmen survived the incident, and the upper Anson was repaired and returned to flight service.
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