Airlines (W.A.) Ltd - Flight Crew List.
† Denotes killed in the line of duty
Beer, Kenneth |
Ex R.A.A.F. DH-104 pilot |
Bird, John P. |
Joined company 22/3/1954. Transferred to M.M.A. on merger |
Boulden, William 'Bill' |
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Bower, Ralph E. |
Part time pilot. Purchased Anson VH-AGX |
Brady, Francis A. 'Frank'
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Ex R.A.A.F. Joined company 14/11/1948. Resigned to join M.M.A. in 1953 |
Brindley, Raymond 'Ray' |
Captain in 1955 |
Butterworth, Ronald K. 'Ron' |
Flew for the airline as a part-time pilot from 1938 mainly on weekends. Flew at least Anson VH-BXV in dingo baiting flights with Frank Properjohn |
Casson, John H. |
Joined company 1/1950. Flew Ansons and DH-104s including developmental services. Resigned to join M.M.A. in 1954 |
Cook, Colin
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Dorrington, Brian |
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Goddard, Sidney J. 'Syd' |
Father of Merton Goddard. Ex R.A.A.F. Chief instructor at Royal Aero Club of W.A. Transferred to M.M.A. in 1948 |
Hickson, Robert H. 'Bob' |
Joined company 1/1937 as a replacement pilot for Alec Whitham. First Airlines W.A. pilot to fly the DH-84. Left company to fly with Guinea Airways in 1939. Later flew with W.R. Carpenter Airlines and Union Airways in New Zealand. Joined the R.A.A.F. and later QANTAS. Rejoined Airlines W.A. 3/1948 |
Hill, Charles N. 'Nelson' |
ex R.A.A.F. and A.N.A. Joined the company 17/7/1948. Flew DH-82 VH-ARU on dingo baiting flights. Later a captain on Ansons. With Ken Beer he was one of the first pilots to train on the DH-104. Became the Chief Pilot 3/1948. Resigned to join M.M.A. |
Hood, Charles M. 'Robin' † |
Ex R.A.F. Killed in the crash of DH-104 VH-AQO 15/10/1951 |
Ingham, James 'Jim' |
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Lovat, Richard 'Foxy' or 'Silver Fox' |
Joined company 1/10/1951. Transferred to M.M.A. on merger |
James, V. 'Viv' |
Was the third pilot employed after C.W. Snook and F. Townsend |
Legh, P. P. |
Ex Royal Navy pilot |
McCulloch, Keith |
Ex R.A.F. Joined the company 17/3/1947. Captain Flew at least DH-104s. Transferred to M.M.A. on merger |
Meadows, George J. |
Ex R.A.A.F. Joined the company 1948. Flew at least Ansons. Resigned to join NM.M.A. in 1954 |
Moore, John H. |
Joined the company in 1937. Chief Pilot and Director. Flew part time. Retired in 3/1948 and was replaced as Chief Pilot by Nelson Hill |
Pearce, E. John |
Ex A.N.A. |
Properjohn, Francis I. 'Frank' |
Resigned to join M.M.A. in 1951. Flew at least Avro Ansons on dingo baiting flights |
Smith, Glynn M. 'Glynn' |
Joined the R.A.A.F. in 1939. Became an instructor at Geraldton 1941 - 1944. Seconded to Airlines (W.A.) late February 1944. To Aerial Surveys Ltd in late 1947 as Chief Pilot. Joined M.M.A. in late 1949 |
Snook, Charles W. |
Founder of the airline and its first pilot. Ex R.F.C. and Western Air Services (1930); Wings Ltd (Managing Director and Chief Pilot); Air Taxis Perth (Chief Pilot); School of Aviation, Marylands from 1931 to 1933; Western Mining Corp 1933 - 1934 (Chief Pilot) |
Stewart, Douglas A. 'Ken' |
Ex R.A.A.F. Joined the company 10/1954. Transferred to M.M.A. on merger in 1955 |
Taylor, Frank |
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Townsend, F. |
Was the airline's second pilot. Was replaced by Viv James. Also flew with Holdens and Guinea Airways |
Watts, Ross S. |
Ex R.A.A.F. 1941. Joined the company 15/2/1946. Initially flew DH-90 Dragonfly and progress to DH-89 Dragon Rapides. Seconded to W.A. Department of Agriculture for aerial baiting of dingos. Resigned to join A.N.A. in 1948. Rejoined the company 23/5/1951 and later flew DH-104s Transferred to M.M.A. on merger 1/10/1955 |
Wheatley, Howard |
Ex R.A.A.F. Joined the company 10/1944. After January 1946 he flew part time and continued to do so until 1955 |
Whisson, John G. |
Transferred to M.M.A. on merger 1/10/1955 |
Whitham, Alexander L. A. 'Alec' |
Previosly with Goldfields Airways from 1934 - 1935. Joined the company 7/1936 but left 31/1/1937 to join M.M.A. |
Williams, John |
Ex R.A.A.F. |