Guinea Airways (New Guinea) - Flight Crew List.
† Denotes killed in the line of duty
Blackman, M |
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Boyden, Rex H. |
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Cameron, T. S. ‘Ginger’ |
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Cannon, George William |
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Chambers, E. R. |
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Chater, Eric J. |
Acting General Manager, after Ian Grabowsky's departure. Later became General Manager |
Clarke, Harry Richard |
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Clarke, R. L. ‘Nobby’ |
Flew Convair CV-440s |
Cross, Alan S. |
Chief Pilot 1930. Later became the General Manager |
Denny, Ormond Dare ‘Orm’ |
Previously with Goldfields Air Navigation. To Guinea 10/31 |
Ditton, Edward W. |
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Drayton, Frank † |
Previously with Air Gold Ltd. Killed in the crash of DH-60 VH-UMJ on 26/12/1932 |
Fader, Norman D. ‘Norm’ |
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Garden, Kenneth G. 'Ken' |
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Gardiner, W. E. ‘Puss’ |
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Grabowsky, Ian Hermam 'Grab' |
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Gray, Charles Henry ‘Charlie’ |
Younger brother of William Gray. Mainly flew Gypsy and Fox Moths. Transferred to Guinea Airways Australia 2/1942. Resigned to join A.N.A. |
Gray, William Thomas |
Previously with Pacific Aerial Transport and W. R. Carpenter. Flew DH-60G, DH-83, Junkers F13, W34s (wheels and floats), Junkers G31, Ford 4-AT / 5-AT and Stinson Reliants (wheels and floats). Transferred to Guinea Airways in Australia 2/1942 |
Gurney, Charles Robert |
Ex R.A.A.F. Joined Guinea Airways 1929 |
Hammond, Henry Talbot ‘Bunny’ |
Previously with Air Gold Ltd as an engineer and Holden Air Transport. Mainly flew DH-50s with the company |
Heath, Edwin Bowman ‘Bertie’ |
Ex R.F.C. and R.A.A.F. Joined the company 1931 to fly Junkers G.31s. Transferred to Guinea Airways in Australia |
Hemsworth, Godfrey Ellard |
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Hosie, Ian James |
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Hughes, Hugh |
Transferred to Guinea Airways in Australia |
Jackson, G. H. |
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Jukes, John |
Transferred to Guinea Airways in Australia |
Koch, Albert Aubrey ‘Aub’ |
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Lang, James 'Jim' |
Transferred to Guinea Airways in Australia |
Lynch-Blosse, P. W. |
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McGilvery, Harry Donald Lionel |
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Moody, Percy Harry ‘Skip’ |
Previously with Air Gold Ltd. Later flew with New England Airways and Airlines of South Australia |
Mustar, Ernest Andrew ‘Pard’ |
Previously with Guinea Gold No Liability. Later became the Managing Director |
Neal, Edgar H. 'Ted' |
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O’Dea, Frederick Thomas ‘Tommy’ |
Previously with Holdens Air Transport. Later Assistant General Manager of G.A.L. |
Pepperday, Robert G. 'Bob' |
Left company to join T.A.A. |
Pratt, Charles |
Flew occasional flights with Air Gold Ltd |
Robins, William John |
Also flew for the company in Australia |
Rose, G. |
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Ross, Leslie ‘Les’ |
Just missed the Japanese air raid on Bulolo 2/1/1942 whilst flying the Junkers G.32 VH-UOW. Transferred to Guinea Airways in Australia |
Schubert, Leonard E. 'Snow' |
Transferred to Guinea Airways in Australia 2/1942 |
Selk, E. F. |
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Townsend, F. |
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Trist, Les T. † |
Previously with Air Gold Ltd. Killed in the crash of Junkers W34 VH-UNR on 22/5/1931 |
Turner, Jack ‘Payload’ |
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Wild, Norman |
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Wiltshire, Sidney Noel ‘Sid’ |
Previously with North Queensland Airways. |
Wiltshire, William Percy ‘Bill’ |
Previously with Mandated Territory Airways. |
The initial list was compiled by Gil White with later additions by Fred Niven