Tink 's third book was published in April 2013 , '' Air Disaster Canberra : the plane crash that destroyed a government '' . It covers the events and consequences , both personal and political , of the Canberra air crash of 13 August 1940 . The crash killed three senior cabinet ministers in the first Menzies government , Brigadier Geoffrey Austin Street , James Valentine Fairbairn and Sir Henry Somer Gullett as well as Fairbairn 's Private Secretary . General Sir Cyril Brudenell Bingham White , Lieutenant Colonel Francis Thornthwaite and four other service personnel were also killed
Canberra air crash of 13 August 1940
1940 Canberra air disaster
Andrew Tink