I'm looking into this as the aircraft crashed 30 yards from where my mother (to be) was sleeping. I am very interested to know how I wasn't 'killed'
James - Here's a link to a Douglas DC-3 disaster, that involved the aircraft spiralling down in amongst closely-set buildings, from 500', directly after takeoff.
No-one on the ground or in any of the buildings was killed or injured, despite the DC-3 being fully-fueled and almost fully-loaded. An aircraft going straight in, perpendicularly, leaves a surprisingly small impact area.
04 Jul 1949 - The West Australian - p3