Captain of the ill fated Viscount Was Capt. Ken Cooper.
The F/O was John Gillam.
I joined Ansett -ANA in Jan 64 and John was on the same DC3 course but was employed by Ansett-MAL ( New Guinea ) , he did not have enough experience to join Ansett-ANA. He worked in New Guniea for a while to get enough experience and was then able to join Ansett_ANA . He was delighted to be on the Viscount and he used to say how nice the V832 was . What a tragedy it ended for him the way it did. He worked so hard to come back to OZ.
Life can deal some cruel cards at times.
