One of Australia's worst peacetime aviation disasters has been memorialised on the 75th anniversary of the crash that claimed the lives of all onboard.

On June 26, 1950, the Australian National Airlines Douglas DC-4 Amana departed from Perth en route to Melbourne via Adelaide.

About 100 kilometres east of Perth and 10 minutes into the flight, the plane crashed into bushland near York.

Locals rushed to the crash site after witnessing the low-flying aircraft, where 28 crew and passengers were found deceased.

The sole survivor of the crash died in hospital days later.

A memorial, including a replica of the aircraft and a plaque made out of a stone recovered from the crash site, was unveiled in York on Saturday.

Diana Iles was six years old when she was told that her father, Vincent Fine

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