TWO AIRMEN KILLED.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20173, 27 February 1931, Page 11

TWO AIRMEN KILLED.

MACHINE CRASHES INTO TREE.' •

FUSELAGE FALLS IN FLAMES.

(UNITED PBiSS ASSOOIitIOIi—BI EtECTBIC TELEOHAPS—COPtBIOHX,)

(Received February 26th, 8.10 p.m.) MELBOURNE, February 26. Two Air Foi?cß airaten were burned to death when a Wapti aeroplane, whioh was .cooperating with the military forces in mock struck a 'tree at Seymour military camp, and crashed in flanics. The Victims are Pilot Officer H. G. Scoullar, and Aircraftsman J. F. Yourn. The disaster occurred within full View of hundreds of volunteer training troops. The aeroplane Was in the act of diving in order to bomb the Lewiß gun anti-aircraft brigade. At a Speed of 180 miles an hour it swooped down from 500 feet. It failed to rise, and struck three gum treoß, with terrible force. The machine literally flew to pieces. Tho fuselage containing the men fell in flames, and it was impossible to rescue the victims. RlOl ENQUIRY REPORT.

CERTAIN EXPERIMENTS BEING CARRIED OUT.

(umTJSH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.)

(Received February 26th, 5.5 p.m.)

IUJGBY, February 25.

Mr F. Montague, TJiider-Secretary for Air, informed the House of Commons to-day that at the request ol the Court of Enquiry into the JllOl disaster, certain experiments were being carried out at the National Physical Laboratory, \yith ft/view to fixing mofe definitely the cause of tho accident. Very valuable resulte are expected from these experiments, which are not yet complete, although most of th® enquiry's repbtt is reftdy* It il impossible to complete,it before tho experiments are concluded.

FAIRBAIRN REACHES * TUNIS. ,

TUNIS, February 25. Fairbairn,. th© undergraduate, who is attempting a record solo flight to Australia, -has arrived at Tunis, wd leaves for Tripoli to-morrow. FLYING-BOAT ACCIDENT. ' „V 1 ' < * ,

STATEMENT REGARDING CAUSE, ' 1 * ■' , ■ J .V > LONDON, Febtfuary f6» , In tho jßtouse :of Commons the Under-Secretary for. AUr/. Mr# Moaill artAwjar- -to questions, said that \it ;irom the re-, cent flying-boat at Plymouth that not hijvo hap%eiusdr tai; for, .thereto disobedience off<>&!&•s th« part Of one officer. In Writer toclear up misapprehensions, U poilW be, /explained that officer concerned! <v»;a marker for nojfc for 'flying inE., Kingsford "smith, for his Atlantic of Hud Sh» Viator SENTENCE ON A WOMAN. ' tar' cowmbnt m ,A: ~v' V 111 |a«ter ? a Court, JUdy Owes,i tho »ld French-widow pf bni in? Sit £ol mfc opera, it MtahMM ta#t^lMf C3t " pu bis vaitt'to ston-. and #M^? e d/,'h^n Ufttnro M th?> in'«A* string , v»urders iit similar circumstantes wheib tho abcbWd pe'opie have been'aequitWt|»' 'ThflM'SsY# thai' f'the Court was'lnfluenced f by' the' fact that< Lady Qweii „ by tfatrfyge. Solitary eonflQoment in France » most The prisonor dop? to;oT, me &rtyoAf>~ i