TOO SCARED TO JUMP
AIRCRAFTSMAN KILLED
PILOT LANDS SAFELY
LONDON, March 12. A curious aviation fatality occurred at T.lironburg, Gloucestershire, when an R.A.F. Westland Wallace bomber developed engine trouble and crashed, killing Aircraftsman Griffiths, .although the pilot, Lemay, jumped with a parachute and was saved. Realising the certainty of disaster, Lc-niay tried to persuade 'Griffiths to trust to his parachute, but this was fruitless, Griffiths being apparently frightened. After delaying his own jump till the last moment, Lemay stepped off the bomber and lauded safely.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 61, 13 March 1934, Page 7
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85TOO SCARED TO JUMP Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 61, 13 March 1934, Page 7
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