’PLANE CRASHES.
OCCUPANTS ESCAPE. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, April 29. Failing hi’ a few yards to reach Barrington Park when attempting to make a forced landing, the pilot of an Air Force aeroplane pancaked his machine into a section at the back of a private house at Spreydon at 11.15 o’clock. The pilot was Leading-Air-craftsman It. Clifford, of Christchurch, who escaped with minor abrasions, while the' observer, Leading-Aircrafts-man J. Curtis, suffered a broken arm. In landing the aeroplane struck and killed a horse. Extensive damage was done to the wings, under-carriage, engine and propeller.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 128, 30 April 1940, Page 8
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94’PLANE CRASHES. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 128, 30 April 1940, Page 8
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