DUKE OF KENT THROWN CLEAR
DIFFICULT TASK TO RECOVER BODIES NEW ZEALANDER WAS SECOND PILOT London, Aug. 27. The Duke of Kent’s Sunderland crashed in one of the loneliest parts of the Highlands. The wreckage was only found after nearly two hours’ search although witnesses were only a mile distant. Fragments of the fuselage were widely scattered over the mountain into which the Sunderland crashed in mist.. The removal of the bodies across the rugged pathless moorland was a task requiring considerable organisation. It was done by soldiers, airmen, farmers and shepherds. The Duke of Kent and two others were thrown clear of the Sunderland. They were apparently killed instantly. An Air Ministry official stated that the Sunderland was a Coastal Command machine from an operational station. Its crew and passengers were all members of services, therefore a civil inquiry is unlikely. An official casualty list of the crash names 14 killed, including Wing-Com-mander T. L. Moseley. R.A.F., who was first pilot; Sergeant E. F. Blacklock, R.N.Z.A.F., second pilot: Flight Lieutenant F. M. Goyen, R.A.F., an Australian who was captain.
Flight Sergeant Jack is classified as seriously injured.—P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 28 August 1942, Page 5
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