PLANE IN FLAMES
FOUR PEOPLE BURNED BIG VICKERS CRASHES ANOTHER MACHINE HIT By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Reed. 8 a.m. LONDON, Tuesday An Air Force Vickers plane crashed at Eastchurch and the four occupants were incinerated. When the machine was taking off it struck the wing of another plane on the ground. It rose 200 feet and then crashed, turning a complete somersault. When it hit the ground it burst into flames and a terrific explosion followed. Assistance was immediately forthcoming, but the occupants were dead.— Sun and Argus.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 24, 20 April 1927, Page 13
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87PLANE IN FLAMES Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 24, 20 April 1927, Page 13
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