HEARD AIRPLANE CRASH
vyjfDERS ISLAND MESSAGE FATE of missing fliers Cable. —Press Association. — Copyright. HOBART, Thursday. t message from Hobart, says a reL from Flinders Island that an which might have the one wat4 ining the New Zealand airmen, yd been heard to crash in the midlands, In* B been am P lifled a further “ rt from the police officer in charge jthe isl»n<iTbe latter states that three men said >her beard the unmistakable hum of an irslane, but they could not see the machine. A few minutes later they heard a crash, and one of them, who °ad been in France with the Expeditionary Force, said: "If that is an airplane she has fallen. I heard them crash like that in France.” WSen it was known the airmen we re missing a search was instituted, hat no traces were found. There is a growing feeling that the machine crashed In the low-lying lagoon country to the east of the Darling Range, which extends many miles and is totally uninhabited. Search parties are being organised. —A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 263, 27 January 1928, Page 1
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178HEARD AIRPLANE CRASH Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 263, 27 January 1928, Page 1
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