Two Killed when Plane Dives Close to Watching Sultan
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(Australian and X.Z. Press Association) (United Service}
Reed. 10.3 S a.m. LONDON, Thursday. Crashing into the Royal enclosure from which the Ring watches the an- ' nual air pageant at Hendon, an Air Force plane was buried deep in the ground, and its two occupants—the pilot, Lieutenant Somervell, and the mechanic. Corporal Loud—were killed a few yards from the Sultan of Muscat, in whose honour the Air Force was giving a display. Five types of bombers were flying
I past af 100 miles an hour 200 f- up. j when the tail of Lieutenant Somervell’s J machine became detached, and the j machine nose'-dived. Corporal Loud j jumped from 150 ft. up. : The Sultan, who was robed in red i and gold and who was wearing a green i turban, jumped up with outstretched | arms and cried out in horror. The i crowd likewise was horror-stricken. ; The bandmaster started a gay tune and drowned the erics, while ambu* I lance men removed the bodies and the crowd departed.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 483, 12 October 1928, Page 9
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