CAVALRYMEN KILLED
BOMBS FROM OWN PLANES TRAGIC ERROR IN INDIA (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 9.40 a.m. DELHI, Wednesday. Three Indian officers and eight cavalrymen of the Poona Horse, an Indian cavalry regiment, jvere killed, and many wounded by Air Force planes. The latter were at flying practice and were bombing a certain area. The pilots saw what they believed to be a white circle, the regulation land uign, but actually what they saw was the white headgear of the cavalrymen. They dropped three bombs In their midst. Many horses were also killed and wounded.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 570, 24 January 1929, Page 9
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