Toll of the Air
THREE KILLED IN AMERICA
English Night Bomber Down
TWO R.A.F. MEN DIE—OTHERS HURT
AX airplane owned bv the film actor, Wallace Beery, crashed at Los Angeles and three persons were killed. In England a bomber crashed in landing after a night tugJith and two Royal Air Force men were killed, others being badly hurt.
United P.A.—By Telegraph— Copyright Reed. 9.5 a.m. VANCOUVER, Tues. A pilot and two passengers were burned to death when an airplane owned by Wallace Beery, the movie actor, went into a tail-spin 500 ft. above Alhambra, a suburb near Los Angeles and crashed into a field with a terrific impact, and burst into flames. Beery’s pilot, the Pilot’s wife and another airplane pilot friend were in the machine, which was a cabin biplane. The actor was not aboard. A sputtering motor caused the plane I to lose altitude. I
Motorists who rushed to the scene when the machine struck could see the bodies behind a wall of flame, but rescue was impossible. BOMBER’S NIGHT CRASH TWO R.A.F. MEN KILLED Reed. 10.30 a.m. LONDON, Tuesday. A Vickers Virginia bomber, while landing after a night flight, crashed at Wo'rthydown. Flying-Officer E. R. White and PilotOfficer P. J. Pratt were killed, Squad-ron-Leader A. S. Allerton was dangerously injured and two aircraftsmen were slightly injured.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 931, 26 March 1930, Page 9
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219Toll of the Air Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 931, 26 March 1930, Page 9
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