THE AIR DISASTER.
MACHINES FOR EGYPT LOST. FIFTEEN MISSING. Br Telegraph.—Press Assn.-+Copyr'ght. Received Oct. 31, 1.10 a.m. London, Oct. 28. Major-General J. E. B. Seely (Parliamentary Secretary to the Air Ministry), in the House of Commons, said that the War Office, in the spring, was informed of the urgent demand for large aircraft in Egypt.. Three Handley-Page squadrons were sent by air in view of the emergency, though necessarily this involved considerable risks.
Firty-one departed and twenty-six arrived Ten were now at various stages en route, and fifteen had been written
The inquiry was still unfinished.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 31 October 1919, Page 5
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99THE AIR DISASTER. Taranaki Daily News, 31 October 1919, Page 5
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