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TWO MEMBERS OF AIR FORCE OXFORD PLANE CRASHES INTO HOUSE. NEAR ENTRANCE TO MANAWATU GORGE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) PALMERSTON NORTH. This Day. Two men were killed when an Airspeed Oxford training machine from Ohakea crashed through the middle of a two-storey wooden house on Siberia, the property of Mr C. M. Kebbell, near the Ashhurst entrance to the Manawatu Gorge this morning. The men were:— Sergeant R. Brooke-Taylor, aged 25. an instructor, formerly of Christchurch. His wife lives al 290 Madras Street, Christchurch. Leading Aircraftsman T. A. H. Alexander. a trainee nearing the close of his period at Ohakea. He came from Kohukohu. North Auckland, and was aged 26. Both men were killed instantly, the machine hitting the house square-on at the eaves and passing right through it. The plane disintegrated to a remarkable degree.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 December 1940, Page 6
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