PLANES COLLIDE
V " ——IW MISHAP IN MID-AIR NEAR SYDNEY BOTH CRASH INTO SEA. ONLY ONE OCCUPANT RESCUED. Hiy 1 »M<*graph — n>;ht■' < Received This Day. 9,30 n.m > SYDNEY, This Day : Two Air Force planes collided in midi air and crashed into the sea three miles from the const off Terrigal, midway between Sydney and Newcastle. Only line occupant of the planes has su far been rescued and it has not been ascertained yet how many were aboard j each machine. The survivor was res- j cued by a coastal vessel after clinging to the tad if hss machine, which had j been .-mashi-d off m the impact. An eyewitm- ■ said three planes were g ns f* im.i’.s. n and wec< s making sharp turns when tw<> ~f them collided On*' crashed straight down into the sea while th** other travelled several miles bef* re d also crushed into the sea. An intensive 'cutch of the area was made by planes from Sydney and Newcastle, by two c art.'il vessels and by fishing !,> .its tut no sign of the other occupants i ■ f the crashed machines has been I f..und. • I
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 January 1941, Page 5
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189PLANES COLLIDE Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 January 1941, Page 5
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