DUKE OF KENT
KILLED IN CRASH WHILE ENGAGED IN SPECIAL MISSION FATE SHARED BY CREW OF AIRCRAFT. LONDON, August 25. THE DUKE OF KENT HAS BEEN KILLED. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS WAS TRAVELLING IN A SUNDERLAND FLYING-BOAT, ON A SPECIAL MISSION. THE PLANE CRASHED IN THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND. THE MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF THE PLANE WERE ALSO KILLED.
The- Duke of Kent, who was attached to the staff of the Inspector-Gen-eral of the Royal Air Force, was proceeding to Iceland on duty. An official announcement in London, cabled by the Press Association, states: “Air Commodore the Duke of Kent was killed on active service when a Sunderland flying-boat crashed in the north of Scotland.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 August 1942, Page 4
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115DUKE OF KENT Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 August 1942, Page 4
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