AIRMEN NOT BLAMED
CRASH OF AMERICAN NAVY PLANES. CHARACTERISTIC SUDDENNESS OF PENSACOLA FOGS. PENSACOLA (Flor.), Feb. 22. Two pilots were killed and several were slightly injured when the 12 single-seater naval pursuit planes made forced landings in fog. The occupants of six planes escaped by using parachutes, their planes being destroyed. Hours elapsed before information about the entire company was obtained. «
The Brazilian student pilot, Lieutenant G. P. Persa, and also an American. Lieutenant Ostergren, were found dead in their burnt planes. The loss of equipment is estimated at £150,000. Air officials declared that the fliers could not be blamed, the suddenness of fogs in Pensacola being I characteristic of the neighbourhood.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 46, 24 February 1939, Page 7
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112AIRMEN NOT BLAMED Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 46, 24 February 1939, Page 7
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