FATAL NOSE DIVE
TWO AIRMEN KILLED. BRITISH AIR FORCE ACCIDENT. BANKING AT LOW ELEVATION. (Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day. 11.25 a.m.) LONDON, August 18. Flying-Officer Boon and Air-craftman Vincent were killed at Farnborough. In a Bristol fighter they were circling over the aerodrome when Boon made an OJver-shanp turn, and the Bristol nosedived 500 feet. It crashed, and was wrecked, killing Vincent instantaneously. Boon was just alive when the ambulance arrived, but he died immediately. Later details show tha* Boon was flying with five others at a height of not more than 200 feet, owing to the poor visibility. In order to reach the aerodrome he banked steeply to the left.— a safe manoeuvre when at a fair height, but most dangerous when flying low, as the machine is liable to nose dive. This happened. Boon was dead when a hacksaw was procured and the fuselage was sawn sufficiently to release him.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVIII, Issue 10984, 2 August 1927, Page 5
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