KILLED IN CRASH.
TWO AUSTRALIAN AVIATORS. PKOPELLER FALLS OFF ’PLANE. t (United Press Association—Copyright.) SYDNEY, June 1. A light aeroplane crashed from a height of 500 feet at Tamworth. The pilot, Frank Mitchell, aged 30, and Harry West, a flying student, were killed instantly. Mitchell was one of the best-known aviators in Sydney, and was chiei mechanic of the Aero Club. He was conducting a flying school for students at Tamworth, and had completed some aerobatics, when sightseers were horified to see the propeller become detached and whizz through space, the machine went into a tail-spin, then nose dived into the main street, where it was smashed to The occupants were dreadfully injured.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 196, 2 June 1930, Page 5
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