AIR FORCE FATALITY.
TWO PILOTS KILLED. (United Pre?s Association—Copyright.) LONDON, Dec. 5. Two Air Force Bristol Bulldog singleseater' fighters collided in mid-air over Wiltshire. The pilots were killed. One was incinerated. The other jumped with his parachute, which failed to open. Ho made a hole feet deep when he struck tho ground. Tbe Air Force has now suffered thirty-five fatal accidents in 1933, with fifty deaths. CRASH IN NEW SOUTH WALES. SYDNEY, Dec. 5. A Government Moth aeroplane piloted bv Mr Thomas Johnson was practising steep turns at low altitude when the engine stalled. Tho machine crashed into sand and was completely wrecked. Mr Johnson escaped with minor injuries and shock.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 48, 6 December 1933, Page 5
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