THIRTEEN FATALITIES

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 191, 26 May 1934, Page 8

THIRTEEN FATALITIES

NEW ZEALAND AIRMEN. » (Per Press Association). AUCKLAND, May 25. No fewer than thirteen New- Zealanders have been killed in Royal Air Force disasters, since the- beginning of 1930. .They include:— Flying-Officer C. E. Galpm, or Wanganui, who was killed on January 8. 1930, in a collision in Egypt. FlyingrOfficers F. E. Markby and L. McHarcly, of Palmerston North and Waipawa respectively, killed on October 30, 1931, in a crash near Nottingham. , . , Flying-Officer W. J. Pharazyn, of Blenheim, killed on July 29, 1932, m a crash near Canterbury. Flight-Lieutenant H. C. Marett and Pilot-Officer A. K. White, both o Napier, killed on October 12, 193-, a crash atlirantham. Flying-Officer J. L. Armstrong of Dannevirke, killed on January 4, 1935, in a crash at Blackmore, Essex. Flying-Officer W. A. W. Jameson, of Christchurch, killed on April 16, 1933, in a crash at Suez. Flying-Officer 11, R. .Murphy, oi Tokomaru Bay, killed on December -9, 1933 in a crash at Sheffield, Essex. Flight-Cadet J. A. Plugge, of Taupiri killed on May 1, 1934, m a collision at Cranwell. , , Two other New Zealanders who have also died in R.A.F disasters are Flight-Cadet A. A. Adams (crash at Cranwell) and Pilot-Officer Colljns (crash abroal). , w ., The death of Flight-Lieutenant Lilians is therefore the thirteenth Dominion fatality in three and a half years.