ARAB SALUTE.
VICTIMS OF 'PLANE DISASTER. CRASH IN EUPHRATES AREA. {United Press Association—Copyright) BAGDAD, May 12. A party of Arab horsemen unexpectedly brought the bodies of Pilot-Officer Newman and Aircraftsman! Hawkins to a railway station near Bagdad. They fired their rifles in the air in a traditional Arab salute and then decamped. The authorities interpret the Arabs' action as a gesture of respect for the dead, also an indication that the destruction of the aeroplane was not premeditated but was the work of irresponsible sharpshooters. The aviators' remains, which have been reverently treated and were conveyed a considerable distance, will be buried in the Air Force cemetery with full military honours.
A London cablegram dated London 10 stated: The Bagdad correspondent of "The Times" says that a British aeroplane flying over an area in the middle of the Euphrates provinces, where some tribes recently revolted, was fired on and crashed: in flames. •The Air Ministry announces that the 'plane was engaged in reconnaissance duties.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 180, 14 May 1935, Page 5
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