AIR FORCE CASUALTY.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
WELLINGTON, December 9: . The following air casualty was announced to-night:—<■'
Sergeant C. H. Bain, Royal New Zealand Air Force, killed in a flying accident. His mother is Mrs Bain, Claudelands, Hamilton.
INVERCARGILL PILOT KILLED. INVERCARGILL, December 9. Official advice was received to-day of tlie death in an aircraft accident in Britain of Sergeant Pilot J. B. Courtis, a. son of Mr A. H. Courtis, Invercargill. Advice contained in the cablegram stated that be was flying an aeroplane which crashed on hills during bad weather. . Sergeant Pilot Courtis received his preliminary flying training with the Southland Aero Club, and transferred from tlie reserve of pilots to the Royal New Zealand Air Force shortly after the outbreak of war. Be passedthrough the Levin and Taieri training schools, and gained bis wings at Wigram.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 51, 10 December 1940, Page 5
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