EIGHT KILLED
PLANE CRASHES ON COTTAGES. SIX BUILDINGS WRECKED. , FIRE VISIBLE FOR MILES. (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright). (Rec. 11.15 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 6. Eight persons were killed and two are missing, while a number were injured when a British plane crashed last night into the middle of Somersham village, Huntingdonshire, wrecking six cottages and damaging others. . ; When the plane got into difficulties the crew baled out and landed safely. The crash caused a tremendous fire that was visible for miles. Firemen, Home Guardsmen, soldiers and airmen joined in the work of rescuing the injured and recovering bodies from the debris.
The plane cut; off the roof of one house, but. the occupants were downstairs and escaped. It then went straight through another house and crashed into a cottage on the opposite side of the street.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 62, Issue 305, 7 October 1942, Page 4
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