NARROW ESCAPE.
AERIAL TRAGEDY AVERTED. (United Service.) PANAMA, September 22. Private Daniel Smith, of the Army Service Division, and a wireless operator, Deuter, were together in the rear seat of a bombing aeroplane 2000 ft above the Gatun Lake when Smith stumbled and fell through the bombing compartment. He clutched the tape of a parachute on which Deuter was sitting and drew Deuter's parachute with him.
Smith pulled the rip-cord of his own parachute and landed safely. The pilot and two observers continued the flight unaware of the accident until they discovered Deuter unconscious.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 225, 23 September 1929, Page 7
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