MANY MISHAPS.
AUSTRALIAN FLYING.
Minister Calls for Special Air
Force Report. "
HAWKER DEMON MACHINES,
United Press Association.—Copyright.
(.Received 11.30 ajn.) CANBERRA, this day. The Minister of Defence, Mr. H. V. Thorby, announced that he had called for a report on a series of accidents which has occurred in the last few weeks to the Royal Australian Air Force Hawker Demon 'planes.
During the flight of a squadron of nine Hawker Demons for Melbourne to Brisbane and back there have been seven accidents.
While the squadron was taking off from Cootamundra yesterday a machine crashed and was severely damaged. One occupant suffered a broken nose and another extensive abrasions.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 290, 7 December 1937, Page 7
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