PANCAKE LANDING
AIR FORCE MACHINE. OBSERVER'S ARM BROKEN. HORSE HIT AND KILLED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.» CHRISTCHUKCH, this day. Failing by a few yards to reach Barrington Park when attempting to make a forced landing, the pilot of an Air Force aeroplane pancaked his machine into a section at the back of a private house at Spreydon at 11.15 o'clock this morning. The pilot was Leading-Aircraftsman R. Clifford, of Chrietchuren, who escaped with minor abrasions. The observer, Leading-Aircraftsman J. Curtis, suffered a broken arm in landing. The aeroplane struck and killed a horse. Extensive damage was done to the wings, undercarriage, engine and propeller.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 100, 29 April 1940, Page 3
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