PILOT KILLED
j COLLISION IN AIR I ! CRASH INTO THE SEA jiP.A.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. It was officially announced in Wellington to-night that a collision 'occurred about 3 p.m. to-day between two aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force station at Blenheim while practising formation flying. |The collision occurred a little disi tance out to sea. between White ißluff and the Awatere River mouth, north-west of Cape Campbell.
One aeroplane, piloted by LeadingAircraftsman Alec Haigh. son of Mr. A. Haigh, of Grey town', foil into the sea and no trace could be found (if the pilot, who must be presumed dead. Floating wreckage was found shortly afterward by a Royal New Zealand Air Force launch which happened to be proceeding through jCook Strait. ' | The other machine, piloted b\ Leading-Aircraftsman John Joseph Fox, whose wife is Mrs. P. Fox. oi Wellington, made a forced landing or the beach. The pilot was adniitiot to the Wairau Hospital suffering from slight injuries and abrasions His condition was not serious. No details arc yet available, bu it appears that two of three aero planes flying in formation collidet and that the aircraft piloted lv\ Leading-Aircraftsman Haigh w;n practically cut in half. | A court of inquiry will be held.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 114, 16 May 1941, Page 5
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