AEROPLANE FATALITY
TWO AIRMEN KILLED. By Tel.- —Press Assoo.—Copyright Ree. July 2, 8.5. a.m. Melbourne July 1. Two airmen. Flying Officer W. A. Holham, and Cadet I’. Glcndinning Matson, were killed 'by the crash o| a training plane near 'Wirribee. Spot tutors saw the machine suddenly nosedive, strike the ground head-on, and immediately burst into flames. When assistance arrived, both airmen wore dead. The bodies were almost incinerated. —(A. and N.Z.)
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LIV, Issue 9224, 2 July 1926, Page 3
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