AMERICAN AEROPLANES CRASH.
—: ♦ SIX MEN KILLED. (By Cables —Press Association—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) NEW YORK, December G. At Norfolk, Virginia, two officers and four privates were killed when a pursuit plane piloted by Major Greatheart collided with a 'Martin bomber piloted by Captain Doyle in a crash 300 feet above. Langley flying field. Three men were killed by the fall, and the others were burned to death. Doyle, with four men, was leading a formation of five bombers just taking' off when Greatheart's plane headed into the group. It is believed his steering, gear went wrong. Four of the bombers averted . collisions by suddenly mounting, but the fifth met the plane head on, both machines crashing in' flames.
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17632, 8 December 1922, Page 8
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