FLYING TRAGEDIES.
THREE; DEATHS IN ENGLAND. (UKXTHD PEESS ASBOCIATIOir—fc? ELSCTRIO TBLEGBAPH—COPTBIGHT.) LONDON, November 1. The bodies of Pilot Officer Charles Myers and Aircraftsman Chadwick, who have been missing sihoe yesterday morning, were discovered under thsif wrecked 'plane, almost buried in a btig oii a desolate ridge in the Yorkshire moora. Myers, who was aged 20, completed his nying education a month ago, and had only 14 hours', actual flying experience. He set out from patterick Aerodrome to carry out his phbtographio training, and should have been absent for an hour at the most. Wheii he failed to returit, aeroplanes searched and scoured the thoors, continuing With torches and searchlights all night. A third Air Force death ocourred at the flying school in Lincolnshire, when Pilot Officer Richard Coupe crashed iii a field.' Another aeroplane, iwhen landing to render assistance, struck a; hedge and overturned. Its two occupants were unhurt.—Australian Press Association. ' -
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19463, 9 November 1928, Page 11
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