AIRMAN PILOT KILLED
ATTEMPT TO JUMP BY PARACHUTE (P.A.) WELLINGTON, July 29. An airman pilot under training was killed instantly near Blenheim this afternoon, when he attempted to leave the trainer aircraft of wnich he was; the sole occupant, by parachute. He was Leading Aircraftsman Morris Desmond Jurgens. His father is Mr H. W. P Jurgens, 46 Crofton road, Marton. Leading Aircraftsman- Jurgens took off on a flight from the Royal New Zealand Air Force station at Woodbourne to carry out training exercises. During the flight he apparently attempted to leave the aircraft by parachute. The evidence indicates that the parachute fouled the aircraft, as his body was found with the parachute badly torn. , ~ The accident occurred near the Omaka river, where the body was recovered in the river-bed, approximately one mile south-west of Goultar’s hill, and six miles west of Woodbourne. The aircraft was completely wrecked, but did not catch fire. The cause of the airman’s leaving the aircraft is not known. A Court of Inquiry will be held. T
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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23394, 30 July 1941, Page 8
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