PILOT KILLED
NIGHT CRASH NEAR BLENHEIM
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, August 20. It is officially announced that while engaged in night flying training at Woodbourne last night, an aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force crashed. The sole occupant, Leading Aircraftsman Arthur Ormond Hathaway, was killed. The cause of the accident is obscure. A court of inquiry will be held. , Hathaway was born at Master ton in 1913. His father is Mr A. D. Hathaway, Martinbofough. The crash occurred about 7.20, soon after Hathaway had taken off on exercises involving a wide circuit of the aerodrome. The machine was seen losing height from about 800 feet. The crash took place on a low foothill about three miles south-west of the aerodrome just as the pilot was turning preparatory to coming m to land. The _ machine was totally wrecked, but did not catch fire.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19410821.2.50
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23413, 21 August 1941, Page 6
Word Count
142PILOT KILLED Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23413, 21 August 1941, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.