THREE ACCIDENTS IN AIR FORCE
ONE MAN KILLED IN CRASH (P.A.) WELLINGTON. Nov. 17. Three accidents in the Royal New Zealand Air Force—one of them fatal—were announced to-day. Sergeant John Edwin Dornbusch lost his life in an aircraft accident late last night, when the' aircraft in which he was flying solo crashed. His father is Mr W. A. Dornbusch, of Upper Hutt. Leading Aircraftsman George Maitland Doig Findlay received slight injuries and was admitted to a station hospital when the aircraft in which he was undergoing solo flying training spun into the ground early yesterday morning. His father is Mr G. Findlay, of Auckland. Leading Aircraftsman Norman Deans Porritt suffered severe injuries to the lower right leg while undergoing small arms training at a North Island air station yesterday afternoon. His father is Mr H, E. Porritt, of Cambridge.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23798, 18 November 1942, Page 4
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