R.A.F. PLANE CRASHES
24 Soldiers Die Leaving Jordan
Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, April 19. The Queen has expressed her grief at the loss of life in the air crash at Aqaba, Jordan, on Thursday. She has asked the Secretary of War, Mr John Hare, to pass her sympathy to the relatives of the men killed in the crash.
A Royal Air Force crew of three and 24 soldiers were killed when a Valetta transport aircraft crashed soon after taking off from Aqaba. There were no survivors in the crash.
Among the dead was Craftsman R. Stonebanks, of North Shields, Northumberland. He was on his way to Britairi to visit his ipother, who is seriously ill.
Two of the men, Trooper A. Baldwin, and Trooper N. Baldwin, of Bournemouth, Hampshire, were twins. A full Army causalty list has not yet been released. The men were being evacuated under the recent pact to close British .bases in Jordan. The aircraft was to land at Habbaniya, Iraq, on its way to Britain. One theory about the cause of the crash was the bad weather, according to the “Daily Mail.” It is the season for desert sandstorms.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28258, 22 April 1957, Page 3
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