FIVE DIE
Jet Planes Collide
(N.Z.P. A.-Reuter—Copyright) SANTA ANNA (California), January 23. A Marine Corps reserve pilot and four oldage pensioners died yesterday when two jet bombers collided in a rainstorm and one crashed into a community for retired people.
Police said both pilots ejected but one suffered fatal injuries when his parachute crashed him into the side of the building. Four residents died when his Skyhawk jet crashed in flames into one of the old people’s homes and the authorities said at least five others were injured.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31277, 25 January 1967, Page 19
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88FIVE DIE Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31277, 25 January 1967, Page 19
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